North Carolina Newspapers

HrniUu'smt Hatltj Utepafrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPE R PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA . :H YEAR TUB awwiatedtoeIs0" HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1940 FIVE CENTS COP* 4t' I NTRY AIDERS Athens Radio Claims Two haiian Divisions Destroyed In tindus Mountain Sector usands" oi Pris oner Reported Tak Greeks Reported ■ .'mg on Albanian in Center and, Northern Flank. i i.- A5* > Destruc-' ■ .*1 i ' isions pre>Ut •- ! lit 30*000 men whs I • \thrns radio today I .\ iv iii iron ic • ••••. - <>d forces j ■ vaccessesi : mentioned :y '>;!•' division. I • i • -<••• .:id '•Jo- j v.v»t t" aid of the j has taken the! ' " entire I.le ' > ' >n:an sea t>> tlie . ■' i is dl Inji tin ".t: o. t- radio ivyion the Greeks,' . • driven the invad-' • A I: 'an. ;n . • tier in vd to be assuming! • * v (;reek.- with ■ t " ■ -i after .> r:ci dispersed" an outnumbered1 ~. n which the two - were said to have1 >" reported to havei he Pindus mountains J •: the battlefront. - r.s. the radio said, niter advancing into • v. and the sccond was :>-n " was sent to the •"'mr • were now reported! an > >il in this sec '::e northern flank ousiv claimed the u:.*.ain positions domi A irvan town of Koritza. n invasion base. Spain Bans U.S.Newsmen ;r>. — (AD—All • .• ndentv in Spam ' id iv t" send out :* • beginning next • Mr what ot'fi .\ t-rican refusal to h official news : K. to operate in the .r» A^ociatcd •••o I'm- the New : ti • Chicago Tn • i were given, ration that Amer 'I* would be oblig country. li. S. Protests Spanish Action j;> (AP)—The :: idr trpre^enta ■ -h government over ■ ' in- inr of military '-■i n;.lion ,1 yone at •! riti Gibraltar. t.- f iit aid today x : O-- i .::•-!<>'• Alrxen :• ade the repiesen ri on tin- ba-i-; of an treaty concerning national zone. ;u.-o has made re otecl Strikers Uack To Work P' .. .\r»V. -( AP ) — • ' (' cible Strfl Coni 1 pre cci by a plea '<■ work ti the in defense pro y ' •! a proposal to flu ci> ttMMiit grievances, iciu'hfd at a eon • . '-rit > ;i! and <t:;tr !a •■m(! company and i!'" Stce4 Worker-; 'U-" int-rn.'tional I •••:•! union!-ts to 1,000 War Refugees C. B. Jackson, a nurseryman, ex amines some of the 1,000 "war refu gees" which recently arrived in Miami from Britain. Snugly pro tected by moss and excelsior, the "refugees" constitute the rare or chid collection of the Duke of West minster. sent to the U. S. for the duration of the war. (Central Prese) Hcey Names Draft Group Six District Medical Advisory Boards Set Up In State For Draft Operation. Raleigh, Nov. ir>.—(AP)—Gover nor Hoev announced the doc tars today j that he is recommending to President Roosevelt for membership on six dis trict medical boards for the selective service program. Headquarters for the districts will be at Greenville. Raleigh. Fayette v ille. Wiustori-Salcr.i, Charlotte and Asheville. The counties in each district and the recommended p«.T.>onnel for each board iti(\;:ae.i: District One — Deaulort. Bertie. j Camden. Carteret, Chowan, Craven. ; Currituck. Dare, Gates. Greene. 1 Hertford, Hyde. Jones, Lenoir. Mar tin. Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, , Pa^«|U'»tank. Pert|uiinaus, Pitt, Tyr- | rell and Washington counties. Drs. 1). D. Armistead. W. M. H. Brown. •/. L. Winstead and A. M. Schult/.e. <>f Greenville: R. H. Hack- : ler hi Washington. F W. Carroll of Hookerton. Floyd Wooten of Kin ston ar:d C. H. Ash ford of New Bern District Two—Alamance, Caswell I Chatham. Durham, Edgecombe, f Con tinned on Pa go Three) Vultee Plane Plant Closed By Strike Downey, Calif., Nov. !5—.(AT) — lhe Vultee airplane laciory was closed today by a strike. A I lO line was estab lished early t;us morninc;, there by avti\el> u.e iirst strike at a factory manufactur ing military crai*. s.nce the start of the present national defense emergency. A tn eaiutown ot wnegotiations caused the walkout. .\ spokesman for the firm said it was hoped that the plant eould remain open with a skeleton crew, hut at 7:3Vi a. m. it was forced to announce to several hundred workers that operations could not begin. The company as on hand or ders for S39.000.000 worth of planes for the Cnited Slates and SI 1.000.000 worth for export. Th« I'nitei. Automobile Work ers union claims a membership of "more man 3,000" of the 3.700 workers in the plant. Four Injured As Theatre Roof Collapses Pittsburgh. Nov. 15.—(AP)— An audience gathered to view a movie drama of make believe experienced; instead a terrifying real life spec- j tacle when hall of the Alvin theatre roof collapsed last night, showering j tons of rafters and masonry down' upon front seats ot the half-century! old playhouse. Because a previous cracking of \ tnc ceiling had given the nearly 200' patrons a warning, sending them' back to rear seats, there were only four casualties—three women treat- ' ed for shock and an usher slightly injured. The collapse occurred before ar rival of the evening's largest au dience. Shortly alter 5 p. m. flakes of plaster began dropping from the ceiling. As long cracks appeared in the ceiling, ushers escorted the scat-: tcred audience back to seats under! the steel supported balcony. The collapse came with a tearing, grinding roar. Men, women and ciiil riren scrambled out of exits. One wo man was trampled by the panick> | crowd. Cotton Market Is Higher New York, Nov. 15.— CAP)—Col- i ton futures opened 1 to (> higher. A continuous demand from trade and mill interests carried prices to new seasonal highs around mid-day, when prices were 7 to 11 points; higher. I Coventry Is Described As Like Scene Out Of Hades During And Following Raid Coventry, Kngland, Nov. 15.— f AI * > Coventry was like a scene out' of Hade- between dusk and dawn, while German raiders dumped their bombs in ceaseless relays. Today there were at least 1.000 dead and injured, numberless vie- [ tims were buried under vast piles j ol wreckage, fire.-, licked through the town and the 14th century cathedral: was but one of many buildings in ruins. Scarcely a street escaped the poutiding of the raiders. It was the w<»rst continuous attack experienced J by ;iny city—including London— -rnee the siege ol Britain began. All night long the nai row streets ><d ::nd crumbled with the ?hu der of d;\ iug planes, the scream of bombs and their explosions and the i i.. r <•■>' anti-aircraft cannonade. :.i ; Uu.lght Ucuzicd nun toro ;it pile.-- ol brickwork and con crete covering the bodies of their women and children. Herbert Morrison, minister of home security, came from London to direct the first relict efforts. With him came his wife. The first thing they did was to halt a frightened caravan of refugees seeking safety in the country. Two policemen were among the hero dead. They worked for hours amid falling bombs rescuing women and children trapped by debris, sur vivors said. At dawn factory workers from I night shifts burrowed into the smok ing wreckage of their homes, shout ing the names o'' tiieir wives and children and calling "we're coming, u'e're coming." One young mini recovered a body . no then tunneled into the wreckage ;o .»u! another hi- .'.:1V. Nearly Ready for America's Growing Air Fleet These pictures indicate how production of war planes lor American and lii iti.sn detense i> ueiiix :>peeae<l up at the Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Baltimore, largest single unit aircraft factory in the U'. S. Top, a line of nose sections moves up the assembly floor inward the final assembly operation. Lower, Martin 167-F bomber engine controls are checked. The planes still :ire without their wings. Insu-t, mechanics install the intricate control system. t (.'cattut 1'rests) B f 8 turb Lewis Amalgamated Cloth ing Workers Would Strip CIO President of Much of His Power. Atlantic City, Nov. 15.—(AP) — The executive board of the Amal gamated Cloth|ig Workers announc ed today it would ask the Congress of Industrial Organization to strip CIO President John L. Lewis of pow er to act without approval between conventions. The group said it wovlrl offer at the CIO convention here next week a constitutional amendment requiring that the president obta:n cxorutive committee sanction for anointments and other steps between srs-ions. In addition, the Amalgamated board will seek immediate negotia tions between the CIO and AFL lot labor peace and will present resolu tion instructing CIO officer* "to re sume negotiations with the AFL and devote their best and most sincere cJ forts to unite the two org: nidations on a basis which will not sacrifice any of the great gain made by the CIO." Woman Held In Husband's Death CJokfcbopo, Nov. 15. fAP) Uoy Scot!. Sl.ilo Bureau of Investigation agrnt. announced todiv th.it Mrs. Ii'by Holmes, about *vas briny held in connection with t'i" r>r her husband. fJ. It by Holme?. I'!. along with Tom Mel* ;n, ]f'-yr*;• !• old Negro. Holmes, CJoldsboro t;»xi <-i<ct»>»•. was found bludgeoned to death !e - side liis automobile on a lonHy road near here on Sunday morning, De cember 31. IMS). Liquor Sales' Set Record Raleigh, Nov. 15.—(Al'j- Liquor stores sales in North Carolina's 2(i wet counties" totaled $712 778.8!) in October, an increase of more than $60,000 over sales in September and in October. 1939. Chairman Clitlar Aloore >f ihc Sinte ABC board attributed the in crease largely to "increased police activity against the il!:e:t liquor traf fic" as he commented that i?7 coun ties were represented in the Septem ber and October. 1939. figures. Johnston county closed its stores early in October alter the voters ap proved their abolition. Durham led in October sales with $119,037.75 and Wake was next with S106.313.55. (OnCttPlQh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Saturday, colder tonight with freezing to the coast: Sunday and Sunday night generally fair. <■ lowly ris ing trrnnrratuiv. I Season's First Snow Blankets Mountain Area West Jefferson. Nov. 15— (AIM—Snow—the first of the season in North Carolina—fell in j the Blue Ridge mountain area J yesterday and last night. After two-day rains, snow started here late in the after noon and several hours later a half-inch blanketed the ground. Snow also was reported at Boone. Banner Elk and Valle Crucis during the night. Federal Tax Collections At High Mark Washington, Nov. 15.—(AP)—Fed cnil t;i\ collections since July 1 toUil ccl $2,00(),4(>6.5G9 today, not count ing S301ol social security taxes which went directly into Uk old age reserve fund. The revenue figures reflected nail ol' tiic increased taxes voted by Con gress this summer, with more of the increased levies due to show up in ;\!;.rcn. A.- dflen-c : 'pending was si'-pped (Continued on Page Trine > Name of Chicago Edu cator and Economist Sent to Senate as Suc cessor to Madden, Who Is Nominated for Judgeship. Wa-hinpton. Nov. In.—f.\r>) — Pir"-ident T?on«evelt nominated. Harry A. Mil lis. Chicago educator and eco nomist. l.idriv to a five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board, taking the place '■orated by Chair man .T. Warren Madden. The President al-o Mibmitted to the senate .'i nomination for Madden to l>o a jndgp of the United States coin t of claims. Mi His. 07. was a member of the labor board before it was recon stituted and given greater powers under the Wagner act in 1935. Me is expected in some quarters to co operate with board member William M. 'Lierson in the latter's program for changes in staff and procedure. Kdwin S. Smith is th^ third mem ber of the board. Word also circulated in informed circle., todav that Owen D. Young was to head a three-member board to If assigned a broad study of trail portal ion problems. The transportation bond, to be appointed by the Pre ident object to colliirmation by the Senate, i riirerl cd tody the "relative economy and fitne-s" of various types of carriers with ;• view to determining tiie serv jee for whirl! each type nf airier is especially lilted or un! • 11'I. the me'bofls by whieh each type ran and -boll Id be jjeveloped." Price-Fixing Soon liv KOGIK IV. BABSOX (,'op.v right 1010, Publishers Financial Bureau. Inc. Babson, Park, Mass., adv. 15.— Now that the political campaign is over and leaders have had a chance j if> settle down, it is well to discuss sonic practcial problems. The i': thing winch comes to mind is prices. Whether your are a manufacturer, a j shopkeeper, or housewife, you are ' naturally interested in prices. Hence, my column this week is devoted to this subject. Beware of Inflation. When I say "beware of inflation" . I am quoting the man who will be President of the United States for the next four years. N<> one realizes the dangers of inflation more than he does. When 1 \va< once talking the subject over with him. he said. ; "You need only to read history. Babson. to see what has happened to national laeders who have enguh'd j then nations with dangerous inl'li'- 1 tion."' His friend Mr. Henry Mor genthau. Jr.. secretary of the- Treas ury. is heart and soul with him i;i this opinion. V'*!. if prices are left to their own tree movement. vc r..ny be headed straight for inliali'm. It i- trn<> ti.itt there will not be. dining World War II. tin- demand for many things the .or ice- ol which .skyrocketed during W'orid War I. On the other iiand, the vast amount ol present available | credit and suppressed speculation could easily send prices ol certain commodities higher than ever before. Need of War Materials. With the election over, one thing is certain. This countiy will have I united lront to build up -trong de- J lenses. No politician, labor loader, J nor businessman will be permitted to make abnormal profits :'ro'm the j armament program. It :■• imply v. 1 not be in the cards. This is another reason why fancy price increase will be frowned upon. Don't be surprised if priority ord ers have been issued on certain com modities before this word of mine gets into print. There will be no non sense or playing about with war o-d.-rs from now on. Manufacturers of non-essentials will be obliged to v.*a!t until thi; manufacturers of war fully care of. T,v gi od (.Id days of i' :ir • . ■ (Continued on Fage Three) Nazis Leave 1,000 Dead And Injured I I Five Hundred German Bombers Sweep City With Deluge of 30,000 Incendiary Bombs and Million Pounds of ; High Explosives. (My The Associated Pro *:.) (Jcrnr-ii 11i^ti! rriirl—r~ inflicted n i !ti|! ut ;ii><>i11 1,1100 killed and Woiind 1 cd ii ;i t■ i:i !»i11;; :• ss;• 11!t on Coventry in Hi" Kiudish indii trial midlands, ! ;i Mriti.-'i <-<>i>inni:iirji 10 announced to I day chai'-inu tli.it na/.i airmen com 1 mil tori "indiscriminate bombardment j of the whole city." In Merlin, iin/.i.- exullantly declar ed th.it the ;mcient Knglish city, 1 when naUerf I.adv Ciodiva once rod*' J a hor v.* through the tour., was cn | guilt d in "an ocean of flames." An armada of 500 German bomb er. <•.!! r^c'l out the attack. na/.i <|iiar tcrs lici. sweeping the city with a deluge «ii :!<i,noo incendiary bombs and 1 .(100.0(10 pounds of high ex j plo ives. Hitler's high command said ofl'i , cially th:.t the raid was "in ■ lion" |m.- British raids on Munich J the night Hitler spoke their last | Arc!;. Ti.day the town lay in .smouldering i ruin with uncounted townspeople j still eii'«n*,-,;ed in mountainous heaps "I rubble. Mar.;; /'ires were reported I still burning this morning and I'ire ■ men were working against over I whelming odds. The city's 14th cen ! tury cathedral was among the ruin:. j Observers said it was the worst at tack on any British city—including I London—since the aerial siege of ; Britain began. "The city suffered very seriously | and the people bore their ordeal with j great courage," a communique by I the London ministry of home sc ' curity announced. The Germans said 20 great fires | were left raging in the city, wh< re a ! number of motor works and the 1 General Electric plant were said to be situated. Berlin's millions, too. felt the ter ror of death from night skies as royal air force raiders attacked the I German capital in the heaviest raid i thus far, killing four German-; and I wrecking an apartment building. London's air ministry said the 1 royal air force sprayed bombs around ' Berlin railway stations and in other attacks slashed at 2ti airdromes and | harbors and shiping from Norway to j Franco. The British admitted losing ten J planes but the Germans claimed 2') royal air forcc planes were shot 1 lown. Hitler'- high command described | the attack on C'oventiy as a "mon { sler raid especially fierce and sue • ce stui causing tremendous devasta j tioii." The city, with 190.000 population is one o| England's most important , industrial enter; . lying about 95 ! miles from London. j At tlie same time a Br''.;;-h ad miralty communique listed five mine j swe« ping trawlers "lost" presum I ably blown up. I .Meanwhile, dispatches from Vichy . aid French Vice Premier Laval was j hurrying to Paris in an. attempt to •lave off a definite break wTUt Ger many. resulting Irom the na/.i-en lorced e xpulsion o| more than 100, 000 French-speaking re idents from the province ol Lorraine. Record Cold Throughout The South < By The Associated Pre;;--.) Winter staged a recoi/i breaking preview throughout ihe South Unlay. Mercury dropped below the hex ing mark from the Ohio valley south ward toward Jacksonville, Fi;... lor M;me of the lowe-t temperatures on record for so early in the season. The middle west was not quite so c*.>ici yesterday, although zero and below. was reported in several sec tion.-. In the east temperatures were mostly above freezing. A 20 degree minimum at the At lanta weather station broke exint ing records for this time oi year. Forecasters said no immediate re bel was in sight and advised pre paration for even greater cola to .mito'.v morning. Temperature in should go to If! degree>. they i. • .:!<• • t'jer southern readjng> • • ■] ci* d 'o ! <•. iain in the same day.