Dispatch Annual Edition Heralds Marketing Season
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
. | V-SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940 ,'UBUSI&¥Wx^7EBNOOS FIVE CENTS COPY
British Bombers Raid Berlin
Merchants Extend
Market Greetings
Through Dispatch
v Business Houses
in Invitation to
Growers To Sell in
I u-tuierson and To Do
T = ;• Fall Shopping
>iores.
. • T';e Daily Dispatch
: ev.t- constituting the
• u edition. In it some
• extend greetings
rut Invite them to sell
mi cotton in Hender
thoir fall shopping
ins a total of 44
- ■ > hundred.- of read
i an- 'vo the Dispatch's
a-e-ibers. It will have
e Hender- r. trading
■ pa of the community
ted a bringing this mes
■ irtive patrons of the
vket.- and the local
"y. Their message is
..nd cheer, and is an
„ . o. - to make this city
. u .- dining the period,
ti.ey will be engaged in
their 1910 crops.
general feeling that;
. • ►!!> will be improved j
• appeared only a few I
to be in store for the I
a ceo prices are higher!
•l assured growers prior
'4 by them of three-year I
in July, and in the j
der Belt and Eastern j
s averages have ranged j
tl cents a pound above!
' cents virtually promised j
'hey would vote control, :
'•es are holding firm, and!
i ce county has produced)
• ••-• crops in its history, j
>■ of the largest. Cotton'
neglected this crop in
•era I yea is. but were!
AAA officials that unless
. their acreage this year j
: -• «rid to lose a portion)
• ents ior the future. It
• virtually all of them
irnit.
county produced!
.'{.liiid b:!e of c">tton.l
itt d that this year the j
mount to around 6,000
t'.vicv as much as in 1939.1
li.-e to be as good as a I
. better.
^ .ei'i"4 edition of the
• ;t t'> promote Hen
ai i.» ting and shopping >
offered to readers m
: y iii that spirit.
Jews Ask U. S.
intervention
. Sept. 12.—f A P)—The
nity council declared
• ' I rm !>?.-1 intervent" to
;»n:!'r>injjs as the one in
raiders killed at least
and wounded 151 in
Tuesday.
; 1 telegraphed Stephen
• ident of the American
! -'.re ;ind asked him to
t>ie White House and to
' ' ;itie representatives in
t<> put an end to such
on a peaceful people."
•' >:n a far as the Italians
• d : that they are Jews.
County's Greetings
s. B. ROGERS.
Chairman. Vance Board of County
Commissioners
County Body
Is Boaster
Of Markets
Chairman Rogers, of
County Commission- j
ers, Speaks for His
Group in Furthering
Interests of Tobacco
and Cotton.
On I chplf of ihe Vance Board of
Count*.' Commissioner-, Chairman S.
B. Rogers. of that body, joins in sup
port of the marketing program for
Henderson. and voice?: the sentiment
of the entire county in extending a
welcome and a greeting to growers
of tobacco ,->nd cotton who seell their
crops in this city.
Chairman Rogers extends his in
vitation to formers and others in tho
trading territory and over the State
i;i general to visit Henderson to mar
ket their products and to make the
city their headquarters for shopping.
He gives assurance that visitors will
find the peopl° here a friendly group,
and tha* outsiders will find their
dealings pleasant and profitable.
Attention is called to the fact that
the city offers large and modern to
bacco warehouses and also cotton
gins that are well equipped with up
to-date machinery and other facilities
for handling the fleecy staple. All of
the leading tobacco companies of the
world are represented by men who
really know tobacco, and the cotton
market ranks high, offering the very
'Continued on Page Four)
Sfate Public Assistance
Cost To Be Virtually Same
Daily Dispatrh Bureau, i
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
12. The division of;
'nee will seek no tre-i
■>■ -<■ i>t its budget for
1 bil t Director Nathan
' i na estimates which
it increases both
bertef:eiaries and aver
grants for both the
■i-pendent children.
" - i'.i estimates call for a
• *u: e, over the two year
-!! .:j.u!).Oi)0 for aid to the
•>;tf).00n for aid to de
<•■ < t".r ;i grand total
during the two years,
t t" .oend tiie same
. J ' - . * . t'.i.
nium. rather than to seek an in
crease for the second year over the
first.
Of this $16,800,000 the Federal gov
ernment would contribute exactly
one half, or S8.400.000. leaving the
bj lance to be provided by shite and
counties. Division between the state
and its subdivisions would be equal
but for the fact that Confederate
widows are now on the Old Age as
sistance rolls, with the counties con
tributing nothing to their payments.
As a result the counties will be call
ed upon for $4,100,000. while the state
will spend $4,300,000 during the bien
Iliutn. on the basis of the Ye I ton *>.<
I Continued on Page Four)
Speaks for City
MAYOR IIENEY T. POWELL
Mayor Gives
Greeting Of
Entire City
Promises Glad Hand
to All Farmers Who
Sell and Shop in Hen
derson; Points to Fa
cilities and Advan
tages Offered Here.
BY HENRY T. POWELL,
Mavor of Henderson
On behalf of the City of Henderson
T wish to invite Fill of oui former
friends, as well as those who have
never sold with us in the past, to
select Anderson as their market for
the" sale of their tobacco and cotton.
I know of no way to better judge
the future than by prist performances.
And past performances certainly in
dicate thnt Henderson will sell your
tobacco higher. We invite a com
parison of our average with any mar
ket in the State of North Carolina
over a period of years.
We are better equipped than ever
before to handle your tobacco this
season. A new warehouse has been
erccted and is now ready to sell your
tobacco, and. with the additions that
have been made to the old ware
houses. will give the market many
thousands of additional feet. All of
these houses are run by men of many
years experience in the sale of to
bacco. assuring you the top prices
for your crop as well as courteous
treatment. , .
Your cotton will also bring you
top prices ii sold with the local gins.
These gins arc modern and up to
date and arc operated by men who
have many ycai's experience in buy
ing and ginning cotton.
The modern highways running in
to Henderson from all directions
make the Henderson Tobacco and
Cotton Markets accessible to every
farmer in North Carolina. And the
fact- that tobacco is brought to us in
great quantities from distant points
Proves that our slogan "Henderson
Sells Tobacco Higher" is no idle
"Merchants in all lines have made
plans to take care or your shopping
needs. And greatly increased stocks
have been purchased to assure you
that whatever you need to buy can;
be found in the local stores If you j
are not familiar with our shopping,
facilities we feel that you will re
ceive a pleasant surprise if you will
do your shopping here this season.
We can say without feai of success
ful contradiction that you can pur
chase anything in Henderson that you
can purchase in towns many times
our size. . .
Or should you need banking fac
ilities you will find that ours are
adequate and complete. Our three!
sound and well known banking
houses are wide awake and 1 eddy
to render you an}' service consistent
with good banking.
We want vou to leel that oui city j
is your city "and that your problems
aie our problems. We know lull well
that it is impossible for the City ofj
Henderson to prosper unless our iar
mer friends prosper. And you will
always find the support of the City
of Henderson behind any movement
for the betterment of the farmers of
our State.
We realize fully that were it not
for the support and cooperation of
the farmers of this section that it
would not be possible for the City
of Henderson to have developed as
it has and to offer the many advan
tages that it does.
We invite you to visit us and gi\e
(Continued on Page Two)
Draft Compromise
May Pass This Week
'
Roosevelt
for Draft
Of industry
i
President Keiu s irms
"Supreme Determina-l
tion" To Keep Warj
From American
Shores, In Campaign
Speech to Labor.
Washington. Se^t. —'a~^-—r>n.
affirming a "supreme de<«"-v»»--«io~«"
to keep war away ir"-- a
shores. President Ri"--"vrlt in-Mi
?urated his third tern1 r-1 . -
light by advocating c",vini>]s"''v serv
ice for industry as well r~»« rmn
vnv»r if necessary, and pledging that
his labor and social nrorrnm would
°xoand rather ihnn retreat in build
in? national defense.
He couoled these def'ni^ -tnte
ments with an attack on unnamed
critics who "love the laboring man in
November but forget him in Janu
ary" and called for an f»nd "to the
sort of appeasement which seeks to
'cppd us helDless by playine on fear
and by indirect sabotage of all the
orr>«ress we are making."
The President snoke before the
convention of the Teamsters "nion.
an American Federation of Labor
••rganization.
Described at the White House he
fore hrnd as the labor spe°ch of the
campaign. Mr. Roosevelt's address
contended that the New Deal enact
ments had helped organized labor
to a broad increase in both mem
bership and influences, denied thai
'he defense program requires any re
'avatie-n in those laws, and emphati
cally reiterated his intentiin to keep
the United States out rf the wa-.
His hearers, who had endorsed his
third term candidacy a few hours
before, listened with enthtr hrtic at
tention.
The Chief Executive lashed out
at segments of his onnos'ti-n. whiHi
he said, were endeavoring to make
the nation.nl defense cri"is an pxcus-1
for stopping "the progress we arc
»'>nl'!np in social Hbnr legisla
tion" and for repealing the New Deal
enactments.
Progress, he asserted, had been
slow and difficult, "beset by obstruc
tion and by bitter propaganda,' from
those who had grown uccustonicd to
^the -exploitation" of the masses
working lor them.
Discussing national defense plans
and reporting them progressing sat
isfactorily with a growing popular
unity behind them, tie Chief Execu
tive said that "in all of these plans
for national defense, only those who
seek to play upon the fears of the
American people discover an attempt
to lead us into war." And he re
newed his previously expressed de
termination to keep America out of
the conflict abroad.
No effort was made to conceal
the frankly political nature of the
address. Radio time was bought and
paid for by the Democratic National
Committee, after some controversy
as to the nature of previous ad
dresses.
The endorsement of the idea of
seizing and operating industries
which refuse to cooperate with the
defense program came after Wen
dell L. Willkie., the Republican pres
idential nominee, had challenged Mr.
Roosevelt to state «his views.
Willkie opposed the Russell-Over
ton amendment to the conscription
act. calling for seizure of such in
dustries. He said this amendment
was dangerous, but added later that
he would favor a selective service
for industry if it were accompanied
by definite rules and regulations.
G. \I. Fountain Of
Tarboro Is Dead
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—(AP)—George
Marion Fountain, 54, a prominent
Tarboro attorney, died at a hospital
here this morning at 4 o'clock. He
had been critically ill several days.
The widow, the former Miss Mary
Rovall Motz of Yanceyville, ana one
son, George M. Fountain. Jr., of Tar
boro. survive.
Funeral services will be lukl at
Tarboro Friday.
laimadge is
i
i
One - Time Foe of,
Roosevelt Wins Demo
cratic Gubernatorial
Race :n Georgia.
AMrnfn. Soot. 12—(AP)—Eugene!
Ttr-time out Dokcn foo of
*1«r? rifiM-ovlt administration, won a
third 1°) m as governor of Georgia
p Democratic primary in which;
s0 or^mi od voters he would "sup-!
pert ihe Democratic ticket" in the(
mt'nnnl election.
Virl"ol:y complete unofficial re-!
Mirr"; Irom yesterday's voting show-j
~d the lawyer-farmer won another!
:L'b^rnatorial term over two oppon-j
!'t- after a four-year retirement..
;• i:i.nation in the primary is i
rfl'jivaient to election in Democratic!
Jerrgia.
Talmpdge war, given a popular I
vote of 141.153 rnd a county unit
vote of 346 Columbus Roberts,
vveaitny Columbus dairy farmer anc i
business man, received a popular I
vote of 87,205 and a county unit vote i
of 52. Abit Nix. Athens attorney
making his third race for the gov
ernorship. trailed with a popular
vote of 33,166 which gave him only
12 unit votes.
During his second term as gover
nor in 1935-37 Talmadgc made re
peated attacks on the national ad
ministration and fought renomination
of Mr. Roosevelt. He carried an anti
new deal banner in the race for the
United States Senate in 1938 and was
defeated by an administration op
ponent.
Italian Subs
Make Raids
Italy Says Her Under
sea Craft Have Taken
Heavy Toll of British
Shipping.
Rome. Sept. 12.—(AP)—Italy de
clared today lhat her submarine
arm had reached into the Atlantic
o-*?an to prey on British shipping,
crediting one "with sinking 27,000
tons in a single voyage beyond the
Strait of Gibraltar."
The high command communique
Hso claimed that in a raid on Aden,
British base at the entrance to the
T?oH Sen at the other extreme of
Italy's battle fnnt two British
destroyers were r,:nk by air bombing i
September 1 and 2.
The communique declared Italian
bombers had smashed again at Brit
ish troop and supply depots along
the Egyptian coast and acknowledg
d the British had raided the harbor i
of Derna in Libya.
(Apparently both Italy and Brit- 1
nin are preparing for major action on
the Libyan-Eeyptian frontier, either
planning to take the offensive or fear
fContinued on Page Four*
Wilikie Calls Roosevelt
Foreign Policy "Clumsy" |
Men 21 To 35!
Would Be
Registered
House ■ Senate Com
mittee Agrees cn Com
promise Measure: Six
ty-Day Delay in Draft
Is Eliminated From
New Version.
Washington. Sp'it. 12 —f\-\P)—
Quick enactment of pen^timp con
scription for mon from 91 through 35
was believed npar todav a joint
Senate fnd Hou'c commit IP*1 met to
draft its report on a compromise
compulsory military service bill.
The report will go to both houses
for final action and the Congression
al concensus was that it would be:
nrrm-itlv ripeopled—perhaps before
the week-end.
Scuttling a House provision for a
60-day delay in the draft, and com
promising differences on the vital
question of age limit's, the six sen
ators and five House members reach
ed an agreement last night on a com
mon version of the legislation which
both branches of Congress previous
ly approved in different forms.
The Senate had fixed the age
limit at from 21 through 30. the
House at 21 through 44. At the sug
gestion of Senator Thomas, Demo
crat, Utah, the conferees made the
maximum age 35.
Thus when and if the bill finally
becomes law, approximately 16,500,
000 men will be called upon to reg
ister for service. When the physically
unlit, those with dependents ;md
those who bold essential jobs in in
dustry of agriculture are weeded out,
Army officials estimated 5,000,000
men would be eligible for a year's
intensive training.
President Roosevelt may call these,
it was explained, in any age classes
th j Army desires. Registration of the
16,500,000 is expected to take place
within lr days after Congress makes
funds available and the first con
(Continued on page two)
British Raid
Italian Bases
Cairo, Sept. 12.— (AC)—British
war planes were reported today to
have damaged Italian military air
ports and destroyed dock facilities in
a series of attacks on Libyan objec
tives.
Large blazes were started among
docks and hangars at Derna, a com
munique said, and four fires sprang
up when bombs were rained on Ain
sat. just across the Egyptian border.
Several fires also were reported at
Bardia.
Italian bombers who attempted to
raid the Alexandria Mersa Matruh
railroad in Egypt again were inter
cepted by British fighters and suf
fered a "high proportion of casual
ties."
Rushville. Ind., Sept. 12.—(AP)—
Describing President Roosevelt's
handling of foreign affairs as
"clumsy," Wendell L. Willkie said
today that "the United States can
"iot but fail in the present world
struggle under such leadership."
In a statement issued just before
?oing to Indianapolis for a confer
ence with other Republican leaders,
the presidential candidate made this
comment on Mr. Roosevelt's address
last night:
"I have never felt so encouraged
•bout the outcome of the election as
( did after listening to Mi. Roose
velt's speech last night
"If the American people have any
sense of realism of the condition of
the world in which they are living
they wil' reject overwhelmingly a
president who preaches such class
conscious and economic sabotage
doctrine as was preached last night.
"The kindest words which can be
applied to the President's speech are
that he does not understand the laws
of economics, government, finance ol
'he forces to work in the world to
day.
"The L'nitod Stries cannot but fail
n the pre en i world ■? niggle unV;
ueh leadership-- it I ii.c rnv:
trine which Blum of Francs taught.'
Hamburg,
Bremen Are
Also Raided
Anti-Aircraft Barrage
Keeps German Fliers
Away From London
La | Night; Over One
Thousand Known
Dead in Britain.
(By the Associated Press)
British warplanes showered fire
bombs around Berlin's Tiergarten—
the German capital's "Centra! Park"
in a 92-minute raid before dawn to
day and pounded the great shipping
ports of Hamburg and Bremen in an
intensified assault on Hitler's Reich.
The Tiergarten lies near govern
ment buildings and Hitler's chan
cellory.
London reported the Royal Air
Force raiders also bombed the An
halter railway station in central Ber
lin and the big Tcmpclhof airdrome.
Hitler's high command admitted
14 persons were killed, 41 injured,
and many fires started in the three
cities attacked.
London's weary millions under
went their fifth straight dusk-to
dawn attack, sleeping again in un
derground shelters, but the populace
found a note of comfort in the
steady slam of anti-aircraft guns
setting up a stream of fire to blast
the raiders.
The new London defense tactics
of thowing up a rapid fire barrage
instead of sniping singly at individ
ual planes picked nut by searchlights
was officially credited with having
greatly impeded the German assault.
Only 20 bombs exploded in central
London, in contrast to many hun
dreds of previous night raids, but
suicide squads combed the capital to
search of delayed action explosive;
'••:ch as the one which blasted a
eornor from Buckingham Palace on
Tuesday.
One of the delayed action missiles
was discovered this morning near his
toric old St. Paul Cathedral.
Although the destructive effect
of the raid was not immediately
known, at least there was no sign of
the Nazi's threatened "ten thousand
planeloads of bombs daily' falling
in the London area.
Casualty figures for the first three
of the five all-night raids showed a
heavily mounting toll with 1,010
'•nnwn dead and 4,300 wounded.
The British reported 39 German
•Manes shot down in yesterday's bat
tles with 24 RAF planes missing; the
Germans asserted 80 British planes
were destroyed and 20 Nazi aircraft
were missing. Nine German planes
v/ere shot down by anti-ajreraft fire.
In the wake of Prime Minister
f'lipir-h'H's warning that an invasion
•night come any hour, the British
admiralty announced its light naval
forces had taken the offensive with
"strong and repealed" action against
Nazi shipping and ports "vital" to
Hitler in any invasion attempt.
Nazis Charge
Bombings Of
Potato Bugs
Berlin, Sept. 12.—(AP) — Au
thorized German sources charged to
day that British airmen are throw
ing bags of "Colorado potato bugs"
into potato fields in Germany,
Luxembourg and Belgium in an ef
fort to lay waste to the major food
source of these countries.
These .sources said the bugs multi
ply rapidly and are hard to control.
Two days ago a similar charge was
made that the British are throwing
millions of scif-igniting "leaves"—
made of phosphorus and gun cotton
—to cause fires in Berlin fields and
forests. (The British admitted they
were using the "leaves," but author
lative British sources said today
there is no truth in the German de
claration that British fliers are drop
ping bag.- of Colorado bugs on Ger
many's fields.)
(jJmihsui
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Generally fair and continued
cool Icing;1' t a.u! Friday.