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imtiteramt Haily H tspafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA V-SKVKNTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940 FIVE CENTS COPY azi Warplanes Swarm Oven England Garner Back in Washington C. P. Phonepholo - Wr.shirsrton on "very important matters," Vice President John ,1" r is jrree:ed by Colonel Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the >:."! tly after his arrival from Uvalde. Tex.. Garner advised the uuriviT a lon^ telephone conversation, that there is no reason why Congress should not adjourn shortly. Britain's Spitfire Assembly Plant Hit lan High Com :\d Reports "Tre nt idous Destruction' n Strafing of England ^ osterday; British i' aids Admitted. -7.- (AP)—Britain's y plant ol Voolston. • pton—the place where • th« rsi :■ c of he:- staunch pi; nes—-was squarely hit i •y' Ci - an a r strafing j . * h:u!t e •tmnand re 1 •"' . ; «- destruct?on" was hits on hanga: and fac - d the c<>i n unique*, ill Kigland. it said, nazi •• t>t plant- hard.; • • t i'Xpl.i-:«»r.s and hugej nd n.'.Tc!: int ships werei ur que di Hosed that • b<*n :>ard ;i I; • < >nvoy was ' the S'-'ifti h coast. ■ • -tilt i • rywhere." is x*i were set • i. ■•! >i inerott' ex ■ i fi by :•»«- v.'ne «.»!»— v object! at Lon •. ».. rh tiii'i south of i • fii ick -. i •:»1 It* »■ fires \vre •i; -fti <>l tht- firit added. on Cierman-held •i:c a - well as north • v v.'cic arknowledg 4M nnt .-id aid the • . in ' all lorce and - iin li ; causing '. *"1:t: "i^e. State To Have 56 Local Jraffr. Boards • : . Sept. tiT. (AP)— North > * '111 have local draft foi the selective service com . i: ilitary training program call lor recommendations •-< may en out at any time, : crifd today. •' ''-nburg and (*:dltord conn < il ha <■ Iive local boards ij.-ututions worked out by liu^ii rpton <<t th: adjutant r tli. Wake. Buncombe and ■' e<>un?i<-s would have four ia.v.jin three. Xew Hanover •i .li counties would have each. decided to have one board >• .'i_'.l>t»o of population in a flo'.ernor Hoev will ask the .. t cle. k. county supei in • ' a cbool and chairman of beard.- of elections in to . ■ mend oeisons . .tl on 'lit draft board— ABC Stores Stay Open Hearing Postponed Until Next Wednesday on Injunction to Pre vent Closing. Smithlield, Sept. 27.— (AP)— It appeal ed today that Johnston coun ty V liq-ior stores wonlcl remain open at least until Wednesday, though it held been planned to close them up by Saturday r:i 14! 11 due to the county's voting ior their abolition 90 days o. \ hearing on an injunction to re strain the ABC board trom closing txie - f ill, was to have bren held to ri.■ y ■; was postponed until next '.'.'•dit '! ,y afternoon. Under law, tin- ton sho :!cl be clo.-cd by niid— night Saturday. A a temporary restraining order :n effect, the board cannot com plete its closing of the stores and Judge r.eo Carr held from the bench that all could operate until the hear ing is completed and judgment ren dered. Judge C'lawson L. Williams will preside here next week. Opi orients of the closing contend th; t t|*o election on the question was called before three years had elapsed -1nee the preceding AHC store rcfer erid"i:'. ;.rkI tuat the voting day was too near primary day. British and German Long Range Artillery Fighi Duel Across the Channel; Heavy Dam age InfMeted in Raids Last Night. London. Sept. :<7-—(AP) German warplar.es nitiic-I:ec! ;i|! England by the hundreds today in one of the mightiest aerial offensive yet launched in the lung battle Cor Bri tain. and late in the afternoon at least 98 of the raiders had been officially shot down. The offense thus was operating with a fury not seen in nearly twe wceks. A gieat air b't'le wa< fought with in the sight of observe:'; in >ut'i west London suburb tbi afternoon, with at lca<t 1<!0 German and Brit ish planes filling the skies after three grand mass attack**. British and German Ions range ar tillery also fought a duel across the 22-mile Strait of Dover, the German shells rocking the Dover area with two shells every tw > minutes, and the British lire increasing in inten sity after half an hour. Some docks and warehouses were burning in Liverpool today aftei heavy bombing by German planes last night. At !east 120 German planes took part in the first of three waves this mcrning after Britain's own mass formations had delivered the sever est attacks yet against Germany and her trans-channel coast. Soon after the shells began to fall at Dover, a formation of British bom bers roared out to sea toward France. Apparently they were bent upon a fierce reply to the German shells. About 20 bombs were dropped in south London during the first day light attack today, destroving'a num ber of buildings. At the same time, the air minis try deelaied "particularly heavy dam age" was inflicted in mass attacks on Le Havre, on Kiel, the German naval base, and other "military ob jectives in northwest Germany." Vincent Astor Takes Bride East Hampton. N. Y.. Sept. 27.— I (AP)—Vincent A.-tor, multi-million aire yachtsman, real estate operator i and scion oi one of New York's first families, was married today to Mary' | B. Gushing, daughter of Mrs. Har-i j vey Gushing. i i The bride's lather, who died last! j October, was one of the country's! ! most outstanding brain specialists. ! ! Twentv-two days ago at Cody, i j VVvo., Astor was divorced by his wife! I of 2(i years, Mrs. Helen Dinsmorej ; Astor, on grounds of mental cruelty, j Astor. who inherited a $75,000,000 j fojtune. is a great-great-grandson of ! John Jacob Astor. from whose fur; trading business the family's wealth ' grew. Britain Would Welcome All Supplies From 0. S. Washington. Sept. 27—(AP)—Lord Lothii.c. iitc British ambassador, said after a call on President Roosevelt today that Great Britain would wel come lrom this country all kinds of supplies sent with the greatest possi j ble speed. Asked specifically what was Brit ain's "greatest need" the ambassador told reporters: "Mote of everything and quick." Lothian called at the White House to present Sir Waller Layton, member of the council of British min istry o! supply in charge < f formu lation of the munitions program. Sir Walter said he was here for "consultation with the British pur chasing commission and the depart ments of the administration dealing with supplies for Great Britain." He said iie gave the President ; broad picture of Britain'- production program anc was "personally not ii.d with >'pic.!;c Llmij l'sun , this country but with all of them". Lay ton predicted "a hotter light next spring," adding: "Our preparations a year hcnce are extremely important but won't be any good unless we can hold them oft' j until next March. "Therefore the thing is speed." Asked whether Britain would seek more American destroyers, Lord Lo thian replied: •I don't think we'd refuse any | thing." Shortly before the British officials called. Mr. Roosevelt received a del egation oi i>7 men and women from all parts of the country who urged further immediate aid to Great Grit ain. The group was headed by Ches ter Rockwell, editor ol' the San Fran cisco Chronicle. He refused to quote tlu' resident's reply to their pica, but told reporters: '•You may -ay we are enthusiasti : co lly cncouragcd." Has Cake and Eats It Guy M. Davis Proof of the pudding is in the eat ing. so Guy M. Davis, Hollywood postal clerk, tries out the master piece with which he won the cake baking championship at the Los An geles County Fair in Pomona, best ing a large field of women cooks. (Central I'rtas) UNC Begins Dr. Graham Speaks of ''World Revolution In volving the Future of America". Chapel Hill, Sept. 27.—(AP)— Dr. Frank P. Graham, of the University of North Carolina declared today that tho present session opened "in the mid-t of a world revolut<< n involv ing ihe 1'iiUire of Amcriru end the I l'nlure i»r freedom". Seeking at exercises marking the l-er-innin:; of the 1471b annual session,' Dr. Graham said "our democracy is j caught between the dynamic powers j <tf fascism and communism. Our con- i 1'iu.nl, placed beiv/een t1)'^ two great ocean-. nevertheless reverberates with Hit- mighty impact of forces in Europe and Asia." "Freedom and democracy. hu mane spirit, the spiritual conception of one god and one human family of ail human beings as brothers ana sons of God." he enntinr-d. "arc un d( r terrific attack on both eastern and western front*."' Say inn that if Britain, 'the little island home of our American bill of (Continued on Page Eight.) FDR To See 1 I Defense Units i ! Washington. Sept. 27..— fAP) —' President Roosevelt announced today he would inspect Monday defense) units in Maryland, including the! Army's proving ground at Aberdeen.' the chemical warfare plant near1 Aberdeen, the Martin bombing plane factory in the northeast section ofj Baltimore, and Camp Mead. Met. The Chief Executive told reporters he would leave tomorrow evening after dedicating the terminal build ing of the new Washington airport, and travel by boat down the Potomac river and up Chesapeake Bay. He will visit the Aberdeen proving ground Monday morning, spending about an hour there, and then go to the other points before motoring hack to Washington. Asked whether the 1 rip had any political significance, the President told reporters to figure it out for tilciiU-C lvCo. I'!eiaiionship, Which "ila.3 Long Existed in Effect", Has Been Taken Into Account Ey United States Pre viously. Wii-h'nr'on. Sepi. 27.—fAP)—See retnry Hull said today that Japan's .,ii: 'vif'i 1 lie German-Italian axis merely made clear "a relation ship which has long existed in ef fect"' an:' which the United States had into account in determin ing its own policies. Hull made this comment in a brief formal statement to a press con ference. Th° statement follows: "The reported agreement of al liance does not. in the view of the government of the United States.' substantially alter a situation which has existed for several years. "Announcement of the alliance merely makes dear to all a relation ship which has long existed in effect l and to which this government has repeatedly called attention. "That such an agreement has been in process of conclusion has been well known for some time and that fact has been fully taken into account by . the government of the United States j in the determining of this country's ! policies." Hull said that lie had seen the Brit- ] ish ambassador, Lord Lothian, during th~> morning but that the conference , related to the location of the air and i naval ba-e sites recently acquired from Great Britain in the Atlantic; and not to the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo i action. Is Safest Stewart Quotes George Miller as Authority on Comparative Safety of Fliers. By CHARLES P. STEWART ! Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 27.—"Aviation," observes George Miller, "is the safest kind of fighting there is." I'd been thinking otherwise until he spoke. But George is an author ity. He was an active participant in the last war. The accompanying pic ture shf>ws him in , uniform. He's some what older and a good bit plumper now than he was then. He wasn't in the air service but he got an earful: from practical fly ers while in the, army, and an earful also from fellow groundling soldier j George Miller commentators con corning the com-1 parative risks run by scrappers respectively on terra »■ i ni:s and overhead. Today, as the National Press club's chief bartender •n Washington, he has a national and international acquaintance among the scribes who write the world*, news. Visiting war correspondents are numerous among the customers j he serves drinks to. and he gets a j third earful from them whenever war talK is on tap (as it everlastingly is) in the club tap room. George's story is that these experts all agree—the chaps up in the sky run no such risks as the ones who are swapping shots down on the solid earth underneath. Hard to Hit "You see." he explains, '"a terres trial doughboy (George uses some pretty good language occasionally) i an t do much dodging. If somebody gets a bead on him. he's middling sure to get plunked. He's a fixed tareet. so to speak. "But a birdman. bouncing around. i*>e vv-av he does. is darned hard to knock over. The 'Archies.' as the English call 'em. •■v-i ror 11 -f ihots for every one they -core wit'i. (Continued on Page Five Implicit Warning Is Given United States In Terms Of Treaty Nurse at 103 Countess Virginie de Laune, 103, oldest known lied Cross nurse, blows out the candles on her birth day cake in New York. The countess served as a nurse in the Franco Prussian war in 1870 while living: in Paris, where she was born. She emigrated to the U. S. 6(5 years ago j and lives in Newark, N. J., where she stiil teaches French. Helping her is Marie Coudert Brennig, i a leader in refugee work. Nc Official ! Statement President Roosevelt Tells Press He Cannot Say Anything About New Treaty. Washington. Sept. 27. — (AP)— President Roosevelt told the press today he could not say anything about the new .Japnnese-German Italian pact bccause he had received nothing official on it. The Chiel Executive added that the State department undoubtedly h:id received official news on the j agreement, but that it had not reach ed him. Asked whether the ten-year treaty w.is unexpected, thi• Chief E.veutive replied yes and no, but did not ela borate. j Asked whether an embargo on oil shipments to the Far East was con templated. the President referred questioners to the State department. To other questions about the pos sibility ol any additional restrictions on exports, the President said the subject was being studied all the time but there was no news on it. The State department withheld all comment pending detail and impli cations ol tne new pact. Informally, however, oflieiais made it clear lhat such a development had been anticipated here. They noted f'nntinnerl or. Page Lie Detector To Wilson Raleigh. Sept. 27.— (AP)—State ; Bureau of Investigation agents tool; their "lie detector." machine to Wil son today to use in the questioning of Jack Langley. 35. held in connection with the investigation of the death of Mrs. Nettie Woodward Harrell. 2"). The agents also planned to inves tigate recent mailings from the post office at Simms. near Wilson, to see ' if propaganda stamped "Communism" had been mailed there. Langlev was arrested a few hours after Mrs. HarrefTs body was found in a thicket Tuesday night. . The communistic literature was j turned over to the SBI yesterday by the attorney general's office and the halt-imprinted postmark ended " X r.". A check ol the postal guide sr nt the po •• ! :>?-• ? t • check at the Simms po rf^r *i postal inspector agreed the m ilerial I.ud been mailed there. Totalitarian Nations Sign One-For-All and All-for-One Pledge of Aid Ag&inst Any New Enemy Entering Eith er the European or China War. Berlin, Sept. 'J7.— (AIM—Gor manv. Ilalv and Japan wcldrd a new totalitarian hluc today with onc-for-all and all-for-onc plrdro of aid against any new enemy entering either the I'u ropean or China war—an im plieil warning to the I nitcd States. Wit!: Adolf Iiitler as an on looker, the Rome-Berlin foreign ministers and the Japanese am bassador to Berlin signed a ten year military and eeonomie treaty declaring the readiness of the three governments to join their Z.iO.QOO.QOO people as world-wide battle comrades. Advance preparations for such an eventuality were written into the treaty by an immediate un dertaking for joint technical con sultations by representatives of the three powers. They formally divided spheres of world influence. Japan being recog nized us the loader in founding a "new order m greater east Asia" and Germany and Italy lor "establish ment ill' a new order in Kurope." They affirmed that the terms in no way affected the political status of any one of them as regards Soviet Russia. The pact brings together the ori ginal membership of the anti-comin tern accord, but goes infinitely fur ther than the old agreement to ex change information for curbing nc tivities ol international communists. As for their world front, the Tokyo - Berlin - Rome signatories pledged "to assist one another with all political, economic and military means when one of the three con tracting powers is attacked by a power not at present involved in the European war or in the C hina-Jap anc.se conflict." (Fascist authorities in Rome in dicated plainly that the pact meant a united front against any attempt by the United Si'tte.-. to interfere with them in r.ny territory they con sider their "living space." (Spain, herself apparently ready to cast her lot with these three mightier nations, rejoiced in her press at Ja pan's signing on the dotted line and typical ol the comment was this: ("The United States faces the al ternative ol renouncing its plans or of intervening immediately against the new totalitarian allies without awaiting exception "r its grandiose rearmament program.") To neut' al ol, ■•rvi r- the most ob vious effect of flic treaty was to in : ore that s.'iould liic United States enter the war she would be imme diately engaged in the Pacific— un der the terms of the mutual assist ance clause -with a fleet so big that she would be unable to come to Bri tain's aid in the Atlantic o, Medi terranean. Pact Aimed At 'War Mongers' In America Iierlin. Sept. 27. fAP) The "war nwhom the Ger man-Italian-.!: pancse pact signed 1o day is aimed. includes ";i ccrUiin group"' in the I Tinted States. an au thorized German spokesman said «*it this afternoon's pre-s conference. Insisting it was not his task or in tention t'> pa< judgment on United St;:te< policy, th" . poke.-man s;iid the circle referred t.j w;is made up of '•persons who lack the spirit which animated the meeting fat the chan cellory) this morning."' The spokesman declined to be drawn into a discu-. :< n of what was meant by "greater east Asia." He would not say whether it in cluded such place.- as the Philippines. French Jndo-CT.inu. Australia and eastern Siberia. (i)njcdh&t FOIl NORTH CAROLINA, C.einTullv fair rxrept consid chauliiK ss along the roast !r.ii"a' I"'! Sa!urd:iy: continued . :.t>\ i :ii.i.: lawlv lisins tern
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