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\ I \ -SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 remlS^«7.l,K,lws F
Policy
i iew Axis Partners Agree On
, i rea Of Influence For Russia
paces' For
ach Power
, greed Upon
Other German Com
ment Centers on Unit
i Siates, Possible Use
oi Singapore and Sup*
plying of Arms To
r'-itish.
t. 2;:. —(AD—The three
tiie German-Italian
tarv pact have agreed
n which the red star 'it
- t»» he the e>nt.oiling
• .. ':<>• latve comment
A Deutschland said to
powers. which have
!y 'i> the precise "spaces"
• v . una A-in in which
: > have t'»"e linr'l word
i n Russia's sphere, so
. i>e n<> question of en
in foreign spaces b\
the CMPivPiifrv sa:d.
■ "he relation of the in
• *cs to thfir re-o^etv^
"leadership" and not as
rule.
rtrman conjecture in the
vesterday's dramatic signing
v.-. «l<i li'ont alliance cos
*he United States and its
. *e :se of Brif^in'* Sing
se and its supnly of arms
t<> the English.
_ :.rr, s and munitions to
y r may not bring a con
the three members of the
authorized sources said.
depends on whether
likely to effect decisive
ness of the war.
d •' m" instance, that trnd
' ce destroyers for bases
western hemisphere terri
■ mean a conflict.
<_•! directed against the
vention and widening of
lict." these sosrccs contin
lying arms is one man if est a
•' >■ r.terventionist spirit. Just
• i whether : unish;ng instru
war leads to open conflict
• ' contracting parties of the
• - pact is presently a theo
rjuestion."
umanians
Under Arrest
Sept. 28.—(AP)—Four
<■( former King Carol':
i ircfl under house ar
. eminent t«»day.
■ premier and five gen
• • -tody and the expen
Kui»en Titeanu. fonnei
i: . mister. on Rumania's
' "h<- Xew York World's F.'iii
»« : inve stigation, communique
d- were placed on the home:
• 1? former leaders "to preveni
■ «•." the communique added
'H the men of ' lurking clan
•inflv."
i ":i pa t activities arc undei
I consideration." it was said
Julgaria May
Join Axis,
talians Say
'ot Kept. 2H.—(AP)—Italiar
' •«■-*«{ circic > suggested tnday tha
: i. friendliest of the Baikal
'ries to Soviet Russia may joir
•i • axis pact of Germany. I tab
ri Japan.
n also was considered likely t<
recruit in the near future to tin
" ry accord against attack by an:
•r power not now at war in Eu
:<e or Asia.
li' lyaria entered the new align
' ' observers said, it pre
j!y would be for protectioi
.• • ri eece and Turkey.
1 ' .in aUiance. \hese observer
■v uld tend to isrlnt? Turke;
•• s'mllar to t!:c Unite
$20,000,000 Loan to Brazil
Dr. Gutlhernie Guinle, of Brazil, watches Jesse Jones, federal loan ad
ministrator, sign agreement negotiating United States loan of $20,
000.000. for the development of that country's steel industry. Brazil is
putting $25,000,000 of its own funds into the expansion program.
First Of Over-Age
Ships Reach Britain
-Churchill Hails
Destruction Of
German Planes
London. Sept. 28.— CAP)— Prime
Minister Winston Churchill today
hailed the destruction of 133 German
planes yesterday as a "third great
and victorious day" for the royal air
force.
In a message to the lighter com
mand of the RAF. Churchill said
"the scale and intensity of the fight
ing and the heavy lo.-.ses of the enemy
especially in relation to our own (3t
planes) make September 27 rank
with September 15 and August 15
as a thir«l great and victorious day
of the fighter command during the
course of the battle of Britain."
I ___
Thai Plane
Constabulary Post
Within Indo-China
Frontier Is Machi ne
Gunned by Lone Plane
Hanoi, Sept. 2ii.— (AP) — French
[ authorities said today that a lone
! Thai (Siamese) piano machine gun
I ned a native constabulary post 45
| miles within the Indo-China fron
I tier this morning.
I No casualties resulted, the French
| said, and no steps are being taken in
! retaliation.
The authorities said tho attack wa>
1 apparently connected with a reitera
' tion yesterday by Thailand of her
1 { territorial claims on the French
J colony.
| Thailand, which has a "good will
mission" in Tokyo at present, recent
' ly voiced demands for the return ol
certain border territories. The de
r mands were rejected by the Frencli
" • government. Thailand then eancell
I ed her non-aggression pact with
•: Indo-China.
■ j French sources previously have
1 voiced the suspicion that Thailanc
l was being urged by the .Japanese tc
51 advance her claims. The Japanese
' - have haded troops to police thrct
1' military oh* br>ses obtained in Indo
Lby u IYench-Jap^ne-'e accoitl
Commander of Flotil
la of Former U. S
Destroyers ^ays Yes
sels Prove They Wil
Be of Great Use tc
Britsh.
A British Port. Sept. 28.—(AP)~
The first H«>till ■ of the 50 over-ogi
df troyMs transferred by the Uniici
States to Britain arrived here toda;
and a Canadian Pre- reporter win
made the trh> reported it passed un
ciithed through an ". pparenl sub
marine attack" the l::-l night at ser
The di: patch coniained no furthe
details of the "attack."
The commander of the flotilla,
nrival veteran, said the ships' perfor
mance <n the voyage proved the;
would be of great use to the roys
navy. particularly in convoy work.
Al'hough the uniiit jack flew ;i
theii mast--, their American origi
was evident aboard, said Ross Murr
the Canadian Press representative
the first newspaper man to male
such a trip during the present wai
Tie said the crew slant under whit
blankets marked "U. S. Navy" an
that the dishes, ew'lery and ammuni
tion all were American.
"The weather was reasonably goo
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U. S. Linked
j More Closely
London, Sent. 2f».— (AP) —Th
British press almost without excep
tion took the view today that th
chief effect of the new German-Ital
inn-Japanese alliance was io link th
j Uivtcd States more ci cely to Biitan
The Daily mail attached great sig
jniticance to tnc conference in Wash
ington yesterday between Presider
j Roosevelt and Lord Lothian, th
i British ambassador, declaring:
"The announcement oP the con
lerence strengthened authoritativ
' but unofficial reports that an agree
meat of vital importance between th
British empire and the United Stat:
has been almost completed."
Most editorials expressed belh
that the three-power pact was aime
directly at the United States, an
igave great space to reports of th
American reaction.
in fhmb
' I he More ci & hem
We Have iise Less
Likely We Are io Have
io Use Them', Roose
velt Says ai Washing
Ion Ceremony.
Washington, Sept. AP) —
I Yc^ident itoosevcit, ;»• n'^ ihc
"),)o that American airplanes would
always be used for peaceful pur
po.es. said today that the more wc
have the less likely v/e are to have
in use tluiii. tiie lo.-s lil:-iy are we
10 be attacked from abroad."
Me spoke at a ccrt::"u,ny al which
he laid the cornerstone of t!u* admi \
iitration building of Jiingt.n'i
now SI3.00.000 airport, under con
struction on land dreaded i.owi Lit
Potomac river.
With hundreds of civiiii.n and mil
itary planes flying above him, the
Chief Executive said:
"The roar above us of American
airplane engines in hundreds oi'
! American plnnus is symbeke or' our
J determination to build up a defense
, on sea, on land and in the air capa
! ble of overcoming any attack."
"They represent in a small way
the power we must ultimately have
and will soon have.
"Rather, let me discuss this as a
gratifying flexing of the kind ol
lighting muscle democracy can and
does produce."
Asserting that the planes above
were on a peaceful mission, he add
ed:
"We all hope that their missions
will always be in the ways of pcace.
We shall strive with all of our ensr
1 gies and skills to see to it that they
are never called upon for missions
1 of war.
'•But the more of them wc have,
the less likely we arc to have to
I use them, the less iikely are we to be
[ attacked from abroad."
Nazis Claim
Raid Damage
Bombers Attacking
London Said i o Have
ii Started Great Fires in
t| Dock Area.
''| Berlin, Sept. 28.— (AP) —In
'• formed sources said strung forma
L' tions oi' German bomutrs atiaekej
M London again this morning and trial
. i fires were started anew in tnc Easl
India docks.
Returning raiders also said thej
j heavily damaged a wets end powei
'station north of the Thames.
The mightiest destruction yel
wrought in air attacks on England
was lelt by tne explosion ol 1.10C
t Ions of. bombs dropped yesterday
German sources said.
The high command said two mer
chantmen in Dover harbor were sunk
; by German shells fired across the
I channel and another was reported
I hit.
"Extended blazes and heavy explo
j sions indicated success everywhere,'
I in the aerial war on Britain carriec
j out in strength particularly agains'
' docks, factories, power lines, ga:
| works and troop camps, the hig>:
i command declared.
Informed sources said the score o
yesterday's severe air fighting wa:
101 British planes to 38 Germar
planes lost.
I These sources described the Fri
1 j day raids, which continued through
e i out the night, as the most effectiw
! yet. The attacks were renewed thi<
[ morning.
(jJ&aihsft
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy with moderate
d to heavy rains in east portion
and partly cloudy in west por
tion tonight and Sunday; not
much chanse in temperature.
Undersecretary Of State Says
Far Eastern Problems May All
Be Settled By Negotiations
Racing Scrap Metal Embargo
Under the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, a barge is loaded with
enormous quantities of scrap iron and steel destined for other shores.
Speed in loading the metal is necessary to beat the October 16 embai-go
deadline set up by the President for shipments to Japan.
London Ends Third
Week Of Air Siege
I
-14 Persons Said
Killed in Raids
Madrid. Sept. 28.—(AP)— Radio
National said today reports reaching
Aigeciras indicated that 44 persons
were killed in the French bombings
, of Gibraltar this week.
The reports said one of the dead
was the aide to Vice Admiral Sir
Dudley North.
North Carolina Finds
Little Cause for Ex
citement Over Current
Politics.
Dail.v Dispatch Bureau,
In tin* Sir Walter Hotvi.
Raleigh, Sept. 28.-—The tempo of
the political campaign in North Car
olina continued very and exceeding
ly languid this week: though reports
from Charlotte indicate that Repub
lic.)! State Chairman Jake Newell
hopes to inject a bit of life into his
party's efforts.
In Democratic state headquarters
here, the force is working; but noth
ing even approaching the unusual or
sen ationa! developed this week.
Congressman • Lon Folger came
down, set up an office for the na
tional campaign—an office designed
almost solely for the purpose of col
lecting campaign contributions—then
trekked back to Washington without
| having named a director for the carn
; paign.
He may be back in Raleigh today
; with an announcement, probably
: Dick Reynolds of Winston-Salem as
j the money drive head: or he may not
| come in until early next week, it was
reported by Mrs. Mary Pollard, who
I is the only present tenant of the
I headquarters.
Lon, who knows most, if not all-.
> the political angles, has issued an
I extremely optimistic prediction that
"the Democratic ticket headed by
i Franklin D. Roosevelt and J. M.
j B rough ton will receive the greatest
; rrinp't-' c"ry river, to pr:-y <cndcv.
' in th'" ?tife."
Considering t!"'.- IV>r\c.
(Cuntinued on Page Five)
German Bombers
Strike at LondonAgain
After Furious Over
night Assault; Heavy
Toll of German Planes
Taken.
London, Sept. 28.— (AP) —Ger
man bombers struck at London again
today in a mid-morning li.ulit alter a
furious overnight assault that wound
up three successive weeks of relent
less air siege.
Royal air force fighter planes im
mediately swarmed up to intercept
the first raiders and after a short
time Londoners emerged from their
shelters—ready for another day of
intermittent alarms.
The British said the ovcrnignt
raids against London and towns of
England'; Scotland and Wales had
| cost the Germans heavily.
The air ministry announced that
\'.i German warplanes were shot
down yesterday, bringing, their total
losses for September 'o more tha,
, 1,0(10 for the second successive
I month.
! A second alarm sent Londoners t'>
i shelter this afternoon just as th'.ji
J sands were making a week-end exo
' dtis to get restful sleep in the coun
I try.
Cloud-darkened skies hid the num
| ber of German planes sent at Eng
land in almost endless procession
during the night, but observers said
(Continued on Five*
Resuce Ship
Nears Vessel
Jacksonville, P"!u.. Sept. 28.— (AP)
j —Battling rough seas in the Atlantic
! 100 miles northeast of Jacksonville.
1 the crew of the freighter Alice Tebbs
prepared to abandon the sinking ves
sel today and board the rescue ship
i San.uel Q. Brown.
A message to Coast Guard di
visional headquarters from the
Tebbs said "we have man with
, broken leg and internal injuries."'
Another message from the Tebbs,
which radioed early today that her
! : earns had opened and that she was
; waging a losing light against water.
rising in the- hole r,nd asked th<
• rVng in tho hole, a-ked the
:! rv.] ■ d f t the injured sailor.
The Coa t Gusrd cutl'r ri I. <:
(Continued on Page Five)
United States, How
ever, Is Preparing"For
Any Eventualities,"
Welles Declares in De
tailed Analysis of
Stand.
Cleveland. Soot. 28.—(AP)—Sum
nci Welles, undersecretary of state,
declared in a new statement of for
eign policy today thai there was ;'tio
problem in the Far East that could
not be peacefully solved thiough
negotiation ." lie added, however,
ttV't tlie United St.iles was preparing
"for any eventualities".
In the most detailed analysis of
foreign policy in many months by
an authorized government spokes
man. Wellt'.-. set forth the "require
ments of the United States" in the
Orient. The declaration was consid
ered especially significant since it
followed yesterday's announcement
that Japan had joined Germany and
Halv in a military alliance
Welles also re-asserted American
intentions "to render all material
support and assistance" in the form
of supplies and munitions to Great
Britain and the British dominions
"in what we hope will be their suc
cessful defense against armed ag
gression."
The speech was prepared for de
livery before the Foreign Affairs
Council here.
The undersecretary reviewed for
eign policy through the Roosevelt ad
ministration. and warned that the
United States faced a danger as
grave as any in its history.
•Japan's assault on French Indo
China he condemned as a threat to
"the integrity of the French'colony,"
contrary to promises of the Japanese
government to respect the status quo
in that area.
"In essence." Welles declared, "the
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Willkie Ends
Western Tour
Aboard Willkie train En Route to
New York. Sept. 28.—(AP)—Wen
del! L. Willkie will report to New
York Republicans tonight on his
western campaign trip, which he
closed last night with an assertion
that the Roosevelt administration has
kept the form but not the substance
of democracy.
The Republican presidential nom
inee will speak to his party's state
convention at p. m. EST.
Willkie's latest criticism of his
Democratic opponent was made at
Madison, Wis., before a cheering
crowd.
Noting that appropriation bills
have to originate in the House of
Representatives, he said "and yet,
retaining tin; lorm and abandoning
the substance, this administration
insisted .shortly after it came into of
fice on having blank discretionary
appropriations made by Congress."
Japan Gives
Warning
Konoye Says New Al
lies Ready to Show
Power of Their Mili
tary Alliance.
Tokyo, Sept. 23.—(AP)—Piemior
Prince Fumimaro Konoye warned in
•i nationwide radio address tonight
thut Japan, Germany and Italy "are
ready to display the power of their
military alliance in case of neces
sity."
The prince warned his country,
however, that it was facing an un
precedented crisis and would need all
its courage and ste.idfa: tness.
Konoye said Germany and Italy
were leading the attack on the "status
quo" in Europe and that Japan was
similarly engaged in Asia.
"It is inevitable that Japan in east
Asia and Germany and Italy in Eu
rope should assume the leadership in
foiming these spheres of co-pros
perity," he slid "I believe that at
tempt- to hinder this inexorable force
>! natur'- .icpon-ib!c- for the v t
i•<a!; of the .-econd European war
; >: i i- r tion of what may be
„:'jn' - d • - tatc of quasi-war