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Hettiterson flatly Bispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPE R PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Y-SEVKNTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, 1940 PL'11LISISlcKS,^M;!ff'E'!N'u0'N FIVE CENTS COH Adding a New Spoke To The Axis . .Lent ut the French cabin . v.ith Relciislr.cl.'cr Adulf Hitler (lcl't) • v : t at inn.- c r. • :ep> tcri plan to draw IVar.cc clo or to tl.i I? r»mc-Berlin axis., r;;i!:L\l willingness to give Fran "ca y pc::cc terras" in rcti:rn r Frcnch bases in the -t • : ♦•rica. It is al>«> ru moicd pressure was brought on France to war against T:..' • ." :i£, occurred "somewhere in France.' Nazis Continue Raids': Night Raids Ara Lighter German Planes Re c or tea Over k'C3t of jUnd; Midlands, Coast and Wales. ' '• ' AP i German • t thv west •!•:-»! : ! - iclhmds, r.-i 'Uth \Vr«les in ' <1 v :'ti i a series of ;• the ri'ijht. ■ i. • *i<I* 'it wore A i.i the soc -oati-it ci ill ill id— '<"!•' 1/ nd*»rc ;n i11»* .. < ; vert time • r! '■ th«> .">! -t <v>n r! « •> i»viTain's • > t • J:r-•.t. alarm ... v .f,; j, r»n I.on ■ •" *h:!I! Ml • •• • -rnment • ! I • isiim i Hacks •: ' <mrs •t :• northeast mean .• i ii unicati'ms in ■•ij; the* night "i <•» ntral and . t vi. •'im us ion YUGOSLAVIA TO REMAIN NEUTRAL V u o ' \P>—A - : - .-v.] • ;•:» >rt v.if? it vas • ■»' ti i;? I'.i .! :j i »v!iv that *• u ,. • ,|i n"i:tral lln- ril •>• !><•:\\r- "i Italy itnti ' •rrccr. \t>? "• \!J.S ( A!\« — I".nv iled Anier -■ he I iciu-d I'or •iv;i! in the United el said ho seemed 6'bathe* FOR XOKTI1 CAROJ.INA iv I .• 'V.'Vlt ' t. ♦' ': an*l Tuesday: -,v s srar ■ • \ ?-«»* i'\ nor Turkey Takes No Official-Action Ankara. Turkey, Oct. 28.— (At'* — I'remicr Refiz Saydam broadcast today that "we are stronger than ever" but made no mention of Italy's invasion of Grcece. It was generally assumed that Tu; key's attitude would depend larg-iy on how much aid Bri tain ear. give Grcece as well as on the degree cf Greece's own jfsistanoc. Although official sources kept sil nce no credence was given to rumors <hat th^ Ankara govern ment was drafting a declaration of war. Contents of "Personal Message" Not Di vulged in Announce ment at Vichy. Vichj. Oct. 23.— (An) —A ^'oroiifn ministry spokesman sain today that Marshal Philippe Petain. France's i-hicf of -t-ite. h"d received from President Roosevelt a "persona! m-.s |s;\gc" which could be H inclosed onlv i by Petain "because of the privacy of ; its character." The spokesman said the foreign (Continued on Page Four) Empress of Britain Is Sunk By Nazis; 598 of 643 Persons Aboard Are Rescued. Tendon. <Vt. 2R.-IAD r."i1s5n today that the *2..H8-ton lin*"1* Fmpress of Br it •» in l-.nd been lost. (A British broadcast heard in New York by NRC said 598 per f/»rs so far '-I'd been rescued, (ifrinan reports, sa.vinsr tliat the bi*V lister bad bri n rrionled by ;•*r ;><b'ek Saturday and finished off carlv today by a submarine, rjbetl her as a "transport.") ' A rnmpiuni'jue said: "The admiralty and war office re- | gret to rjnnuftnce *hat the R. S. Em- ' it * M-itiiin has beon lost as the i-i -;•;!{ of enemy action. The Empress nf T'rit: n v;i- a1 tacked by enemy air en!* and set one lire and it bccamc nc.-f • sarv to aband< n ship. • Sah'ape o'H rations were com •wtv'd immediately but while in tow the ''m press of Britain subse nnontly bh v- ini and sank. ••Some "iflfl survivor.- »»>it of the to t-ji i.n 'wrd <>!' fi!have already been landed bv British warships. Includ ed in this nnml)"r were military famili' aricl a small number of mili oer'onnrl. 'The rosoh't'- and efficient hand ling of the Empress ol' Britain's anti ■ ; ft dol«nses contributed large ly of the high proportion of the com plement's being saved. ; Highway Accident Survey Shows 28 Counties Killing One Or More Per Month Di»<ly Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hoiei. Bv 1IEXR! AVERILL Rukigh. Oct. 28.—Twenty-three i X'irth Carolina counties have or. the [ average had one per.-on a month killed in highway accidents during 'the first nine months of 1910: while th" cfiv.t "d of the list seven coirntie- had have no fatalities. i.i . !i fil2 died in Tar Heel Ivgh *.v"iv accident*-- sinco the fr. t of .7 n {.in ujy. but a total which will still compare .iijite bloodily with casualties from the bombing of London, population |;>nd all other factors being given due consideration. Mecklenburg's r".eath list. just as last year. wn.; hlghe-t in the state, with Guilford hanging grimly to sec ond place. The former upped its i ;| i' <<t i • r;- !n-:t first t'1l"P? , • : ; r«?i . ' tIii- time again >1 ;• j };>•■• •••. ."! . K:'!:er of the?0 m as an v.i rovtsv.cnt over 1038'i first nine . May Cancel Address Set for 1cm * 4 a 1 i3y i CAcpaione Wifcii secre tary Huii, iieciaes to Carry Through Por tion of Motor Tour of iS'ev/ V ork. Newark, N. .J., Oct. 2''—(AP)—. President Roosevelt decidcd today tr> carry through a portion of his plans for a motor tour n1" i'->" N<*w V'nrk metropolitan area today, al though, a secretary i.aia, omciai.s feared press reports of Italian Greek combat "may be a perliminary move to a more serious situation." Stephen Early, the secretary, told reporters "I think that the phase 'more serious situation' ha- refer ence to the whole Balkan picture." The President talked with Secre tary Hull in Washington as soon as he reached the Newark station this morning. Early said that Hull ad vised the Chief Executive that the State department has not yet re ceived official confirmation of the extension of the war to Greece. Accordingly, Early said, Hull sug- 1 gested that the President go ahead , with his plans for the tour up to the • time he reaches Hunter College. N. ! Y., for lunch. Mr. Roosevelt will talk 1 with his secretary of State again at ; that time and decide whether to ful fill arrangements to make a major political address tonight at Madison Square Garden . months, when 38 were slain. Guilford's second place total reached 30 again this year, the same as in 1939. The 1938 total for the corresponding period stood at 2G. 1 The other 21 countics in which nine or more were killed up to Oc- | tober 1 were, in order (with 1939 and 1938 fatalities in parenthesis): Robeson 27 (15-8), Forsyth 2f> (14 17), Buncombe 21 (1(3-28), Cumber land 18 (20-10), Rowan 17 (11-12). ! Gaston 13 C6-18). Harn^lt 13 (7 11), Wake 13 (26-35), Duplin 12; (7-2), John \on 12 (9-6). Abmarrcc 11 (5-8), Cabarrus 11 (8-5), Edge combe 11 '1-12), Unh.n 11 61), i Wayne 11 (12-11). Catawba 10 (18-1 7). Cleveland 9 (10-3). New ITan-! over 9 (14-9), Northampton 9 (16- j and Wilron 9 (7-3). The perfect-score, counties so far1 this year arc (with 10',n • >--i 1939 figures in parenthesis): Camden (1-2), Chowan (0-4). Clr.y (1-1),; Gates (0-2), Hyde (0-'!), Perqui mans (2-3), Tyrrell (0-1 J. Hyc'e, it will be noted, i.; the only county in North Carolina which has ; not had a single fatal highwiy acci dent during the firsre nine months of any of the last three yarrs. It takes no peering scrutiny r>r the list to note that the only counties with perfect records are those which ^havc few people, few rond'j. .or both. This year's Iist 01 hi coumin; ; with ten or more fatalities is a re duction of four over last yrar. when there were 23 double-digit death counties. Seven countics which had less than ten deaths last year ad vanced into the red list this time, while eleven which were on the dis honor roll last year show better safety records so far. Undoubtedly the wor t showing in highway safety has been made this veer by Robeson, in which then; have been 27 fatalities as compared with 14 last year and only eight the year before: even though Union tops it by far if a percentage of increase | basis is applied. In the first nine months of 1938 them was w '' - highway fatality in Union. In 1939 this was multinlied six time? and this yaer the figure has soared to 11—merely an increase of one thou sand percent in two year*. Among the counties still killing as many as ten. Gaston alon" 1 hows : consistent improvement, its toll run ning 18. 16 and 13 for the first three quarters of 1938. 1939 md 1940. re spertivflv. Other large counties showing pro gressive imnrovemen* jvp Davidson Durham 18-12-" Halifax 21 13-7. Lenoir 16-10-1. Richmond 13 10-7 and Rockingham 12-104. The most uniform record amonri *'•»? larger units wa«: '-n-ned in hv Wayne where the fatalities were in '.Continued on Fuge four J Declaration Of War Follows Ultimatum By Italy; Athens Airport Bombed Hour Later Remember the Magijiofc Linet—This is It Once the ol France';: niiliiaiy might, ire Tvlaginot Line serves only r_s a bulky, c limbing background for Gcr mm soldiers cutting the tall grass in the shadow of one of the fortifications. First German move on oc cupying France \v;:s to ctcstrcy the effect ivcnc.-s of the Line, which was built to keep out the Nazis. (Central Press.) Russia May Take Over Dardanelles Mussolini And Hitler Confer Florence, Italy. Oct. 28.— (AP) Adolf Hitler and Benito Musso lini conferred for nearly three hours today in the first session of a meeting staffed as italy took what were described as "uracil', measures required to face the danger of the situation" in Orecce. The two axis leaders began their session at 11:30 a. m. and emerged at 1:15 p. m. for lunch eon with their foreign ministers. A second conference was ex pected to begin at about 4 p. m. Is Week-End Accidents in North Carolina Take Heavy Toll of Dead and Injured. Charlotte, ficl. 2K—( \P)~At least | II persons were killed and a largo ••umber injured in auto mi~'- P' in VTovth Crroinin «-or the week-end. i Three were killed in an a';tcno- 1 ^;io v.rrek nt \Vin<-t'«n-.S:>iriri' Mrs. : aauline Ros< Griffin, her two-yenr ild daughter and her three-year-old . d«tor-in-l->v\ The dead lived in. Drieket. Wilkes county. Bei'lf.h F.ive Honkins. three-year- i dd drughter of Mr. j>nd Mrs. Thad i donkins. w«s I'*'tally injnr-d when he was struck ' y an automobile in 'ront her norr" near Gre^'^'ille. At Bosfcmor Citv. A. W Tiv»mo on. 51. \va- killed in a similar acci lent. Nr-r Chariot" .••'itomobil? j "rnrd ovpr gnd killed John Oscar ^Trnn of Concord, and inn'red four { ither Ccnrnrd people. Near Fay ?ttev»l'<* a Ne«*ro woman was killed 1 ■y a hit-run driver. A freak accident at Wilson cost ' i-p life of Mrs. A. G. L -rnm. 60. and 1 n Hired +wo other wonvm. TV- vhee' ■>'' a racing car driven hv Ray Unw >11 r>f Alexandria. Va.. flew off pnrl '■•rtlT' v*rn** tllP n-«nfv fr fr "Jurham was killed when his auto fContinued on Page Four) i j Entire Question of Russian-German Rela tions Believed Nearing Showdown As New Crisis Develops in Bal kans. ,P>'Klnpp?t. Ort. 2ft.—MP)—Rumors wpre piiH'^nt in the B"llc«ns today th."t Sovlpl Russia is nrepnring to 1-|,-r> over the D'lrrl'inallos "pi'otPC j iivnlv" ."■•oiMjhf astern F'iro'v> nor i awaited 'omo indication of M'v f-nv/'s s'liitnrJp over Italy's in vasien of Grecro. Diplomatic observers pxprp;srd bp !"rf 11"*:• t the entiro question of Gf,r :■.-.•i-Rn-sinn relations wns approach ! ilur :i howdown. "'any said they brJiovrd that \Tos I (;,y v;1 inlV itn'fl In ad vanre of the "'*.-!n .-ft ion ; "rt ? h;> f no Soviet in tervention rould hp expected. j;,.| ,A.., fc M thai f?ji-:si:• n i-":if!i< n ultimately vill depend fin • I't i"i>1 to which Moscow believes t's; ■ Soviet Black Sen interests «»re threatened by this latest axis move. Lewis' Stand To Have Little State Effect j i 1)3 ily I>ispaU^i P.ureau. In ilif> sjf tVii'i"- 'Intel. BV HENRV AVER ILL. Raleigh. Oct. 28.—John L. Lewis'! rYc.'ar.lion of support for Wendell V.'illkie will have a negligible effect ■n Xorth Carolina' voting Tuesday' •.•.•fc!:, mi the opinion of practically; all i; 'iiiie-tl observer in Raleigh. ; Chief interest here in the Lewis plump for the G. O. P. i' watching ii effect on the biy business men of i e state, who hr'/e damned the CIO C: ;ef for year- but who now find int'inselvi'f lying in the . ame political l.v:l with the bushy-browed fellow they have so often pictured with hoi ns of most Satanic type. Hail in ,ie<t it is being suggested that these tycoon are now rather wishful that FDR succeed at the :..r>!l... because John L. ha- promised to quit his labor job in that event. They are. it seems, between the devil ;.p.d the deep blue sea—if they got | rid of Roosevelt, they'll still havei I wis to contend with. The compen-' s* ' ;'-n is tha* if they have to keen f , :r. ,• i- iw v.*h;»« H^o-r. thev w:ll I loa't rot r:rl o! the CIO bo*?—«1 ■ 'vs provided he keep- ' : m- v.u e (Continued on Page Four) Great Britain Speeds Mediterranean Fleet To Assist Greece; Gen era! Conflagration in Balkans Is Feared. Alliens. Oct. 28—(AIM—Fierce fighting Greek troops were re portcd tonight to have gained the iir-.i victory ii; the tvar with i Italy, breaking through Italian positions at one place and driv ' ins miles into Albania. The repori, unconfirmed else where, was made by Renters (British news agency) in a dis patch from Athens. Pledging "unlimited support", Britain swiftly seized the ini plive at sea in the new conflict. Informed quarters in Athens said tiie British fleet already had octupicd the Greek island <:i C.vir una also a small island off Curlu. A flaming naval battle, pre sumably between British and Italian warships, was reported fought off Corfu. <By The Associated Press.) Tiny Greece declared war on Italy under the provocation of a three-hour ultimatum today and i Kin? George II threw the na tion's estimated 100.000 soldiers into battle against 200.000 Ital ian troops along the Greek-Al banian frontier. The ultimatum expired at 6 a. m. (11 p. m. EST). An hour later Athens had its first air raid alarm. The Corinth and Tatio air dromes, twelve miles from the capital of Greece, were bombed I and Italian warplanes in three waves attacked the port city of I'atras. Four were killed and 17 wounded. Great Britain, pledged to ;iid Greece in the event of attack, was reported rushing the assistance of her I powerful Modi terra noun fleet. It was believed that a major sea battle bo •v.< 'U Hritis.h :md Italian fleets was imminent. Fears were widespread that the Italian invasion would precipitate a general conflagration in southeast Europe. i In Belgrade, diplomatic circles I heard unconfirmed reports that Tur key had declared war on Italy but ' this was discounted in other quarters as premature. Yugoslavia's Premier Dragi.su C'vt kovic c;i!led an emergency cabinet meeting and shortly before 11 a. m. Yugoslavia troops marched through the streets of Belgrade toward the railroad station. Official : i.'.temcnts, however, as . erted Yugo. Iavia would remain neu tral. Jn Sofia, semi-official circles ex (Continued on Page Four) More Voters Are Eligible Growth in Number of Voters Does Not Indi cate Corresponding Population Gain. By ( KARLES 1*. STEWART Central Press Columnist Wa-hington. Oct. 28. — Although this year's eligible voters arc 5,391, 000 iihyc numerous than they were in 19-*0 it doesn't follow that there's been a correspond Dr. Hugh Cumming , r.g population :n ; i-rcase. On the ; -ontrary, our popu in growth is dv/in i!in« rap:d!y. K.x j ieri< predict tnat, ! vithin a few years, f vf II be stationary. That there's a trend in that direr 'icn is proved, in 'act. hy the increa-c | in the number of I ur voters. We have more of them, !-erause Americans. • *! r>n average, are iriuri irivy v.ere not ["lit; nun. n - p-'pv r^bifs iire horn in the nw ::s there used to Conr.rnurntJj". t!':cre'« p shrnik 'Conlinued on Page Four)
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