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Hfcnitersmt Daily Hispafrii ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TY-SKVENTH YEAR WM-fr-rSoViS?' HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, OCTOBER 16, 1940 t^B..iSijKi^xysawehkoon FIVE CENTS COPY Duke President Is Dead __ i j EMt. WILLIAM PRESTON PEW-1 ; <.v ; p. ,;c University, died at 7 o'clock this i! -p!tal. : '.'.-wing a heart attack .ut'i'crcd a week ago. Death Comes at 7 O'clock This Morning r> L ie Hospital to 72 N -- OH President of r' University. ■. in. (ap>—rv. "L'-vt ;ir i'H nroidc"T of •v' died r? H>> iy ci I t. v ;; hi- t . !.>d tn;- ' *e .1 t-n . ... Ti i?»!rv ('■>. ■ |0. 1J>Ift. the :> ily endowed the if; •'). '' .M 'orionitc " ho ;>1 iv"-' ;< di< !i The coi..(ii:'i hi.-?-! C .linn. South Or . were df cended i F'-v. :i pioneer of I ■ t-> Ameriea' vi- *; colon -t- in ;• Few.! '.;i ITfi'l -UKi I ' • i r >i tl'f> Kl'O , r II'-- vtSj • the Duke Uni .\. 15. decree ' rAR RAIDED HEAVY ATTACK I )(■( i ?>, ( A P) — ci r! (i 'hi !tar , The !<• t ;<t ,f;»irtritbombed ^ . . e\ S :.'i :*i'r - «•'»(« , '<> de ■ j f ■. Ii t v ' >** til r. beei'UiC ol' the K-KVD nf'FSTS. ' ii i AI .\o!h<>;': :'! : ,rj:.y thr- Karl ••ivrrnor v'lei'rtl of Princes- A! ice will i.i ' 1'J ' 11Park. V.. lis d«-i!t Koo.-evelt. Strike Called At Andrews 1 >(■;. !— (A-!') -Si x he-> of •! - the Ar.ie; :<■: r. Fod v.ent on str ke :u-re • e to ; call : li-.'ci i>ut • > 'iv;..i;"d in work on •-iin. b( ins but it by ;>inietion Ok. of Og pl'ft of l> dcvelop \! • . • >»i Oi'i;pisny o. • ••• :: •• pro?"!-! wr:«- pick Colleague Pays Warren Tribute Wa. h;r.gt«in. Oct. 10. — (AP) — Elevation oi Representative Lind -ay ('. Warcn of North Carolina* to ttv p<>>t o! comptroller general of tiv United State's fulfilled a prophecy made ibout him a number of years s< i'y ;i tcliov member of the House • »-■ -n ?,!aryland. Paying tribute to Warren, who leave his congressional iu»-t at the end <>■ ior.*.h t > asmme his new clu;Remv.-rntative Cole. Dem erit. "T;trvi nd. said: "it ha- been my privilege to come • >: < tty (•!> -■• • ' L nds.iy not only be r • •! '• i.g service together in •• • ! 1 «u:. but because for several se -i<'ii-' we lived under the same r«> ' in Washington. •[ . !;•;! him from the very first a> ;i ft:tiu'e leader and it is not sur prising to me t<< rep him develop in the fashion he has." Student Flier Seriously Hurt Elizabeth Cty. Oct. 1(;._(AP)—An IR-vr !»•-<,lr| hi' ii school .-indent from XiI' ii. was .-eriously injured and ! ■ - p'am ■ >ii bed when it went imto ,• |»:n i. t after taking off at the monie'o; 1 fi( M here today. Surgeons aid tint Ernct Lloyd Volke. the v< urn; pilot, had suffered ;i fraet'ired •' had cut over the head and possibly other serious in juries. \VPA PT*OJ*'CT. R'.leigh. Oct. If!, (AP)— C. C. Afefjioi.is. staff WPA administrator. ;.7•»i-,unc! d tod'iy approval of six WPA pi'K.i'"cts. They included: Ri>! -Mm county, improve Maxton waU-r sv te:n, $21.fill. 39 workers. 1,000 Bombers Blast London; More Feared "it is a Oay or i>eep and funposerul Meari ing in the Lives of Aii of Us," President Roosevelt Says in Ad dress. i (P.y The As .ooi;ded I • t «• s.i At the estimated rale <<! Sl, 250.000 an hour. America's young m-n j.igncd um today for possible service in nation's first peacetime draft army. Reports going into Washnig ton from state capitals. which in turn had gathered them fi »m every city, town and Mira! dis trict. prompted selective serv ice headquarters to announce that the whole vast registration machinery was "clipping along smoothly." In fact, officials said that if registrations continued a'! day at j their noon evtimit" of 1.251K000 hourly, the expected nation?! to- i ta! of 16.404.000 registrants of ages 21 through 85 would he reached before the closing hour of 9 o'clock hour tonight. "It is a day of deep and purpose- ! fui meaning in the lives of a!l of us," ; President Roo ovri' s.*tivl in ;t brie! early morning •/'dress prop.-'red lor • : delivery as registration places across i the country were opening for a 14-. hour day. \ Millions of men who answered the j I same call 20 years ago last .Tune 5 i saw their sons step into line for regis tration at election precincts. Even some veterans of the AKF retraced their steps after nearly a quarter of a century to enroll again. From the pool of 1&404.000 regis- | tering today selective revvice offi cials expected to draw 5 ouo.ofi.': ",e.-i ready and able to go under military training in the next four and one hall years—nearly 750.000 more- than ' were mobilized to light the war of j 1917 and 1918. Where some 12.000.000 men from • ! 21 through 30 registered for the first. (Continued on Page Eight.) British Sub Reported Sunk By Italians Home. Oct. IB.—(Ai'i Sinking of I the big British submarine Perseus j after a violent artillery duel with I : the Italian submarine Toti in the central mediterranean was reported i i today by the Italian high command, i j The Italian craft hit the Perseus j with shells and machine gun bu|- ! ; lets, and then, maneuvering swift- : ly. launched a torpedo which finish ed the job. The Italian command said the Italian submarine suffered only j slight damage. At the same time the Tlritish and i Italian ar forcse were reported to I | have exchanged new blows on the • Egyptian front. History Textbook Question May Furnish Heated Debate In Commission Sessions Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. BY riKNKV WEI?ILL. Raleigh. Oct 16.— Into the laps of ekw.cnfary .chool l>ook commis si 'ii has InH.'n ;i com para lively in m little argument that may pro v< in th'- coming months far more heat. at home at least, than this in ert -isinglv dull presidential cam paign. i he commission is composed of f'ocy appointees, but its personnel i. >:iid authot ilatively to be satis i fti.i v to next-Governor J. M. I5r««ught< p.. and <<> the row is likely u, >niiy:i;■ into the next adminis tration. ii r>;;nin~. i! th" main, tite solec : . v tc:U book ici the youth of North Carol inn. Ordinarily, the- selection of text books for the schooN i> attended by varying inter est and no little gcssip. The choice ol books by the state is still regarded as having political as well as instructional angles—al most necessarily so since the gover nor. the lieutenant governor, the at torney general, the state superinten dent of public instruction, the state auditor, the state treasurer and the secretary of state (all of their, poli ticians of the first rank) compose the bis board which makes final decision. The commission now functioning only makes rcconmn ndatious to this (Continued un I'agc Five) North Carolina Coastal Defense Group Is Formed VMV V.'TH. CM. IB.— ' a liuwdnd representative • !' t'»-» ;■'] s-elion of Car < fir:* .. .iherer] in N,T.v .Vni this *««•:•••■ v-: and fo**irv:3 "t:«r North faro!)!;;* Committee on Coastal Defense." The committee ; \\ed the !■ ed cra! ?vo*c;T.:nent to Lieute nant Colonel George Gillette her; I'nited States Armv dis tri'-i •".'iiri'MHT far the carrying out of a program of preparation tor coaxal defense and decided to enlist the aid of each com munis in the plan of defense rniheaeing' 1!»c North Carolina coast. .Mayor H. S. Gibfcs of More head C ity was named president of the new organization; Ed Smith of Scotland Neck, vice president, and Miss Holer. Hawk of New Bern, secretary Gun Battle Ends In Death Vass, Oct. 16.— (AP) —Funeral services were held here today for Carl E. Upchurch, 54, us oli'icers pressed their investigation into the gun battle Monday night in which he was latally wounded. Three others, Norris Upchurch. a son of the dead man, Nathan Minton, u sharecropper, and his daughter, Trula Minton, 18. were wounded during the exchange of shots. Officers said they were told con Dieting stories about what hap pened. but that apparently trouble over a tobacco crop caused the bat tle. They lodged Guy Minton and Arthur Minton in jail in connection with their investigation. Stewart Says Offer of British Possessions to U. S. Wouldn't Work Out. By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Oct. 15.—Not in so many words, but by plain implica tion, Uncle Sam has been threaten ed. by the axis folk, with the dread ful things that'il happen to him if he stays as pro Benito ..lussolini British as he is now. It's news, though, to have the axis re riark that he'll get his share of the *i'Hv.v if John Bull is licked, as per the program. This, huwevei i.S what Benito Mus iolini'.s newspaper, ihe Pooolo d'ltalia, suggested the other day. Benito, it's to oe oorne in nunc. ;3 a newspaper man personally. Virginio Gavda everlastingly is referred to as his spokesman. No doubt no really is in close touch with the Duce. But the Popolo actually is Benito's own i ("•mtinii^d on P' ('OojcdhsA FOR \OHTII CAROLINA. Cloudy and cooler, preceded by drizzle and light rain this aft ernoon and early tonight; Thurs day partly cloudy, continued cool, somewhat unsettled in east portion: light frost in nio!Hit^sn« toi:>'oht il sky cloar^. Japan Builds Air Raid Shelters Engineering college students construct model air raid shelters in a crowded downtown district of Tokyo, according to the Japanese caption. Heavily populated Japan is extremely vulnerable to air attack. Significant Action Taken By Roosevelt Italy Seeks Vengeance in Air Attacks By LARRY ALLEN With the British Mediterranean; Fleet ;d Alexandria. Oct. 16.—(AP) | —As 1 write this story on board | the llaghip, Italian bombers are! trying to avenge Italy for the loss of three destroyers last Saturday and my typewriter is bouncing liom ■ one end of the table to the other. , Bombs are falling outside in great , numbers, sending up fountains of , water. The anti-aircraft guns on the flag ship, aircraft carriers and other I units are in action. Shells are breaking high in the ::ir. but t!v! bombers are keeping at an altitude ol 2"/"() feet except that now and then one swoops lower. I suspect the British had rather expected an attack of this kind. (<>r the Italian air arm had raided them after ihc cruiser Ajax had sunk two destroyers and with the cruiser York finished oil a third destroyer. After Saturday's bailie near Sicilv the ships swung under Crete and (Continued on Pace Seven i Full Control Assumed Over Sale or Export of Raw and Manufactur ed Products Vital to National Defense Pro gram. Washington. Oft. Hi.—CAP)—Pres ident Roosevelt today assumed lull control over the sale or export of raw .'md manufactured products vital to the nati'jnal defence program, alter invoking the government's nrtw er t" requisition any equipment, munitions, machinery, tools, ma terials <>r supplies needed In prepare the nation lor any emergency. In an executive order, the Presi dent ordered the Army and Navy munitions boards late yesterday to 11!;• I:<• • i: immediate -urvey to deter mine th< necessity for requieilioning any oi tiie i!"in deemed necessary Id national dH'en-e purposes. Tii' hoard was authorized at the same time to determine whether it is in the public interest to sell or other ise dispose of any of fhe ar ticle- or materials requisitioned. The President's action was con sidered very lar reaching and sig nificent. I) fen e ('Xpert* -aid that under tlvt authority the United States could regain possession of many war mat' rials. equipment and r''>ntinued on Paee Five) eal Farm Program (Bv The Associated Pi""-:.' Wendell L. Wilikic made a plea today for farm and r,ietor> coopera tion, as lii.s running :• •>!«■. Senator Char.es L. Mc\*: y. at! ickeri the ad ministration's har.diin:» <•!' the agri cultural problem and Senate Xorris, Independent. Nebraska, uphe'd it. Willkie. campaigning in Ohio, said in a ta"k prepared for delivery at Mansfield that prosperity for the farmer is related directly to pros perity for thr industrial worker. "The tragic fallacy of that New Deal economy • i< 'i»at s'-arritv is m™into"ned in t^'- • r''1 ' P'-nl^al abundance." W'i! I; t I fjorris spoke !:••;■ V. w i t night in • h»v d t und<: •iu>p;ces jl' the National Committee ol Inde pendent Voters for R < • fit and \Vc.H«icp. of which he i~ honorary chairman. He -aid 1h;it no other .idministr.' tion "h;is done so much to help and preserve agriculture as has Viis ad ministration under the wise guidance of Pie ident Roosevelt and Secre tary Wallace." Senator McNarv. the Republican vice presidential nominee, charged in an address at Hutchinson. Kan., that the Roosevelt administration dodged the farm problem. 'Since 1933.'" he said, "fifteen farm • ••! i hcr-otne law. billions of !'i]fi.>r,; mil t'c irjen«»y h:»ve h"-r ' i •' <■' t '• ^ *' I)es! (im, tn^d buy '• w:v ou* ol t'oi' !>■ ' He .-'••••cat'-'l ;■ *•».* -orjee v lor .•r ips with exportable .'Jrpiu.se:. Nazi Threat Of Typhoon Stage" Made I Scene of "Indescrib able Chaos," Left in British Capital, Ger man Fliers Report; 1, 000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on City. (By The Associated I'ress.) The Germans announced a dive bomber attacked an Kng lish transport train today, killing or woumling at least 300 per sons when the locomotive and first six cars plunged over an embankment. Informed quarters in Berlin, describing the attack, said the rest of the train was torn apart. Meanwhile, the London ad mirals announced that British warships bombarded the na/.i held "invasion port" of Dun kcniue on the French coast last night, setting giant fires and causing "much damage." German aerial activity during the day slowed down to sporadic attacks >\fter an almost unpre cedented night of terror for the bomb scarred British capital. Nazi fliers said they observed I ires raging throughout an area of London 48 to GO miles wide and they described London as "a great sea of flames." The London ministry of infor mation admitted the night raids were "of a heavy nature," but said the damage was not as "great as that done in raids iu early September"—which took a daily death toll of 300 to 4C'<1 victims. (By The Associated Press.) .\; zi quarters in Berlin threaten ed a triple-force "typhoon stage" to the aerial siege of Britain today alter an armada of 1,000 German bomb ers reportedly dropped 1,000 tons of bombs on London during the night and !elt the Biitish capital a scene of "indescribable chaos." i Even that terrific assault was only a "zephyr" compared to the jtorm ahead, the Germans said. London dispatches said diving na/.i i warplanes machine gunned the streets and dropped the biggest ex plosives yet rained on the empire capital. German airmen returning from the dusk-to-dawn a ault told of "deaf ening detonations, terrific concus sions. Lie reddened by great I ires." (Continued on Page Seven) Danger On Burma Road Mussolini's Newspa per Says Opening of Road May Touch Off U. S. Powder Keg. Horn". Oct. in.—(AP)—The possi bility that Britain's reopening of the Burma war simply road to China tomorrow would nrovide the snark to touch off an American nowdor keg and bring the ("nited State- into th-* 'var was advanced todav i»v Mario Anoelius. mili'arv commentalor '»! Premier Fus oliniV newspaper II Popolo d'ltalia. Appelius characterized the reon ening of the road tomorrow a-> Win ston Churchill's challenge to Japan which was almost sure to bring the troops of the two powers into con flict. "What will the American* do if British provocation and stubbornness bring about a British-Japanese con flict along the Burma Road or ;around it?" Appelius said. •"The function^ of the tripartite j oact (Roroe-Berl.r.-Tokyo military ; alliance) is closely I nked to events which may occur The j7th of |i :-' | ~>onth the tripartite pact, which in a tate of "non-belligrency" • '11 mov- into re • ■ • th.i: j f 'the possi.1;.li'y •;! foil s': incyV
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