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Itenitersmt Uatly Hispatdi ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA *7/- ,yr.> Aa /V>. '-SEVENTH \EAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 5, 1940 ''L''!UT:v:#V^^>\7KKNOON FIVE CENTS ci.i i Bi Jin Says Dictators \ Decided >i i'ress Contin to ^cold United Uv ^ , States and Now nr 1 i-.ies I urkey as Enemy; Nazis p. London Raids; \-»M»'."iated Press* r. Berlin : -* :1-r -nd 'i.i.i Secided upon ...acaiiwt E115! P.rcnner "\:s; eonfer •vn sp >;;<•-man •,I> . ; *i.d • idner>bIo "1 t ''."it i blow ,-oinewhere." the :i *d t-» scold the •:s British svm ■ !, .! the Turks as •••s nnvTs. :.:th week of the ac ••.d-v\ X •• p!mcs .v across the Kent Oct. 3. —1 AP>—A ■ Kite this afternoon up to ."> p. m. showed sn\ i»l.mes had been de liver Britain today. German plane*. the • .illoti by :r.;d-att 4:1 command. re :■ in Africa, claim ■■ n columns hnd : ..nd armored car S .. Burratii after nactivity on that • - * ; *1 \v■4 c»>m •V oT'TtO!* FVt*.-" confcr t:.e !;-c* that Hit - •• were absolutely •: ot their three-hour •• v.ms struck by V >- : • t ive F. scist rd • d the 'derations of be intensified, •tvs exorcised fear 0 extended to the :« . .:n..p .nee Turkey, in the pa»t. has now y •-e It liiin press •mori her defences on 1 :-der and Turkey emergencv meas 1 nd wintry clouds od on Pare Four* Rumania Acts To Control Foreign Firms ■ • 5.—(AP)— New • >day to control rirl managed cor ■ri the American CJ'.ard government ■ issars to "investi • " tiv: management • ••. parties in Ru connections, the American • d K nanian Tcle ch i> under char ;.;i- been required '4 vernmcnt appoint nation.il economy to appoint commis Foreign companies d that all future .• d on Pace Four) l adies Hit ' kson Says Ameri Resent "Talking vn" in Campaign *eches. 5.—(AP)—Attorney said today that i d been "'talking < 'low Americans and ..epared For delivery notiFying Senator • do oF his ronomina : ritic senatorial can \'< v.- York. Jackson also •• regrettable hostility u maniFested in groups oli tov.a'd the Repub • 1111- from the deep 'v o tb:ng«. First the tl'.i- atfndo on the • ' that ho mn>t de ^ on Fa^v Four J Rescue at the South Pole Official U. S. Antarctic Service Photo This graphic picture, jast received from the United States Antarctic Service, shows Richard S. Moulton, 23. of New Hampshire, and H. M. Bryant, 24. of California, rescuing a sledge dog which fell into a 100-foofc crevas*e in the polar ice. (Central Press) i McNary Denounces Reciprocal Pacts Republican Vice Pres ident a i Candidate Says Trade Treaties Have Failed to Pro mote Peace and Bene fit Agriculture. _ _ i , Uien. Minn. Oct. 5.—(AP)—Sen- j •ator Charles McXarv asserted to day that the reciprocal trade treaties • had failed to promote peace and ; benefit agriculture and "have lower- j ed our resistance to an after-war! flood of cheap imports." The Republican nominee for vice j 'president said that a post-war Europe I . ;n desperate need ot markets would | undoubtedly seek to invade the | American market with goods pro- ; duced at "coolie and peasant wages". : "I do not believe that the New j Deal on its record will be capable • of defending the farmer or any other . American producer against the world trade struggle that lies ahead", Sen ator McNary said. "The New Deal already has our j economic borders defenseless. Be- j ! cause of the reciprocal trade treaties |our trade frontiers are unprotected.'' > Senator McNary listed tariff re vision as the "time honored, real- • istic. constitutional method" by which the nation could arm itself < against the predicted trade war. Upward revision of tariff sched ules in 1921. Senator McNary said, "checked the declining spirals of that brief industrial depression." Meekins Found Not Guilty Columbia, Oct. ii.—(AP)—J. C. j Mcekin.- nephew of Federal Judge | I. M. Meekins of Elizabeth City, was v found not guilty last night on a j charge of embezzling $13,685 from . the town of Columbia. i The auditing firm of Btmdy and J Moran of Elizabeth City contended i( that there was a shortage of thatl. amount in Meekins' accounts as town . ' clerk. j ] Chester Morris of Currituck, who. won the nomination for district so-|' j licitor from Meekins, prosecuted : ; the case. Suspected $ 100,000 Explosion and Fire Destroys Three Buildings of Chemical Factory, Media, Pa.. Oct. 5.— CAP) —Fire, ?arly today swept the Paper Can nister Company. Fern wood, Dela ware county, which has been making powder containers for the govern nent. Three New Jersey nien were held 'or questioning and Fire Chief Harry i straub of East Lansdowne said: "It looks very much like sabatoge ' because the fire spread so quickly." i The plant finished a contract for | the British government obout' i month ago and began working yes ;erday on a new order from the j 'icatinny arsenal, Dover, N. J. Hall a dozen firemen were cut by | »ln<s but there were nu other cas- ; laities. Refugees Tell Of Rescue Of Liner's Crew New York, Oct. 5.—(AP)—Bri ish refugee children reported on irrival today that their ship, the Cmpress of Australia, stopped cn •oute to Canada and rescued the en tire crew of tne Holland American liner Volendan, which they said had ?ither been torpedoed or had struck i magnetic mine. The children said they did not enow what had happened to pas enters, of any were aboard the Vol (Continued on p»ae Four) Reynolds Concerned With j Problems Of Small Donors And Limits Of Hatch Act Daily Dispatch Bureau, , In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh. Oct. 6.—The newly open-j ed Democratic collection agency, headed by Dick Reynolds of Win ston-Salem, is currently pondering i two major problems: (1) how to 1 make it not only possible, but easy for small contributors to make their gifts to the Roosevelt campaign and (2> how to circumvent and out I smart a number of Federal and Fed j erally-paid-in-part state officials j who are using the Hatch act as a shield with which to turn aside the party's call for financial assistance. Mr. Reynolds had hardly settled into his chair in campaign headquar < 'i( ;•< .re a somewhat s'^edy ijukii;^ Individual ed^td liL way rather diffidently through the door and plunked down a dollar on the desk. "I can't give much, but I want to do my share to re-elect Roosevelt'', he said. That put the campaign director to thinking. If, he pondered, this chap! wanted to give what he can, there are probably hundreds, even thous ands of others like him all over North Carolina. Their little gilts, in the aggregate, will run into real money. So now very definitely the small j contributor is to have it made easy for him. Anyone, anywhere in North Carolina can, of course, make his donation by forwarding it to the Na- j I Continued on Page Four; I Invasion Allempl Is Believed Near <■*****#*## *********** Draft Regulations Expected Will Defer Men endenis Regulations ern ing Classification and Training Awaiting the President's Approval; Automatic Deferment Included. WV'intfton. Oct 5.—CAP)—TYes :'lfnt Rniv^vpll ■" (>vnr>^'1-.1 ;hin a low days to order autoi"^^ d^fcr- ! mcnt from compulsory jyi'lMnry "n-- | ice of all men who have dependents. I Mur*'*-revised regulations govern-] ins classification and training under: 'he draft law now are awaiting the' President's approval end they pro-' vide that conscripts claiming appar ently valid reasons fo*; deferment shall be placed in a deferred class virtually without question. It was explained this procedure was decided upon to give local i-elec- j tive service boards-full leeway under the draft law's definition of depen- j dency. which members of the selec- j tive service committee have criticised j as "entirely too strict." That definition, strictly construed. | would require that to be deferred j because of dependents a man would I have to show that his earned income was essential to them. Officials con tended that they could foresee many cases in which the definition, if noli interpreted liberally, would work un due hardships. Under the proposed procedure.1 men with dependents would be plac- ! cd in Class three—Class one being' formed of men available for imme- 1 diate service and Class two consisting of those in essential employment. •'Because we expect to get all the J men the Army will require from Class one" an official explained, "it; is very likely that none of those in ; Class three will ever be called." Adjournment Of Congress j Is Opposed Washington, Oct. 5.— (AD— Fresh' demands that Congre:;-; remain in town to deal promptly with foreign j policy and defense problems arose to day to trouble leaders hopefully maneuvering for a rece.s vote Mon day or Tuesday. With the November 5 elections only j ' (Continued on Page Four) One Dead In Blast-Fire Fire Sweeps Pennsyl vania Plant Making Powder Containers for Government. Terre Haute. Ind.. Oct. 5.—(AP)— One man was believed killed and j four were hurt in a $100,000 ex- I plosion and fire which destroyed ( three buildings last night at the Commercial Solvents Corporation— a hie chemical factory dating from 1 the World War. Thomas Sankey, 50, was missing after the blast and presumed to be dead. He was working in a alcohol derivatives plant when a 30,000-gal (Continued on Pase Four^ (i)cathch FOR \ORTH CAROLINA Partly Hondy toniirM and Sun day. becoming: unsettled in the mountains with possibly slight drizzle; slightly warmer tonight. Nazi Army Chief Visits Troops General Walther von Brauchitsch, German chief of staff, arrives at a flying field in southwest Germany to inspect Nazi soldiers concentrated in that area. These troops may soon be on the move as a result of tha Hitler-Mussolini conference. (Central Press) Knox Declares Navy Is Ready To Fight Secretary of Navy Says Alliance of Ja pan, Germany and I Italy Was "Directed at Us"; Says Fleet Is Most Powerful. Washington, Oct. 5.—(AP)—Seere- j t;iry Knox said today lhat the mili tarv alliance of Japan, Germany and J rtaly was "directed at us" and ad rled that "if a fight is forced upon, us '•••-• shall ho readv for them." "We have never lost a war yet." lo'rl f*r:if'i.intos of the National Police Academy at the Justice de-1 partment. | "We are the largest obstacle in the, path of the totalitarian powers," he ldded. "Should Great Britain fail to <trm the tide of ever-advancing 1yr rany we shall find ourselves sur rounded by these international bri gand^ whose gre-.ito.st victory would he the destruction of the United States x x x. "An adequate navy at this time de mands that we be able to meet enemies far from our own shore and deleat them in both oceans—simul taneously if necessary x x x. "The acquisition of eight bases! from Great Britain in exchange for some of our over-age destroyers has moved the Atlantic theatre of naval iction 1.00!) miles farther eastward. Patrol bombers operating from these Pases, working in coordination with ■•.'irface sh:r~. "-ill allow us to meet the enemy in midocean." Knox said that as a result of his | fContinued on Page Four) Ralph Sutton Is Released Under Bond Raleigh. Oct. 5.—(AP)— State J Bureau ol Investigation agents sairi today thai Raiph Sutton, charged ! with conspiracy in the death of Ray j Goodman Holland in Duplin county, had I)' en freed under $25,000 bond following a habeas corpus hearing last night at Kenansville. FBI Agent Howard L. Picrcc said that the Stale "refused to show its hand" at the hearing, rfeused to place Shepmse Holland, who faces death in the gas chamber for the murder, ' on the stand, and agreed to the bond. I Superior Court Judge Leo Carr pre- : sided. M. H. Sutton. Duplin miller and ■ lather of Ralph Sutton, alos is charg- i cd with conspiracy and is out of I jail under $10,000 bond. The Suttons were indicted in the (Continued on Page Fourl LAMBETH NAMED AS GILKEY SUCCESSOR Raleigh. Oct. 5.—(AP)—Governor Ht ev announced today appointment of Walter Lambeit of Charlotte as a member of the Board of Conserva tion and Development to fill the un expired term of J. Q. Gillcey, who j died recently. The term ends April! 1. 1941. j Cincittftati EV€'H Sh SciHt€S 11 Briggs Stadium. Detroit. Mich, Oct. 5.—The strong arm ol' Paul Der inger pitched the Cincinnati Reds to i 5 to 2 victory over the Detroit; Tigers in the fourth game of the 1940 World's Series here this afternoon. Dringing his team even in victories .vith the American League Pennant dinners. The victory \vp • - veet one to "Derringer, who vs.; balled "ut the 3ov ;n th? f.'rct fiime at Cincinnati. The Reds got oil to an early »tart, scoring two runs. They held the lead for the remainder ol' the contest. i1 Trout started for the Reds, but i ' was chased from the mound in the 11 third inning in favor of Smith. The teams meet again here Sun- 1 day. and then go back to Cincinnati to 'complete the jeries. R Score hy inning Cincinnati Detroit Derringer and V.' 2C1 100 010—51 001 001 -*000-—" Wilson: Trout, i :i Suilh a:i. i Axis Ready To Drive On All Fronts German Channel and North Sea Forces Re ported to Have Com pleted Last - Minute Preparations for In vasion. Born. Switzerland. Ort. 5.— (AP)—Neutral as well as Brit ish s'inr-"s tonight placed mount ing credence in what at first seemed to bo axis-inspired re ports that German rlianne) and North soa forces have completed last-minute preparations for in vasion of Britain and await only the word "go." Similai reports from tho Mediter ranean indicated that Itrilian forces were all set for a land drive toward Alexandria and Suez and down the Nile valley from Ethiopia. At the same time. Spain was said to be ready for a try to snatch Aleeeiras, Spain. Oft. 5.—(AD —2.000 British troops of all branches were reported landed today to strengthen the garrison of Gibraltar. Britain's ereat fortress rock at the western end of the Mediterranean. Gibraltar with air and sea ;iid from Italy and land aid from Germany, despite axis assertions that Spain is remaining non-belIigercn t. Travelers from Italy brought re poi ts that German army engineers and specialists and even .some Ger man troops had been moving steadily through the Brenner Pass into Italy and across the Mediterranean to Libya, to buttress Italian African forces. Others were reported to have flown to Italian positions on the up per Nile in Ethiopia. Travelers from Germany brought the report that 500 Italian planes and 3.01/0 Italian fliers, navigators and air gunners now are in German-oc cupied France and the low countries to help in an attempted invasion of Britain. Calcutt Is Fined In Chowan County Kdenton, Oct. 5 (AP)—.Joe Cnl cntt o! Fayetteville was fined $100 ;.nd costs by Recorder J. N. Prudcn Friday for owning and renting il legal lot machine.- in Chowan coun ty. An additional fine of $200 was sus pended 'ip'iii Calcutt's compliance with the law in the future. FDR Speaks Near Home President Dedicates Three Duchess County Schools; Education A? Defense. Hyde Park. Oct. 5.—(AP)—Presi lent Roosevelt dedicated three new Dutchess county schools tod iy and isserted that "in building for the ■.•ell being of America we have built or the defense of America as well." The schools, the President said, ymboli/.e "two modern government unctions"—the perpetuation of the ight of free universal education and a continuing responsibility to see o it that no one should starve who vas willing to work but unable to ind work." He spoke to a crowd a--embled at he Franklin D. Roosevelt high ch'jol a !e". mi''- from hiv- he.nrv Vith 't he dedicated the Violet Ave ue grade school and the Hyde Park (.Continued on Page Four)
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