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Hsniterann Hatlg SltBpatrb ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ' * \ EAR rfm Ass»H"L\Ti-fn*pRESs OF HENDERSON, N. C.. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4, 1940 !,uw-lsl,l£^,S,a™txl,,'!i FIVE CENTS Complete Defense Plans % *r t'iorellu H. L:\tiuardn. oi Mow York City. U. S. chairman of th« : in-Ainerieau Defense Commission. explains a point to Colonel ; V Bisrsror (left). Canadian chairman. a meeting of the board r'i'itowii Navy Yard, Boston. H' f 'iv leavii.g for an inspection : ui the northeast seaboard, the chairmen announced plans for Nuita American defense have been completed. Ixis Said Out To 3eai Rooseve President Quotes i rom Newspaper Dis patch From Rome in Reply to Questions; Refuses Further Com ment to Reporters. Or*. 4.—f.\P>—Pros "od ""dty ;i news - \ ? 'frit "the axh •1 f {?...i ,>r a prc>s conference • d ":u:v reason io be ■ - v and Ttalv are work-. v :r- * in tho electron." • cl( wa a New York from Rome. Till*. . •! up a copy of the c and quoted from . . t ■>' to the question. • d snid it was a little • • »:>wer tho cr;o<tion. the quotation, h.e va.= he hr.d "any reason 1 v v.i- true" the ed : - wit just qttot ! ,.t reiwters. F\ - •!, t iidd"d. iust r.,.y ; >v: he laughed that it was :i" ;• }.: r-mdidacy. • !i read I y :ir. Honse axis i- out to de • Roosevelt. not as a t! :i one1' in thr inter . the United States but *•-erythine which hr "ho eye- of the Italians • -.fit also read a section • :ch said that "as far • •1 Sr ate- i concerned. ;♦« d primarily in nt war and trying to y.v ' heip to Great la io Women edTcWork For Big Vote Oft. 4—(AP>—J M. Democratic nominee for ■ >' 'i other party stalwarts ri party leaders here to r 11r> ro'l up '"the greatest '• majority in history this • •• b;isi> or the record of the n th'- state and nation." ton said the Democratic m pc.-ven th.it "it grows and < . i not static and inhib >id and outworn traditions • forward ready to meet f (•'! of the American people." prai-'d the part women have ■ n education and government itre.-^s in the state, and com ted: I believe yon women believe in •i rnorsils. [ believe yon are op ■ d to gambling. I believe you are :r.g our judges your support in : retort, to etean up gambling." : iiihtor drew a'nplause as he <-d President Roosevelt and < nof Hoev and e.vor^ssed the I !»■ rfi.it Great Britain would • 1 Ictorious "in its fight against •■1 :i£»ar"ssion." '!<• d« er bed The President nc "the ■ ? h':ii,:init;ii'';in ever called to «• eh: of tfie processes of gov Mnent.*' (t}cntlicb FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Orjier;>Mv f:»ir loni-jht ;»ml S;jt urt! tv• warmer ill west Muhienbroich is liivcn i.iic icnn i'or i\k!n;i})j)ni^ K^fl'.iuofl Cily. t'al.. Oct. 1.— < P > — V/ilhehn Muhienbroich \vu ■ • scr.trneed to life imprison narlit today for the kidnaping of f hr r-' i ar old ."Marc- dc Tristan, Jr. The German alien was sen tenced exactly two weeks after re snate'jfd the little boy from a IlHlshorough street in what he l>lai n?d as the "pcrfcct kidnap ping:." 1!" stood as though transfixed as Judge ?tlaxweil McXutt pro nounced scntcncc "to the term and time fixed by law." When the judge had completed the sentenc ing the kidnapper stiil stood be fore the bench and his attorneys had to call to him to sit down. District Attorney Gilbert I). Ferrcli asked the ccart to include in t!»r "r?cord that the child was returned to his parents without being harmed." Congress To Recess Soon Leaders Redouble Ef forts to Clear Legisla tion for Recess Early Next Week. Wa hington. Oct. 4.—(AP)—The la. t big defense appropriations bill delivered t*> the President's desk, congressional leaders redoubled ef forts today to clear tho remaining important legislation from their slates so that .• recess might be taken some time next week, possibly Tuesday. Majority Leader Barkley said the Senate would "be ready to quit this week" but made haste to add (Continued on Page Four* ¥ HPS Less inan 100,000 ill jfrirst Call Army Will Not Have l aciiities To Handle More Than 100,000 Trainees Before Firs* of the Year, Spokes men Declare. Wellington, Oct. 4. Au thoritative sources s'lifl t'»'!ny Hint \roy< mher 1-t vj's 1hr> raNif--' date •i'>\- c-inti'mnkiicrl l"««r induction int< the Army of nun drafted under the ] new ^nmnulsory miliHrv service lnw. Indications wen* th.it the number I called then would bo comparatively ! small and ?omn officials estimated that possibly fewer than 100,000 | draftees would be in the service by j January 1 compared with earlier es timates of 400,000. i Spokesman I'm- the selective serv ice committee asserted their ma chinery would lie in readiness to be gin furnishing men to the Army by November 14, but it was pointed out that because of the burdens imposed on the Army by mobilization of the National Guard and by the continued expansion of the regular army thro ugh voluntary enlistments it would not have the facilities for more than 100,000 trainees before the first of the year. By the terms of the con scription act the number of trainees inducted is limited by the availability of "adequate" housing and medical facilities. Discussing the housing problem to (Continued on Pace Four) Hearing Ordered In Confiscation Of Slot Machines Raleigh, Oct. 4.—(AP)—Judge I. M. Meekins in federal district court] has refused to sign an injunction to restrain Wilmington and New Han over county from confiscating slot machines, he said today, but has or dered a hearing at Wilson October i , 14 at which the city and county must I show cause why the machines should! | not be returned to Fred Morris, of : Richmond. Va. j Morris, contending he was owner | of .slot machines seized in a round i up of 153 alleged illegal machines in New Hanover county, sought the j I restraining order but he got to j "show cause" order instead. The roundup in Wilmington was I carried out on instruction of Su-j ! perior Court W. J. S. Burgwyn as aj part of the concerted drive slat ted I by superior court judges early last j I month against slot machines. FDR To Tour Defense Projects, Make Speech Washington, Oct. 4.—(AP)—Johns-1 town, Pa., and Columbus, Ohio, were added today to ;i tentative itinerary | for President Roosevelt's trip next I week to defense projects beyond the Alieghenies. One formal speech will be made on the trip, at Dayton. Ohio, October! 12. when IVir. Roosevelt from his spe cial train will broadcast a report on preparedness to all the western hemisphere. The tentative schedule, released today by the White House, calls fori the Chief Executive to leave Wash-j ington shortly before midnight Oc-j tober 10 and stop at Johnstown the! following morning. His special train will hike the President to Pittsburgh, where he hopes to inspect the Carnegie-Illinois armor pit?? mil!. and various other industrial urn to which are turning out products for national defense. Mr. Roosevelt is to reach Youngs town, Ohio, in mid-afternoon to tour industrial plants in that area. Next, the special train will move to Columbus where Mr. Roosevelt will leave it about It) a. m. the next day to visit Fort Hayes, headquart ers of the Filth Army Corps area. He will spend an hour in Columbus and then move on to Dayton to visit the Army's Wright Field, the Wright memorial, the veterans' hospital and the home of James M. Cox, who was the Democratic presidential nominee when Mr. Roosevelt was on the ticket as vice presidential candidate in 1920. President Roosevelt listed an ad dress for the week of October 21 and .-aid he did not know yet whether the speech would be termed political or non-political. Bombs Can't Stop Lambeth Pushcarts JL • * Although the building in the background has been practically demolished by a Nazi bomb, street vendor# continue lu ply their trade between raids on London's Lambeth YVaik thoroughfare. (Central Press) Konoye Warns U. S. Parachuters To Perform Army Will Unveil Re sults of Experimental Training for Latin Americans. Fort Benning. Oct. 4.—(AP)— The United States Army is planning to unveil results of several months experimental training for parachute troops before 20 Army chieftains of nine Latin American nations here on a tour of this country's defense preparations. The mass jump—the first semi public demonstration by the Army— is scheduled for Saturday morning and will follow today's demonstra tion of more than 25.00') troops ;it this largest infantry post in North America. Fifteen men of a group of 40 sol diers and two officers who have been training in various sections of the country the past several months will drop from an Army transport near Lawson Field—the iort's air port. The officers and men. all volun teers from the 20th Infantry, have been training in sections where spe cial facilities were available. Army officials said the c\ ier:ment has been in the "restricted informa tion" category. They stressed that the mass jump was but a small part of the training—that primarily the men must bo trained in coordination. Kidnappers Free Briton In Rumania Bucharest, Oct. 4.— (AP) — The British legation announced today that A. Miller, director of the British dominated Astra-Rom:: oil com pany reported kidnapped '.wo days ago, suddenly was turned o\cr to Rumanian police this morning by his Continued on i'-age Four) Mars Hill Opens Own Hi<*h School Windsor. Oct. 4.— (AP)— The Sertie county community of Mars IJill had opened its own private high school rather than send stu dents to the consolidated public hiffh school at Powellsville, Coun ty Superintendent II. W. Early said, today. Seventy-three students attend ed when the private hiffh school opened Wednesday and residents of the small community have pledged to pay the salary of the two teachers for the hiffh school. The Mars Hill public hiffh school has been consolidated with that of Powellsville under order of the state school commission. Wiilkie Would End Class Distinctions Aboard Wiilkie Train En Route to Philadelphia. Oei. 4.—(AP)—-Wen del] L. Wiilkie, told an audience of Harrisburg. Pa., today that elimina tion of class distinctions, which he declared the Now Deal had tu tored, wound help improve economic condi tions. "I cadi America back to unity." said (Continued on Page Four) Jap Premier in Challenge United States Invited to Cooperate With Rome - Berlin - Tokyo Axis Powers. Tokyo. Oct. 4.—fAP) — Premier Prince Konoyc invited the United States t<<rj;iy to cooperate with the Rome-IJerlin-Tokyo axN and declar ed on the other h;ind th.it ;iny Unit ed St rites challenge to axis division • ii world leadership would bring a "tight to the finish." The issue of war in the Pacific, Konoye said in an interview, is up !<> the United Stales and hers is the re possibility for any adjustment of relations with Japan. "At present there is no concrete idea to take the initiative in negotiat ing with the United States." he said. "However, whether the Pacifie will become the scene of war < r peace soley depends on whether Japan and the United States respect and understand each other's position." The premier urged the United Slates to reconsider her previous po sition and "positively cooperate with axis construction of a new world or r\t\" "Nevertheless, should the United 'Continued on Page Four) Briggs Stadium, Detroit. Mich, Oct. t 4.—The batting power ol' the Do- c troit Tigers put the American Lea gue pennant winners ahead in the I 1940 World's Series here this iTter- ' noon, two games to one. I:y«driv:n;' out a 7 to J liviirio!' • r ' 'i—Ii Tommy Bring.** proved fie pitch :;g hc:o for the Tigers, keeping the a.cl. v.cil in chcJ;, ;.nd putting hi. cam ahead in this annual baseball lassie. The Reds were the first to score, n the first inning, Werber, first up. • McCormick struck out but r ' c'»;. ■ n s'ncl^d to -core the fleet ■: ItC: '(-• li d !• :!••! :• •*.: i (Continued on Page Four) Axis Chiefs in Brenner Pass Confab "Big Events'' Reported in the Offing Follow ing Meeting of Hitler and Mussolini; Greece Declared To Be Ready (By The Associated Press.) Italian troups. 130.000 strong with 120 tanks were reported mass ing near the Greek frontier today while Adolf Hitler and I ten i to Mus solini met at historic Brenner Pass ;miid reports that "hig events" were in the offing. Reports from Alliens said Italian 4roups in Itaiian-dommaled Albania '•ad shifted to new positions along 'he Give!; frontier within the last few lays. The Italian press las repeatedly turned it: propaganda guns on Greece, asserting that the ancient kingdom ivn-i being made a "pawn" of Great Britain. "All precautions have been taken by Greece against surprise from any quarters," official quarters in Athens declared. In Kop'e. the authoritative fascisl editor Virginio Gayda, often called Mussolini's mouthpiece, asserted that the dramatic Brenner Pass confer ence between the Rome-Ilerlin axis leaders was not a plot to involve any other country in the war. "Italy aTid Germany are not think ing of fixing a date for the end of the war." Gayda added, giving point to guarded nazi-faseist admissions that the war may last a long time. At the end of a three-hour meet ing a communique was issued, de claring: "Within the framework of the or dinary exchange of ideas II Duee and i the fuehrer met x x x for a cordial i reunion conducted within the sphere of the axis. "The two chiefs examined x x x ail the problems confronting the two countries." Beyond this cryptic announcement there was no immediate olliciai dis closure of what the axis directorate talked about. Gayda declared that Hitler and Mussolini are so confident of victory that they e;m now begin drafting "Ihe j great constructive lines of their new (Contin.ier! on Page Four) British Report Sinking Of Enemy Ships (liy Til?.' A.-soeiated IYcss.) The liriii !i admiralty reported to day the- sinking ol ;in Il;ili;in de . troyer, seven G'-rman U-boats and two Italian .shIjij ;»rinc-s in the last few weeks. The admiralty's .statement on these successes was tempered, however,, by an .acknowledgment that "the enemy has reccntiy been having a greater measure ol success in his U-hoat at tacks on merchant shipping than dur ing the earlier stages of the war." The intensified na/.i underseas campaign wa.- made possible, the ad miralty said, "alter the collapse of France and the German seizure of tile French Atlantic ports," permit ting Hitler'.-. U-boats to range far ther out ()'.:c.-t ol victims than when they operated only from bases in the reich. Authorized sources in Berlin claimed British shipping losses since ihe beginning of the war totaled 7, jOO.OOO tons not including vessels of less than 2.000 ton.-. Nazi long range guns on the chan nel struck at Britain's shipping, shelling a convoy in the Strait of Dover at dawn today. The shots flung up great column* ol water but the convoy continued j along the coast. Bad weather, meanwhile, curtailed 1 aerial operations in the "battle of Britain" and London experienced one of its quietest nights since the Ger mans began their large cale bomb ing attack on the city 2li days ago. Although the British reported the ! royal air force had again attacked >b~r cti\ !. .n Germany during the •vght. B'-rlin l ad it" alarm and nazi r. i n base " ioiig the channel i 4 4.3! tnl.w . ■- .n. -.. 0.
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