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TkVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2, 1940 FIVE CENTS COn
I dian Wenplanes Raid Greece
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Final Bids For Votes Near
;J. A, F. Continues Systematic Raids on Berlin
• R ya! Air Force is keeping: up its relentless bombing of Berlin, in retaliation for Nazi b«»:nb
i. is oftVmi by this picture. According to information passed by the German censor, this
>. . ruling is in North Beriin in an area where workers' homes are concentrated.
(Central Tress)
Nazi Offense Weakens
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For Drive
British Claim German
Siege Weaken
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Statistics On Accidents \
Reveal Weak Reporting By
Law Enforcement Officers
i
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter 'Jotel.
By HfcNlll AVEKILL
Fialeigh. Xnv, 2.—Figure- available
in the Highway Safety Division on
motor Highway accidents lor the first
nine months of 1940 show why Di
rector Ronald Hocutt is making an
inter.-:\ e effort to improve the re
porting of accidents in North Car
olina.
Reported to the division, or col
lected by it from other sources, were
525 fatal accidents, 2.240 involving
injury to person but no death, and j
3.o72 involving property damage
only.
One glance at those totals is suf
ficient to convince Mr. Hocutt and
any other intelligent observer that
the division is not getting anything
like proper reporting. Everybody who
knows anything at all about highway
conditions knows full well that the
proportion of property - damage
crashes i-; entirelv too low. It is ob
vious that ii i.'icrc were 2,765 acci
dents in which someone was either
killed ■>r injured there were far more
than o.')72 in which property dam
age was done.
Breaking the figures down by
counties reveals an even worse pic
ture as to reporting.
Start right at the top. Alamance
reported (or the division found out
by various and sundry methods) that
there were ten fatal accidents, 25
non-fatal crashes and 15 involving
only property damage. That, on its
lace, is an absurdity nobody will
swallow. Alamance officers, although
required by law to do so. just haven't
reported.
The next county's report is even
worse. In Alexander, ii the figures
are to be believed, there were three
fatal accidents, two in which per
sons were injured, and not a single j
automobile accident involving pro
perty damage alone. The only lit;
place for such statistics is the waste!
oasket.
Almost all the rest or the way',
down the list it's exactly the same.
Some few counties, almost exclusive
ly those containing big cilic.->. uo a
iair to middling job or accident re
porting, Mr. Hocutt points out.
Mecklenburg i.- cited as perhaps
the outstanding example of county
furnishing reasonably accurate and}
reliable ligures on all types of ac
cident:-. For the iiist nine months of
this year, for example, there have
been reported from that county 2'J J
fatal accidmts, H!)i involving injuries)
alone and property - damage
wrecks. That makes sense to those
familiar with the u. ual ratio of fatal j
to non-fatui to property damage ac
cidents.
Mr. Hocutt frankly throws up his!
hands as to any absolute remedy for j
(Continued on Page Sixl
Stewart Says Albania May
Slow Axis Balkan Drive
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington. Nov. 2.—Tht Greek
legation in Washington is considei
ably depressed by Italy's war move
against i:., smail kingdom.
As a Hellenic diplomatic attache
put it to me, '"one Greek soldier is
a match for three or lour Italians,
i i:t if they pile in five or six to one
against us, they may make us a deal
of trouble."
Our own American military men
take it for granted that the Axis will
make short work of the little coun
try, possibly wih the exception of
its coastal fringe, along which they
think that Britain's eastern Mediter
ranean fleet may help it formidably.
To be sure, the Greeks are rated
as fir>t rate fighters and the Ital
ians as pretty weak-kneed warriors.
However, the Greeks are away out
clased in numbers, and those they
have Inek equipment, whereas the
Italians are quite well supplied in the
latter respect- Fathenmre, it's as
pied that, even if Pctator Mus^o
! ::: d.-cs .icc.l any assistance, Die
tator Hitler will provide him with it'
|—unci nobody questions the Gcr- i
I mans' prowess on the battlefield. |
Albania a Factor.
I Albania may prove t<> be an anti- •
axis factor in the equation,
j it seems funny tnai that wee lit- !
tie country should signify in the
situation. Yet it's across Albania
that the axis forces have been striv
ing tov get into Greece overland,
| dodging the British ileet's superiority
| on the water.
Now Italy recently grabbed the
Albanian realm, kiekcd King Zog
out into exile. According to Iatl- j
ian accounts the Albanians were blad
of it, but other stories are to the
effect that they were as mad as hor- i
nets, and that, today, they're in a
state of anti-Italian insurrection—
determined to resist the passage of
axis troops across their territory into
Greece.
The Italian version is that the
Greeks and Albanians hate one an
(Coatir.ued on Page Three)
President Wiii :_,peak
Tonight m Cleveland
at S; o'clock; WiUkie in
New York, 10.15; Hull
Pcfonds Foreign Pol
icy.
(s»y !5ie Assnriatc-'l i'r-s)
Pic nl Roosevelt l- 'vi ied unos-; '
^cw.V'irU >!•••!" - ■ '
.viird Ohio and the fifth of his major
.•Kinpiii.cn addresses, and Wendell L. i
'lil:;e pit nrM-nd lire of hi? final bids
V r vote • n New York City.
Closing 1he last full we!? of e; m
riii'n-'i.ft befo>o th° nre ca~t I
Text T'^ r'av. IT n^m"""" T«rij_ 1
ire wll sor'*k ••• ^l^x'^^nd |
'♦ 0 p. m. (FST1 and h'* Republican ;
■•np.'. pent will make r>n address in '
v*-"- v, r!;V Madison Square Garden :
il 1: 15 n. m. Willkie. pt tbe end of
n 18.000-milc campaign tour, rested .
kda.v r.l'ter replying In; t night to j
VTv. Roosevelt's speech in Boston on 1
Wednesday evening. Ho charged i
Ihe nresidep.t with "dcccptive ooti- !
nism" in declaring that the nation j
."'•'i ,nak!n« "very rapid nr"".rrs.>" to- .
ivard an aircraft goal of r>n.000 air
planes a year.
Mr. Roosevelt, began his swing1
through sections of the pivotal states |
■>r New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio ;
A ith a speceh in Brooklyn Inst nigh'i 1
in which he derived "thee has been
forming" within the Republican party j
■in "unholy alliance" between "the
extreme reactionary and th° extreme 1
radical elements of this country". The !
President said that "there r. no com- j
mon ground unon which they can |
unite unless it be their common will J
to power and their impatience with j
Ihe normal democratic processes to i
produce overnight the inconsistent j
directorial ends they seek "
Willkie accused the ndmini=t'-a-1
tion of "ncglcet" in e-'inn
=ion of airplane produ^ti^n and hQ
added that "for seven yerr-' it "has ,
not understood the fact' of produc- :
tion'.
^••evident Roosevelt's <'orei«n pol- I
ipirc- were defended 1n~4 ~:tht bv |
rordell Hull, -^cretarv of St-.te. who i
=Hd in a radio address that Mr. !
Roosevelt's re-election would "in the |
fulles* possible mensi:'-" assure the '
see'M'itv and safeguard the peace of ,
this country."
Roosevelt
Makes Peace
Declaration
Aboard Roosevelt T rain on
Route to Cleveland, Nov. 2.—
(AP)—"Your president says that
this country is not sroint* to war."
These words were addressed I
by Franklin I). Roosevelt today ;
to a rain-drenched crowd that
pat bored around his train ai i"ie
Rochester. N. Y.. station.
Mr. Roosevelt reviewed what
lie termed a "fortunate record' I
established while he was chicf
executive of New York Mate and
nation.
He was the only governor to
s«-rvo four years without calling I
out the National Guard to "*ut
down riots." he said, and in his I
seven and one-half years as
President, the Army and Navy
had- never b»en called out xecept
in a cause of humanity."
"And it seems to me." ho said,
"that a fellow with tha tkind of a
rccerd over a good mm.v years
mn«t have his heart on the
ground ard I don't h®liov» he j
has his finger on the trigger."
D. C. Williams Of
Wilson !s Dead
Wilson, Nov. 2—(AP)—D. C. Wil
liams, 80, lumber plant operator,
died in a hospital here today after
a short illness. I
His funeral will be hold Monday
afternoon at Selbyville, Del.
Williams operated lumber plants
here, at Elm City and at Rock Mount.
He is survived by three daughters
and three .sons.
On the Greco-Itaiiaii Front
Fascists reported taking Brezmca (1) on their oust' i n "irive on .vwoniKa
and said that further south they had driven the (iixvi.> fnun Xikulu-a (-)•
In southern Albania Italian artillery at Konispulis Ci) bombarded Sagi
ada. The fascist objective ii: this region is believed to If the naval base
of Preveza, some thirty miles below Parga (bottom of inapt. A (i; ice
ba'.Uc was reported east of Fiorina. (Central l'ic<as)
Ordered Deported
Mrs. Earl Browder
Raissa Berkman Browder, wife of
Earl Browder, Communist candi
date for the presidency, was ordered
deported by Attorney General Rob
ert H. Jackson on the ground she
entered the U. S. illegally. Ke act
ed on recommendation of the immi
gration appeals board and said the
finding was based on her own testi
mony describing her surreptitious
entrance in 1!KJ3. Jackson said she
is a citizen of Russia.
(Central Press)
,Republicans and Dem
ocrats Slump State in
Eleventh Hour Ap
peal; Lucas "Guesses"
; at Vote of 900,000.
Raleigh, Nov. 2.—(AP)—Am;d in
dications of a rccord smashing vote,
Republican- and Democrats stumped
North Carolina tod-ty in an eleventh
hour : ..peal for upnort of then- can
1 riMnt n the general election oi
! Tucsd- y.
Clerk.- in the slate board of elec
tion- ' .H .co h.f re -aid that : ix coun
ties i,-.sker , cently for additional
| sunplies of ballots.
W A. Luea: of Wilson, chairman
of the State board of elections,
i "guessed" that the total vole would
i be in the neighborhood of 900,000—
I a new record.
A total dI f 1.500 iipphentions for
•.ibsenii i ballots had been distributed
up to t'»d y. The blanks went »r»
i chairmen of county boards of elec
tions. who were responsible for their
distribution to eligible absentee
voters.
, No absentee applications will be
given to \ofcir after today, except in
I 1 he ca:'• ol per-ons who become ill
l before Tu- d-y. Only 23,000 absentee
votes were cast in the 1IKM general
election. ^
' Democrats held a rally in Waynes
ville today in which J. M. Uroughton.
I> mocratic gubernatorial nominee,
Sr . ' rs -'o iah \V. Haiiev and Rob
ert I.' Reynolds and Congre man
Zebnlon Weaver spoke. Governor
Hoev will make a politicd talk over
a statewide radio hookup tomorrow
night.
Averill Predicts Big Vote
To Be Cast Next Tuesday
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In Mi* Sir IValicr f
BY HENIII" AVER ILL.
Raleigh, Nov. 2.—While profession
al politicians continue to contend that
lack of local contests will cut sharp
ly into next Tuesday's vote in North
Carolina, there are indications that
the total Tar Heel suffrage is going
to be tremendous.
Certainly, local election officials
are in position to tell something
about the likelihood of big turnouts
in their counties, and it is very sig
nificant thgt almost every county
election board is besieging the state
board of elections for more presiden
tial ballots; thus showing clearly that
the people's interest is at its keenest
in the contest between "The Chamn."
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
and the Challenge!-, Wendell Willkie.
To hofjjn with ih«* board had
a million and a half ballots printed.
All but 5.0U(J have been sent to coun
ty hoards: yet yesterday aides of
Secretary Raymond Max v. .'M were
busy placing rush orwe;.- f'T the
printing of ;n addition I , !•>' oi
presidential tickets.
The State board's nft'iee r^pn'ts
that its information iadic £a rcc
!>vd registration mi almost every
county of tir- state. That doesn't look
iike ;i .-mall turnout, particularly in
view of Hie fact that new registra
tions wore ordered in almost two
third. ol the counties this year.
With all these tacts in mind, your
reporter feels inclined to crawl out
the < ::d <>'. ;i limb and predict that
the 1U40 presidential vote in North
Carolina will exceed that of 1936
when 61G.!-»1 elector.- deposited votes
for Kousevelt while 223,200 were vot
ing lor All Landon. That's a grand
total of 830.J24.
So here's a forecast of an 850,000
total.
Without making an alibi in ad
vance. it i- obvious that this is based
on the presumption that next Tues
day wlil be reasonably clear. A bliz
zard. or even a day-long drizzle could
keep thousands from the polls, par
ticularly in the east where Demo
crats often feel it isn't ne.-essai y for
':in t. i f» iri'ich trouble, anyway.
'! ! • on o' t!i;• t.it;.1.
it cast, fcel'.vern the Pre idenl
•)*: Willkie is something; els® :•'{ ?sn.
(C-:.t:n.;vd o.i 6::..
Salonika
Reported
Hardest Hit
About Fitty Bombs
Dropped on Patras;
Corfu Bombed; Tiny
Greek Air Force
Pitches in To Aid
Hard Fighting Ground
Forces.
Athens, Greccc. Nov. 2.— (AP)—
The Italian air force resumed its at
tacks against Greece today, bomb
ing Canei on Cm I n island and the
port ol Patras, where about ten cas
ualties resulted.
Aboul 50 bombs were dropped in
the latest attack on Patras.
Athens also had an air raid alarm
ol' 2') minute* but its watchers slight
ed no planes.
These attacks followed widespread
raids in which the government said
30(» were killed and wounded yester
day.
The strategic city of Salonika was
reported hardest hit in the sudden
burst of aerial warfare, with 59 kill
ed and 84 injured in four raids yes
terday. The government said "gen
erally no military target was hit"
and charged that "all the raids were
directed against civilians."
Over the Epirus district in the
northwest the Italians dropped pam
ohlets declaring the invaders had
| "good dispositions" toward the
| Greeks and would respect their
! women, traditions and customs.
The trnv Greek air force pitched
in to aid the nation's hard fighting
ground forces, bombing and straf
ing fascist troops wherever they
could be found in the wild, moun
tainous area along the Greek border.
Exchange Telegraph, British news
agency, said Greek planes blasted
at two Italian airdromes in Albania.
The report added that Greek tsoops
lighting at close quarters with cold
steel had occupied a strategic height
[dominating Koritza, Albania.
In all sectors of the front where
they have not actually succeeded
in pushing the Italians back, the
Gr«-"ks said, the defenders were hold
ing firm.
Dale Appeal
To High Court
Kalcigh, Nov. 2.— (AP) —The
Stnto supreme court will hear an
; ppc.iI by Fred Dale, convicted in
Mecklenburg county superior court
on a charge -if extorting $2,000 from
a Sampson county farmer on the
pretense that the farmer was the
lather of a child horn to Mrs. Dale.
Dr. W. E. Wi- nart, Charlotte phy
ieian. was acquitted on a charge of
aiding in the alleged conspiracy to
''efraud the farmer, Tlufus Bryant.
Mrs. Dale rlirI not appeal and is serv
ing a tn*m of two to four years. Dale
was sentenced to five to seven years.
Germans Fail
In Attempt To
Seize Station
New York. Nov. 2.—(AP)—A Ger
11n language broadcast by the Brit
i-h broadcasting company said tod;<y
a German expedition of 50 men had
been captured in an unsuccessful at
tempt to seize a metereological ob
servation station in Greenland. The
Norwegian patrol boat Fritjos Nan sen
made the men prisoners, it said.
The broadcast was heard by NBC
in New York.
The broadcast, quoting a report
from Stockholm, said "for a long
time the German air force has been
experiencing the lack of exact weath
er forecasts hindering successful air
operations x x x
"Therefore it decided upon the cap
ture of the wireless station in Green
land or the erection of a new station
under German control.
"An armed German expedition left
Norway for Greenland, but was in
fContinued on Page Six)
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T OR VORTH C AROLINA.
F?«r tonight and Sunday: rool
rr tonight, s'-att'Tcd frost in
imv.r.iahi: .