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British-Rumania Relations
Become Critical; Nazi And
Rumania Planes On Patrol
Minister to Ku
i;i.uad ^otiiies Anton
t.>— 1 hat Keiations
ri.i»o Reached Criti
cal roint; British Le
gion Packs.
! :i Oft. 11.— (AIM—Sir
I H tare. British minister
<; -ii.tiiia. ha> notified I're
;.. i.-r il Ion Antiintsru that
:n:» between Britain and
have reached "a eri
; p nut. it was announced
. . tonight.
it,'!. 11.—(AP) — A
; >rmatioi: of about
;• bearing Gorman
i Rumanian in-J
.«• . . i nti lor til over Bur
oil towns of Ploesti
, I
- '^y- i
: . -.v >ver the Critish •
e>t. where the staff
. •- packing up.
: <.\>>i and west and j
- uth methodically. At!
planes were over the
• y i.i the German air!
■ ie as German official j
: til rough their mouth
• u. that Turkey had i
"•i by Great Britain the
; : 4 Rumanian oil wells j
.J that the British am-j
Rt^inaid Hoare. was an;
e m the plan.
Hungary And
Rumania Have
More Trouble
Oct. 11.—(AD—The of
g tnan news agency an
• ciny that Hungary has
nlf rvention to settle dif
Ruir.ania over com
1 countries that their
• :-einst mi>treated.
tollov.-ed upon reports
was sending it-' for
• Pv vie and represen-1
:• m with pleas that the;
.d by which Transylvania
-i i>c modified.
an demonstrations byj
■to coincided with the
■ -remission which has'
" nj* tn ettle some of the
it :,igary,< occupation of!
ylvania.
ganized axis tiiplo-l
t" draw Greece and
iron! Britain and toj
\v other southeast-j
■•••intries was awaited'
next logical step. I
un tails. Balkan ob-j
•'d. military action1
avoided.
I
Dedicated j
Koosevelt Refers to
Public Housing as
Job of Defense" in
dedication.
• •'»<■!. li.—(AP>—Pres- !
'. .•••icrrins to public ;
(>! defense." said i
long as the people
< '1111100' is working to i
jobs and their homes ■
ient that if the need j
■ I* will wnoiehcarted- '
• \ '■ ci• hteir homes and
L'fj ;n«ry."
open car. he dedi-1
'.'•MUi.i; home unit of the
.lousing Authority .
if<0 I'ertace Village.
• ' .'•it told a dedication1
"• al *housand the hous
"another phase of de
t work" and that it "has1
a:» d that on an average |
ly. 500.000 had been
:i :!• a homes and added: i
tonus we have taken
!\ 2.0(10.000 more people
■ 1 "it yi< in hotter homes.
•• n? nother phase of
Called to Duty
Miss Agnes C. Kosele, 24, is sworn
in as the first of 4,01S Red Cross
nurses who are tc be transferred
from the reserves to the Army
Nurse Corps by next July. Looking
on at the Washington ceremony is
Miss Monica E. Conter (right), an !
army nurse.
Roosevelt
Begins Tour
President on Two-Day
Non-Political Tour of
Defenses; Speaks Sat
urday Night.
AIx>ird Roosevelt's Special Train, j
Oct. 11.— (AP)—A peppy high school
band, thousands of yelling citizens
and a delegation of officials—Repub-I
lican and Democrat—noisily started
President Roosevelt off today at
Johnstown. Pa., on a two-day tour
of Pennsylvania and Ohio points vital
to national defense.
While the trip officially was de
scribed as another non-political ex
pedition. it was taking Mr. Roose
velt into two pivotal states—with po-|
litieians joining the President's spc- j
cia! train at every stop.
The Chief Executive got out on the
back platform of his private car at
Johnstown and waved to the crowds.
Then the train moved down the j
Concmaugh river to Seward where
the Chief Executiv e had an oppor-j
tunity to see work under way on a;
S7.600.000 channel improvement pro
ject designed to prevent more dis
astrous floods.
A sign along the bank said: ' Johns- j
town channel improvement flood!
control project. Thanks. Mr. Roose
velt". And along the way people held
up sign- of welcome, one of which
said "Thanks for everything".
At Dayton. Ohio, the Presidenti
will broadcast a "one for all. all fori
one" defense message to the nation;
and the entire western hemisphere
Saturday night. !
Knuchen Cites
InReaf moment
\V;..-(HI. 11—(AP)—Wil
li;.m S. Kiiiiuyen, the deiensc coin
ini 'Hi piorli rii< n chief who L: spar
11!?, !n . up-i I dive reports to the
>i4 •«-ti that "some prog res:; ' ha.
do n made iii its rc;n maiuent pro-1
.Wim.
S;»vin;* that itvpeetir-n tours of de
fense in;ln tries had "reassured me a
great deal" jind that he expected "no
specific difficulties to interfere"' wit's
the program, nudscn last night
mentioned the following as evidnecc
ol "some progress':
A total of $3,000,000,000 in con
tacts signed.
Plans lor placing an additional $4,
000,000.000 in orders by the end ol
November.
Aircraft production of 950 planes'
end 1.0'iO engine monthly with dou
! !e that <■; tp' t expected next year
"pcrhap.".
Knudsen. in his report, dealt on
the production problems which had
»o I e mot before mass manufacture
of defense equipment was possible.
He paid tribute to the 'marvelous
response from the people in all walks
and stations of life" partciularly
workers and engineers, and said that
"with this spirit we cannot fail
t oget the results which we in times
pa; t have always found possible."
Registration
Order Tonight
Raleigh. Oct. 11.—(AP)—Gover
nor Hocy announced draft boards for
nine more counties today.
Tonight, Governor Hoev said, a
proclamation wiii be issued calling
tor the registration of all persons in
North Carolina coming under the
compulsory military training law.
Postoffices throughout the state will
post printed copies of the procla
mation.
Plans are nearing completion for
'.he registration, with four counties
having reported they are all set for
the work October 16.
In many counties school authori
ties will nad election officials in the
registration, Hoey said.
America Acts
To Block Any
Thai Moves
Washington, Oct. 11. — (AP) —
American diplomatic moves in Thail
and (Siam) to discourage any Japa
nese-inspired aggression were dis
closed today as a new Far Eastern
tension arose in the wake of the as
sassination of Shanghai's puppet
mayor.
Hugh Grant, American minister at J
Bangkok, conferred with Thailand
officials yesterday and Secretary
Hull said at his press conference that
I Continued on Pace Four)
In Case You're Interested
In Party Platforms, Here j
Are Contrasts For State
Daily Dispatch Bureau, t
In the Sir Walter !»otel.
BY IIENKY AVERILL.
Raleigh, Oct. 11.—ft has been said,
probably with more truth than
poetry, that party platforms are
things to ride into office on and
then forget; and it is also perhaps
true that not one voter in a thousand
knows anything about the party
platforms and not one in a hundred
who does know cares.
Just the same the Democrats and
Republicans of North Carolina have
their respective declarations of prin
ciples and faiths: and these declara
tions when laid side l y side lorn
rather interesting example of how
th-.' s' '!>'• jc! of facts art' seen thro
ugh different, and partisan eyes.
For instance, there's the very im-j
portant matter of taxes in North Car- j
olina and the state's budget. Unless)
the two platforms were right under
your nose where they cannot help j
being read, it is hard to figure how j
there could be two such divergent
views.
The Democrat-;, in then state plat
form say about these important mat
ters:
• Fortunately North Carolina has a!
balanced budget and meets all of her
obligations promptly and is steadily
decreasing her public debt."
There's the optimist and pointer j
witn pride for you.
On the contrary the Republicans—j
(Continued on Page Five)
Removing London Wounded After Nazi Raid
k pgOMran* wmasar «■ 1K8888MF v 1—■—Ti—T^aggr7 ^ i; t -rrnrnM- ■
C. P. Cublrpholo
Air raid wardens carry an injured civilian to safety in London as the British capital carries on after one
of the heaviest bombing attacks of the war. Concussion of the bombs was so great that persons were hurled
fifty feet through the air and crushed against the sides of buiidings.
Washington
Is Worried
Shanghai Seen as Po
tential Trouble Spot;
Pacific Defenses Are
Strengthened.
Washington, Oct. 11.—(AP)—Of
ficial concern over the tense Fat
East situation centered anew today
on. Shanghai as a potential trouble
spot after the slaying there of the
city's puppet mayor and a Japanese
army officer.
One of the chief dangers as view
ed in well informed but unofficial
quarters was that the incident might
occasion new Japanese attempts to
take over the entire international
settlement.
The possibility that a serious situa
tion might arise in Shanghai over
some incident has oeen regarded
here as one of the dangers in the
Far East.
The United States has some 1,200
(Continued on Pas!<: Fouri
Draft Ayres
For Old Job
Colonel Ayres Will Be
Chief Statistician For
Defense Preparedness
Program.
By C IIAKLFS P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington. Oct. 1!.- ('••!. Leon
ard P. Ayres. recently conscripted
by the government as il; r're f
tician in connection with it; defen
sive preparedness progr >.t. 's better
known as an economist 4! an as a
irulitnv- pinn. Nev
ertheless he did do
jjovcrnnnnt statis
tics durin" the last
World V/ir. and
drafted for
ihe JcMr.e job this
'ime bemuse his
vorl: so capa
ble in that era.
Since then he's
--<-n editor of the
~levr'rnd Trust
company'* hrlle
Mn. d°alir.r* with
Colonel Ay res v"
tions. of the mo
ment and in ".ros
pect. The company gr.' o him a leave
i C nfl ^,r,N
ft fcrtikv*
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Generally fair tonight and
Saturday, except cloudy and
somewhat unsettled in the moun
tains, slightly wanner In the
mountains tonisrhl and in the
""^t and central portions Satur
day.
Shanghai Becomes
Venter Of Concern
japan's Powerful
Navy is Paraded
Before Hirohito
Yokohama. Japan, Oct. 11.—
(AP)—The finest units of Japan's
powerful navy were paraded be
fore Emperor Hirohito off Yoko
hama today in a review celebrat
ing the 2.G00th anniversary of the
Japanese empire's founding.
A broadcast by Domci, author
itative Japanese news agency.
heard in New York said that
"great importance must be at
tacked to this naval demonstra
tion at the prr.-vnt moment. a«
the navy minister recently point
ed out". The reference appar
ently was to strained relations
with the United States.
?>Iore than 100 warships, in
riudlng several battleships, and
?"0 planes, took part in the dis
rjr.y rf naval power off Japan's
chief Pacific ocean port.
Budget Set
Kansa City. Oct. 11 'AIV A
three-year budget of $2,212.000—ten
percent higher than that ol the past
triennial—was proposed today at si
joint session of the houses of bi hop.
and deputies of the Protestapt Epis
copal church convention.
Chief increase would be SI 17.000 t«i
finance missionary work, particularly
in India, now sponsored by the war
weakened mother Church ol' England.
Other increases were asked for
domestic church work, especially
youth activities.
Episcopal women in their tradi
tional holy communion service con
tributed $974,089.70 as a thank of
fering. The luruJ was $100,000 larger
than at the 1937 convention.
The money vrill be devoted to re
construction of .schools and hospitals
and to loreign and domestic mis
sions.
Chinese Troops of the
Japanese - Dominated
Nanking Government
Reported Concentrat
ing Outside City; Pup
pet Mayor Slain.
j Shanghai, Oct. 11.—CAP)—Despite
|Japanese denials, usually well in
formed circles insisted tonight that
| Chinese soldiers of the Japanese
dominated Nanking government were
concentrated outside Shanghai, while
I rumor h;id it that Japan intends to
I take over the international settle
! ment of the French concession Oc
J to'oer 18.
The puppet regime's troops were
'said to have been moved yesterday
| to new positions between Shanghai
and the mouht of the Whangpoo
; river about 12 miles below the city,
i Rumors of impending forceful
action against the foreign areas in
i this otherwise Japanese controlled
jcity wai linked with the impending
(Continued on Page Three.)
Senate Takes
3-Day Recess
i
Washington, Oct. 1).—(Af;—The
; St ii.ilc used only . ix minutes today
to inert and agree to recess until
noon Monday.
Willi about a score present, Ma
: jiirity Leader Hark ley won agree
ment to the wee!;-end rccess. On
Monday, Hark Icy he will move
to recess until Thursday and on that
date to the following Monday.
Bark ley has asked that this same
pattern be followed until .November
IK.
The House, having tailed to mus
ter a quorum at a short-lived session
yesteiday stood adjourned until
Monday with leaders hinting that an
;gieement was near to follow the
Senate's example in suspending
business.
Smaii Corporations Get
Break, Babson Believes
By ROGER H. BAUSOX
Copyright 1940, Publishers Financial
Bureau, Inc.
Babson Park. Mass.. Oct. 11.—The
3 940 tax legislation shows how the
American people are thinking. Or.e
of its most interesting features is
that the excess profits tax law favors
companies having earnings of le-s
than S25.000 a year. Of e >ur e. till
is a direct subsidy to smaller cor
porations.
Two Vital Questions.
Should Ihe $25,000 apply to earn
ings ol a company or to earnings of
individual stockholders in that com
pany? Is there any reason why a
ten-share stockholder in a large cor
poration should be taxed any more
than it he held the same amount of
stock in a small company? Is cer
):iinly sooms unfair In penalize with
mure i -xc-. direct or i 'dirrct, a man
who receives earnings from dir:
(Continued on Page Tarcc./
London Has
36th Night
Oi Bombing
British Cruiser At
tempts to Shell "Inva
sion Base of Cher
bourg; RAF Bombers
Create Havoc in Ham
burg.
(13y The Associated Press.)
Kr.ttsu wat ships bombarded
the German-held "invasion" base
of Cherbourg <>!i the French
coast today. attacking boldly in
a thiek dawn haze. and ^cl fires
visible M) miles nwuy. fix I,on
llie admh'adtv said, adding;
No damage or casualties were
susti'iifd by the sra raiders,
the admiralty said. addnig:
"There was no navai opposi
tion from the enemy, although it
was known that enemy light
forecs were at Cherbourg."
The admiralty said heavy and
l'';! l frws engaged in the as
sault—the first sizeable naval
action in the Fnglrdi channel
I since the hlocdy retreat from
Dunkercu:' !u: t June.
Nazi uu'.i.riers minimized the
effect of the bombardment, as
serting that only a single cruis
er "aiu mptcd" to shell the biff
ship phi:; port and that it was
routed by the fire of German
I coastal batteries wheih "shower
ed" the cruiser with shells.
In the Far Sla^t crisis, while
Japan officially muffled sabre
rattling thrusts at the I'nited
States, excited rumors circulat
ed in Shanghai that Japan is
planning to seize the foreign set
tlement tiicre on October 18 and
that 11,000 Japanese-controlled
Chinese troops are already
massed outside the city.
DNB. official German news agency.
reported with unusual frankness that
I -*• i i i. . a
I DM UNI UWilHA"1 .i|/i vuu
I visible over a radius of five-eights
I of a mile" and left "a shambles of
I ashes" in two sections of Hamburg.
I Casualties were listed as three
I killed, 15 seriously wounded and
J many more slightly wounded.
German warplanes, attacking Lon
j don lor the 3fith consecutive night,
wore reported to have dropped 496,
! 000 pounds of bomb- on the capital
! city alone.
Other nazi raider, hit 20 provin
j cial area, from the Thames estuary
1 through the great-, industrial mid
j land- to Liverpool where Hitler's
high command reported "big fires"
j were left raging.
The Germans also reported that
royal air force bombers attacked
Amsterdam in na/.i-oreupied Holland,
killing 18 and wounding 20 in the.
(Continued on Page Three)
Wilikie Asks
For Unity
GOP Presidential Can
didate Charges New
Deal With Splitting
Country Into Classes.
En route with Wilikie to Boston,
Oet. II.—AP;- Wendell I,. Wili
kie, campaigning through southeast
ern Massaehu. ett in balmy autumn
weather, appealed today lor national
unity a:.d declared that "the New
Deal's splitting the country into
da sos makes me sick."
He asserted that the pitting of l ec
tion against section had been done
by the Roo ovHt administration not
as a mean.' of promoting industrial
production but rather "to promote
political profit."
"And worst of all," he declared, "it
does thi< at a time when, as the third
term candidate said at Chickamuga
a month ago. our essential need is
absolute unity."
Crowds estimated by police in the
various cities to total 50,000 greeted
the Republican presidential nominee
with cheers and applauses—and some
boos—as his motor cravalcade moved
through Ne.v Bedford, Fall River,
Taunton and Brockton.
Earlier, in New Bedford, he as
serted that "if vi do not prevail this
fali this piea-ant and effective \lay
of life will pass."
The nominee- reiterated his con
tention that "we cannot eontinue to
go down the road to bankruptcy and
preserve our ystem of free enter
prise or our American way of life."
.: i 1 f v. iited i-> create jobs.
wii.;l America