North Carolina Newspapers

Heniterson Daily tltspnfrlt ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA _ VT/Mrnmnnn . n i A PUBLISH Kl» EVERY AKTERNOUN FTVF1 fF.NT^ COPY iV-SKVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER b, 1940 kxckit sunday. Re-Elecled Majority FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT President of the United States for the Third Term. J. iVILLV 1LLI. UIVWl UiiiVi Governor of North Carolina V House And Senate Still Democratic 23? House ! Seals Won; Senate Safe Republican Predic tions of Gains in Con i < ss Go Down Before ' iAt oi Votes With si:!ent Roosevelt's lection. - (AIM—The >t vntoi kept eon -nse and Senate in • <n showed liots. v -eats to 111 Im addition, v"• i■» re-elect • - '}! i" • 1 predictions n from 5M t(» H') Hir. th.it the .•It' win :i few more i:i ♦ Congress, h r." held cun ' 11)31 and of vi:.i i. tin' neu Senate <i »i:;« i i»iit any ves t l>jfii:iat"d when • -I ?'!• v had won .!"> fX*moeratie ' ?■' holdover I Jem dear majority of ;! ri holdovers ' of the nine ".! ■•'/■iii')'! H»b" • >vh»» endorsed !'> I 'fll (it. Mill'"! • I • c; i r i Fred H. iri aft* >• trailing • J'.m >,!' Ohj«». Rp ''•*1 MeSwe^ney, • •! • now hdd by 'f Vie I lonahey. • A. ' '■ • rnin>' Robert L. !■ >■ thf n*>w • K,|(.. »d P.nrkc. ' •• r'. T»nvn ■ ■ re Republican, ' - ' oc fJage Five) Greeks Reported In Koritza _ i * i W. E. Fenner, Rocky Mount Leader, Dies Richmond, Va.. Nov. 6. —(Al1)—W. E. Fenner of Rocky Mount, N. C.. died in a Richmond hospital at 6:55 a. m. today. He was admitted to the hospital November 4 and underwent an operation. Fenner. who was 60. was unop posed yesterday in his bid for a fourth term as a representative in the State Legislature from Nash county. Fenner h.«d been associated with the tobacco industry in Rocky Mount for the last 3K years, operating at the time of his death two large ware houses at Rocky Mount and one at Tifton. Cia. He was a native of H\Ii-* fax county. Serving continuously in the legislature since 1935, Fenner headed the House agriculture com mittee in 103" and the finance com mittee in 1939. Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Ethyl Paschall of Den ver. Col., one son, Julian, and two brother-. John H. Fenner and Dr. Edward Fenner of Henderson. Plans for the funeral had not been made early this afternoon. At Raleigh. Governor Hoey issued a statement expressing regret at Fenner's death. Fenner was a member of the ad visory commission which is sche duled to start hearings tomorrow. SEVERAL CALIFORNIANS WANT TO VOTE FOR AL Oakland. Calif.. Nov. fi.-(AP) Several voters telephoned County Clerk Ci. PI. Wnde today lo complain thai Al Smith's name was left off the presidential ballot. Wade surmised that the citizen.-; had heard the former Democratic , presidential candidate's radio ad i dress for Wendell L. Willkie and had gained the impression the "happy warrior" again was running for pres j ident. LOcatheh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight ami Thursday; 'nolrr tonight: fio^t iu it j,. Are Resumed • j Bombs Smash Public Buildings and Houses in Southampton; Three Raiders Downed. London, Nov. 0. (AP)--German bombs smashed public buildings and houses in Southampton in a mass raid early tonight and killed and injured an unstated number of persons. The firiwish, however, said that most of the raiders were unable to' penetrate inland. An art school and office building' were hit by bombs and a number of i persons buried in the ruins. I Three German raiders were shot down during the day. Two British I planes were missing, but one of tlie | I pilots was reported safe. The opening of the usual night as J sault on London was heralded by | warning sirens soon After dark, fol lowed by bomb explosions. London was showered with incen-l i diary and high explosive bombs dur 1 ing the longest night air raid alarm of the war last night, but came up today with the official announcement i "that the general scale of damage was not heavy" and casualties were I not large. A direct hit on a London police | station killed a number of ofiicers in | a canteen. Willkie Calls For Unity | . Now York, Nov. G.—(A1J>—Wen del! L. Willkie conceded his defeat 1 today in :i congratulatory message i to President Roosevelt and then call ;rd lor national unity, completion of j the deten c program, aid to Britain land "removal of antagonisms in America." i 'Vengratirlntion on your re-elec ' lion a; pre idtnt ol the United i Continued on page two) Greeks Bring To Salonika p.v .j. wi s Salonika, Greece. Nov. -<AI')- - The Greeks were reported in i'ntnlioi advices today to have entered the Albanian city of Koritza. the Italian military base for the Greek offensive and to have captured many thousand prisoners. Large groups of Italian prisoners arrived in Salonika today transported here in buses. I saw five bus loads near the Salonika railway station. The cap tives appeared poorly clothed for the battles in the frigid mountain area. (The report of the capture of Korit/.a may be premature, since it is no! claimed in later advices from Athens, which merely say the Greeks have captured fortifications dominat ing the city and are shelling it.) One of the men questioning the prisoners quoted them as saying they had been told by their oil iecrs that "Greece will not light. We will just walk in.'' Greeks here said al o that the Italian bombers apparently were meeting resistance that surprised (Continued on Page Five! Roosc\ elt Wires Sincere Thanks For Good Wishes Hyde Park, Nov. (>.—(AP)—Frank lin 1). Roosevelt, choice of his coun trymen to be their president for a third term, accepted with "sincere thank-" tori v a message I'rom Wen doll L. Willi"congratulating him | on his re-election. Willisic* hao wired the Chief Eno cutive from New Vnrk City this morning wishing him "all personal health and hapomess" anrl saving he knew "we are both gratified that so manv American citizens participated in the election." "Please accept mv sincere thanks i for your message of congratulation," Mr. Roosevelt replied. "1 greatly ap preciate the assurance of vour wishes for mv health and h.a;>pinc£s : I ;;o-.rUy rcc.jrocate." Many Italian Prisoners Are T aken Reported Seizure of Albanian City — ifi True — Marks First' Major Victory in Balk an Struggle; Would Disrupt ^unoly Line. L. I (P.V The Assi»• i;ited Press.) F ••'»•»! :«•»• d^avitche* said Greek mountain fi»hters today entered the city of Koritza in Albania and cap Hired thousands of Ihe 30.00(1 Italian ironic under siege lliere. The reported seizure—if true— marked the first major victory in Die ten-Hay oH Ha I lean conflict and i"i s'lm-'l lv disrupted the Italian imply rauio fur a projected invasion into western Macedonia. Greeee's high command said re treating Italian troops were shelled hv their own tanks as Greek war rior* stormed and captured hill forti fications guarding Koritza. A Greek communique said many Italian prisoners were taken in the h.'-ttle on the Koritza Heights, along with artillery and machine guns. The Greeks declared their lines \yr-ro holdins firmly on both ends of the tiiO-mile front. Premier Mussolini's high command reported that fascist invasion forces had driven off Greek attacks in the north after violent fighting. Authoritative quarters in London said the Italians had not yet launch ed their main offensive against Greece but that the real attack was to be expected at any moment—prob ably on the Kalamas river front in northwest Greece. British warplanes boie^j the N'apl'-s area, the fascist high com mand disclosed, killing la person i and wounding ten. It w;,s t!:e thin' . -.i rI on Naples. Other royl r :r f-rcc bomL"" (Continued on Page Five) mpiete Returns osevelt 468 Votes State Gives Big Majority To Democrats Ilal:*V.v. •».— :.l- ; —-".'re.s iflt i''» sc\» ll t> cn ;i i"l his lead in .\oith '. aioiina lo ;>92, 7:d:J vot:-?. UJtla.v as reiun.s were ialiuliu-K from i./ ;> «:i the stiles l..'»16 t»r These gave R«».v. v; K Wendell i.. U'ltli.. 182,71.^. Kalt i,!», N'ov. — (.VI*)—Willi only :iZ'i pr:::incl>i unreported out of ».91<!. late general election re turns today contributed to heavy Democratic majorities tor Pres ident Roosevelt and J. tl. Bioughton, gubernatorial candi dal?. IMr. Roosevelt had 562.213 votes to 176,171 for Wendell L. Willkie. Brougkton. in unoffi cial returns from 1,471 precincts, had 479,510 vot"s and Robert II. McNeill, the Republicna choice for governor, had 137,789. The eleven Democratic Con gressional candidates piled up big leads, as ddi the party's nomin necs for statewide offices. Apparently anti - Roosevelt campaigns, many of them con ducted by Democrats opposed to the third term or other New Deal policies, had carried little weight. The Willkie vote com pared with 223,283 votes cast for Alf 1VI. Lundan throughout the state four years ago. Roose velt's vote in that election was filfi.141. The congressional race as un officially reported included: First district. 108 of 117 pre cincts. Il-rbcrt Bonner 27,636: John A. Wilkinson, Republican, 1,961. Second district. Repr<*«'v'ativc» John F. Kerr, Democrat, unop posed. Third district. Rpprrwnlativi* Graham A. Bardrn. Democrat. 2M90: Julian T. Gaskill, Re publican. 1.921. Four!1) district. 92 of HM nro cinets. Representative Harold I). Coolcy, Democrat. S?il7; F.zra Packer. Republican, 7.521. Sixth di'tri-t, incomplete, Representative Carl T. Durham. Dcmcrat. 29.747; GiliTnm Gris som. Republican, 5,778. Policies Approved Secretary Hull Says Nation Can Now Go Forward With Foreign Policies. Washington, Nov. f5.—(AP)—Sec retary Hull said today the nation now couid go forward in the "firm ?ontinuancc of those foreign policies" which, he said, were given "nation wide approval" in yesterday's elec tion. The State department chief .said n a formal statement: "Consciousness of the tremendous •.e.'-ponsibility which rests upon all of us in the present crisis should wersiiadow any sense of personal Nation or disappointment over the >utcome of the election. "It is a matter ot profound sig nificance that our foreign policies, the basic features of which wer~ cui) iorted by both the leading candidates '01 president, were given yesterday laiionwide approval. "With the election over, our nation ••in now go forward witll the fullest •rasure of practical teamwork bv 'ic government and the people in the '••in of Ihfse foreign >olieie.s. This courc oN'er- the t contribution our i!!" < •• Continued up Paie Five) Willkie Concedes Elec tion in Mid-Morning Congratulatory Tele gram; Democrats Re tain Control of House and Senate. President Roosevelt ;nul Wendell L. Willkie exchanged personal good u ishes today a* the election sweep by which the President smashed the | third term tradition extended into lull except nine of the 48 states. On the basis of still incomplete return: it appeared that Mr. Roose velt has carried 30 state.1 with 4fi;» of the country's 531 electoral votes in the triumph by which he became the | fir t man ever clecVd to the prcsi | desicy of the United States for a (third term. Among the states in his column ; were his native New York, Penn sylvania, Ohio, Missouri. Minnesota, New Jer-ey, California and Illinoi . The nyie states which Rave their j vote to Willkie were Colorado. Iowa. • Indiana, Kansas, Maine. Nebraska. {North Dakota. South Dakota and Vermont. They have a totau of 03 I electoral votes. Helped along by the President's I sweep. Democdats retained their ma jorities in the House of Represcnta i tives and the Senate. At 2 p. m. (EST) the returns showed 20 Democrats and nine Re publicans had been elected to the Senate, with seven Senate contest still in doubt. At that hour the He publicans had made a net gain of two scats in the Senate. They were assured of having as many Senate places as at prevent—24—and had a chance to hold their gain of two. Senator LaFollette. Progressive, Wisconsin, was lending in lies reel-jc 'ion contest. Senator Minton. Demo crat. Indiana, the Democratic whip, was trailing and Senator Vande-n berg. Republican, Michigan, held a lead. In the House, the Democrats had piled up a net gain of twelve. The- populai vote tabulation at 2 p. in. was Roosevelt 23,175,051; Will kie 19.38H.42G. (I!y The Associated Press) President Roosevelt, the precedent breaker, smashed one of America's ancient traditions today Willi a rra matic and .sweeping victory in his campaign for a third term. Ili-; election was conecded in mid morning by Wendell L. Willkie, his dogged, hard-hitting, Republican op ponent who had made the third term ■ lucstion one of the outstanding is •ucs of a hard fought campaign. At 10:30 a. m. (c. s. I.) in New York, Willkie'-, press secretary gave out the text of hi.s congratulatory telegram: . "Franklin JJ. Roosevelt, President ol the United States, Hyde Park, .\T. Y. Congratulations on your re election as president of the United States. I know that we are both gratified that so many American citizens participated in the election. I wish you all personal health and happiness. Cordially, Wendell L. Willkie." Last night, Senator Charles L. Mc Nary, Willkie's running mate, con ceded a victory for Mr. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. The President spent la.->t evening at his Hyde Park home, where his happy neighbors thronged and .sere naded him with bugles and drums. Promptly at midnight Mr. Roose velt greeted the serenaders from tin portico, saying the situation looked "all right". "We, of course, face difficult day he said, "but I think you will find me in the future just the same Franklin Roosevelt you have known for years." The full extent of the President's victory could not be measured final ly in advance of a more complete tabulation of the vote. Nevertheless, at 10:45 a. m. <e. s. t.) it appeared that his election had been accomplished with 4fif> of tin country's 531 electoral vote.-. I he number required for election is 2'JO. "ndications were that the popular plurality would prove considerably le.^ than the margin of more than (Continued on Pagf Five)