HmtiUn*smx Uatlg Biapafrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA '-SEVENTH YEAR leas.MffiSgl0' HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 25, 1940 PUULISIIU^ ^ ^ A, IS KNooN FIVE CENTS COn uriian Planes Raid Britain As Egg Hit G.O.P. Candidate Copyright Chicago Times Ine. • wrh an eecr as he prepared to leave Chicago, Wendell L. itaTUi'Usly reaches for a handkerchief to wipe away the after his assailant. Police restrained the Republican r:.- iidate and Charles Mulrain, 5o, unemployed, m n.c iiurlcr. Mrs. Wilikie was struck by another missile. State Department patching Europe Washington Officials Intent on Develop ments of Hitler-Petain Hemisphere Committee Is Estab lished. o- _ CAP) — i h«wr!v e-:»ected • e! e.i^ht have a A • ' inn interests— department .-j jv,r> r«.;i5Pn nce •i : ' d F'';tiicc" bc • Hitler and •o;- p, *nin. v St;.:- Welles and •-H ye. th« French am !' d *!>i- State de • a;""'- swiftly • • •• 1 iv"; abroad left >:• dec '.-'ion con ft;t-ire hunt* in the " ■ i f.t as i i'^nifieanfe in cyf :n view oT ' ! c< ,;n;r between • ill • ■ <> Franco of ':»!»• active axis . t "fi'av!V '»1 i- - - .pi r»€-n t re ?f r! r-F'ctain meet »y mention ii Kuropean • I ■ I ;n : cttl.'d or • i American se jn '!•■' : la?i!s' of . - Tbe pos i ! : »i }ir cohere, i lit.-- v/as e.-t'.b • ; under au «ia Pan-Ameriean • -v p iv.ers to ny ! ■ iiijx-an pos ' tern hemisphere. w ssolini And Petain May Meet Soon ()< t 2").— (AP) i Prt i; ier Mus itiil Petain. and an betv.vf n \Iusso if-i* ;,re l.Kflv in the ' .«• axis c:"npaign to order' for Europe ed dip!oi::at c sources n« P.ern by diplo do-pite the secrecy ii"i . n and Vichy said • :night meet the s;.-.te on the border t -occupied zone of • •.-.in received •» rday in a border Greensboro Flier Dies When 'Chute Fails to Operate Greensboro. Oct. 25.—(AP) — D. B. Chappel. 24, of Greens boro. was killed today in an air plane crash at the Greensboro Ilieh Point airport. Spectators saw the plane carrying Chappel and Connie Wind'sh. 24. of Greensboro, go into a nose dive. The occupants bailed out quickly but Chap pel's parachute was unopened when he hit the ground. Windish landed safely. Hall Denies impropriety State Board of Elec tions Member Will Not Resign Because of Ac tivities. Charlotte. Oct. 25.—(AP)—Warren V. Hull of Charlotte, Republican member ol' the state board of elec tion \ claimed in ti statement today that his acti\ Mies with the state Re publican organization did not render him ineligible t<> serve on the elec tion- board. His comment was in reply to a statement in Raleigh yesterday by Thad En re. secretary of state, that he should resign at once from the state board of elections. "The state board of elections acts in a judicial capacity only in the pri maries." Hull said. "In the general election its task is merely to sign the election returns. It does not sit in a judicial capacity on any contest that might evolve as a result of the gen eral election." Hall iaid that he was not setting (Continued on Pace Two) Arnold Named To New Post Washington. Oct. 25.—(AP)—The War department transferred Major General Henry Arnold, chief of the air corps, to a newly created post of deputy chief of staff today, in a se ries of moves reflecting the increas ing importance of the army's air force in national defense. Major General George II. Brett, at present an assistant of Arnold, will act as air corps chief. In his new pest, Arnold is charged v. itii y)i i-din.:ting all matters pt i . l„ il:e ail corps. Frenchmen Premised U. S. Aid Head oi American Volunteer Airmen in Britain Broadcasts a Promise That Millions of Americans 4'YVill Come After Us". London, Oct. 2(i —(AP)—Colonel Charles Sweeny. bead »»f the r-»viI anr force's American Maple squad ron. promised Frenchmen in a broad cast tonight that million", of Amer icans "will come alter n.- as they did j in 1918." Sweeny, former officer in the French Foreign Legion, spoke in a broadcast to France. "We American volunteers—men of j 1914. soldiers of the Foreign Le- j gion, airmen of the Lafayette squad- j ron-—have rallied to the cause of i England," he said. . j "We will fight with her, for her, for ourselves and for you. so that we .-"hall he free oi < v a;vou alter tfw I'i" tory. Those of us who are already t-«M Jji-c. t;.<■ ':.! »| :• w Were ill 1914. Millions will come after us as they did in 19IK." he continued. "Greet Britehj h:is become the Verdun of this war. She is the rock I against which barbarism will be bro ken as ii wa> broken in 1918 at the gates of Verdun. ••in 'h! truggle von wi'l be re united with us and in victory you will win hat a vour joy and your i pride in France." Methodists To Meet In Winston-Salem High Point, Oct. 2.5.—(AP)—Cen tenary Methodist church in Winston Salem was selected as the 1941 con-j ference site as the annual Western j North Carolina Conference came to a close here today with the leading' ol the appointments of ministers. i The eoni'erenee adopted a resolu tion presented by Rev. Wilson O. j Weldon of China Grove, resolving "that the ministers of this confer-1 once prepare themselves to counsel,] advise and support any members of j their church whose Christian con victions demand that they not par ticipate in military service of any foi;m." The resolution was adopted after it was pointed out that the law of the church neither commends nor op-j pnye.s conscientious objection to par- i ticipation in military services, but gives its backing to any individual] member who takes this position. i Japanese Sub Lost In Storm | New York, Oct. 25.—(AP)—Twel- j ve officers, 38 warrant officers and j an undisclosed number of seamen j perished when the Japanese sub- j marine I-fi7 was lost in maneuvers | south of Tokyo Bay on August 29,! the Japanese navy ministry an nounced today in a communique j broadcast by Domei, official news j agency. The communique said the 1-67 dis- I appeared during a heavy storm and ! an intensive search over a radius of. 100 miles from where she was last ,seen failed "to yield any hope." "The search continues, however," it it added. "Candidate" Roosevelt on Philadelphia Visit President Roosevelt is shown with Democratic City Leader John B. Kelly (centcr), of Philadelphia, ;uid Senator Joseph F. Culley (right), of Pennsylvania, as the Chief Executive toured the Philadelphia area before his speech at Convention Hall. In his address the President accused the Republicans of deliberately misstating the fat:s zn* iHfiarcd he has made no secret commitments which might involve the U. b. in war. Retiring Congressman Feted at Celebration Today in First District City. Washington, N. C.. Oct. 25.—(AP) —One of the largest gatherings of notables in eastern Norlh Carolina history joined thousands of residents of the First Congressional district to day in a celebration in honor of Lindsay C. Warren, who will retire November 1 a^ d'strict n :;r<•: cnt iti\ <• in Congress to bee->nie Urnle! State, comptroller general. Included among the celebrants were Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones, principal speaker; Admirals ('. R. Wacsehc and L. C. C'ovell of the coast guard; Governor Clyde R. Ilocy and former Governor O. Max Gard ner. A parade headed by almost 500 bandsmen assembled before War ren's home shortly alter noon for the march to tin- Washington Field Museum where the CMcrt'i <; were held. Later a giant old fashioned picnic was served. In Balance Vichy, Oct.. 25. (A,\ >*ciop ments which may chan*y ihe future course «11 Freneh hivt'.ry were ex pcetfd today after K ranch's chi-*! ol state, Marshal lYtaai. '' litrns from his meeting \\ ith Adol; J tiller. The 84-year old marhal. il was announced officially, already has crossed back into unoccupied ter ritory alter the meet nr.; y:-..terdtty on which, a government announce ment said, "the situation i.i' the na tion and its future in large measure depends." He is due to reach h"i^ i might. A cabinet mooting to hear his re port ol the conference i. expected soon afterwards or early tomorrow morning. Big Business Of State Is Stingy In Contributions To Demo Campaign Chest? Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Waller !Ioiel. By IIENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Oct. 2fi.—Both national I and state Democratic lurid solicitors i are marking "Bis Business" down as ! very, very stingy this year. Tar Heel tycoons of industry are colder than Hard-Hearted Hannah the Vamp <>! Savannah toward Dick Reynold.- wnen he tries to pry them loose from an appreciable amount of ( folding money 1W use in re-electing Franklin D. Roosevelt. They are only slightly less frosty tow id emissaries of E. B. Denny's stale headquarters when they seek bit negotiable paper to usei n the behalf of J. Mel ville Broughion. and others on the State ticket. Young Reynolds, for instance, says without hesitation that Jim Gray and Clay Williams of Winston-Salem have reiu.-ed point blank and I'orth v Continued on page two) Roosevelt Would Serve Washington, Oft. 25.— (/\P>— j President Roosevelt told h?s press eonferenec today that he intended to serve out the whole j tour years if ho is elected to a j Ir. Roosevelt re sponded. II" then volunteered that the newsmen could quote him di rcct.v on that, and added he was j (Continued <>n I'.'ifjc I'.ijlht.) Urge To Kil! Responds Cincinnati. Oct. 2f>.—■ (AP) —A i man walked into central police sta- ' tion today declared "1 v.Miil' d to kill i -,'i.iv ever rinec J ::. ;i boy." I then l«"l officers to the body "! l"n year-old Clarence .Stevens in the i:; . < ent of Holy JVamc ■ehool in " : irici.tial Ml. Auburn. I)'•'(•( tiw Cliicl" !•>nmet) I). Kirga >;s «s! a Lritish destroyer, victim "! a German mine, and the sinking ol a German torpedo boat .and an It.'.'ian supply ^hip by Uritish submarine^. I. S. Embassy Is Endangered By Japanese Bomb J Chungking. Oct. 25.—(AP)— The < United States embassy in thi< pro- r visional Chinese capita! narrowly es caped destruction today when three t groups of Japanese planes dropped , about ten bombs around the em- jc bassy compound on the south banks t of the Yangtze river. \i Another bomb dislodged a boulder • which struck the United States gun boat Tutuila. The damage was very j slight, however. i f (OoaiMnJi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. F;>»" to partlv r'oudv (oni?lil and Saturday: no decided change in temperature. J Court Vote Willkie and Wallace Address Speeches to Labor; Lewis Broad cast Tonight. By The Associate d Press.) Rival views on labor's stake in the outcome ol the 19 40 election came in for fresh campaign emphasis today. Wendell L. Willkie returned lo New York and Pennsylvania for fur ther speeches after telling an Akron, Ohio, audience last night that he wanted "to put an end to this era of bad feeling" between labor and industry. At llic sjime time, Henry A. Wal lace contended in a Detroit address that because of the Roosevelt ad ministration "there were millions more men employed and spending their wages and appealed for work ers to vote Democratic .n the interest of business growth. Sharing the spotlight with prin cipal i:i the campaign was John L. Li wi . C\() president who will speak ■ iwr "i>.e i! radio lations from !) tn ::::!) ' I: fKST) tonight. Lewis it I - lirved may (i:.-.e|o e his choice i.'(•;v. e'■)i Pre ident Kooxevelt and U'llll-.fe ;■ I that lime. W.lii.ie said then could not be a grov. n"1national economy "except by under, landings and cooperation be (Continued on page two) ! o W omen Burned To Death In I ire .'.uhurn. Maine . Oct. 2.1.- fAP)— i'v.o woni' 11 •.■>'(•)•' believed killed to lay in a pre-dawn lire which de- , -1 royed the Hotel Whitehall and j rapped twelve other persons in inoke-fi'led rooms. About 70 oth •r guests fled to safety. Carol Asks Intervention ii 0 Washington. Oct. 2"). — (AP)— I 'onnoi- King Carol '>!' Rumania up- t ealcd to the United State .qovern lent today to intercede in behalf i I himself and member- ol his party ' o\v held under detention in Seville. The king's request \va- transmit- ' '•d to the State Department by the \merican legation in Lisbon. Portu- ' a!, after Jean PangaJ, former Kti- c ia.nian minister !i Portugal, had sked the legation to forward the ppeal to President Ro<#*..'vclt. State department officials h;id no ] nmediate comment to make on the equest or on what action if any this overnment might take. O.M'ol. his friend Madame Lupescu, •:r! Frnst Urd.ireanu. former minis- < r-r nt t!"' pa lac . i B ;chare. t. wrre ' r!a<"?d undn virtual arrest Tuesday 1 n'i i,ro under guard ;.t their hotel • n Seville. 1 Casualties Believed To Be Heavy German Capital Also Experiences Terror of Bombing; Hamburg Raided Again; Petain Returns to Vichy With Hitler Terms. (I'• y The Associated Press.) Willi It-'iIi;i11 warplanes joining llu* assault "ii I:ileadership independent of ex terior influences which have been trying to stick their noses into af fair which don't concern them." A nazi pok< man, asked to specify these outside influence's, said: "For the pre.cut it is Kngland. Our I'ighl is an.iiosl w hoever opposes En ropean peace. The nightmare of in terference will be dispelled." Night Raids Begin Early British Air Ministry Reports Twelve Ger man Planes Shot Down During Day. London, Oct. 25.—fAI')—London's icavk'st anti - aircraft batteries liund» red ;in evening challenge to air raiders . Iriking with per istence tonight "ii the heels of a ard rI;i_y .*<11;»<•!-: in which I'orma ions of 20 to 100 planes hammered t this city. Britain's defense forces were kept ■instantly bu y during the day as be raiders dealt one of their heaviest i Hacks. The air ministry said twelve Oer lan plane.-- were destroyed in the lay's battles, while eight British lanes were jost. One bomb crashed between two Ireet cars, wrecking them and kill ig and injuring more ttiari a score f persons. Other explo. ions hit be irid the street cars, damaging a iird street car and wrecking a bu Yet other high explosives struck lear a police station, wrecking earby structures and near an air id shelter, leaving many injured ,n ie street. Associated Pre-s correspondents •lephoned fi'om various parts of the ity that bombs were falling near iContinued on Page Two) 'ROMINENT NEGRO LEADER IS DEAD Pitt-burgh, Oct. 25.—f.\P)—Rob it I.. Winn. Xegro boy of Ahoskie, *. C\, who became prominent p'th .: her and a national polit cal leader 1 I i r:.f;e, t• ir,d I . a night. He was 1.