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Henftersnn Baily Btspnirlj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ry-SKYENTH YEAR ^BA%Sf*BT#gRS0P HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER Hi, 1940 ,,u"us,^,^&r^:K1!W"x FIVE CENTS COPY ******** *^^*^^^**+ *********** Split In CIO Union Ranks May Be Healed ' v lS And iiW"* llll ■ Mectiii: ,V 45 :d3 or Rival Fac i-:i Meet in Surprise Terence, First in my Months; Con 'cn Opens Mon i •.ay. Nov. IB. (AD— :>etional split tip in < fi > convrn'ion next •: n politics, labor •; .1 organ to t.'ID Leaders John S:;: ■ y IlilSir.an irot in it- ice. apparently to o<t \mgement. as tiie lirst in n.any ' reports .-preading V :i groups that the t ok uppi»ite Maes Rootseveli-Willkie a- had w\.ched the , '.e hatchet to head each on the conven ivho had been ox between the pa:''.-an-, inter .trem-e as a sign that n< split in CIO. ;e of l. IO's leading - ; >• te: > of President j the other hand, eame v. sing stages of the presi : with a plea to labor Ducan Wendell L. Will . ; with an attack on • !; -evelt's administration. been cool toward peace . th the American Fed •l Labt >r. . ppea' shortly before L . > declared he would CIO president it' President • were re-elected. i .• ention. opening Mon • ' -ee Lewis step down iu h ade.-hip. turning the i'hi lip Murray. Pitts .ot.f leader. Federal Act On Forests Is Expected Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. r. 1II .NKV AVER1LL. X' 18.—The Federal likely act at the C ' .-i.e.- t<» preserve . national defense, S. Holmes believes, i-: v. on Id have a : >' ' .it .North Caro ••.>ter said, for the .'.■lent reason that .«.■ percent of the !"i-e. t land. t rather vague in • details of any pro ■ y preservation of :iated that even \> i-mii hasn't worked , ^ a:i. which it will eemi.'d absolutely ' v."ill L»e made to se i! * i on Patie Three) Snow Falls hi Eastern art Of State > 'he Associated I'rcss) :i sections of eastern :a early today as the : ;>ed t> the lowest point . :a many sections of <. y enough to remain :.ie time b'gan t'all • -r» and Elm City at 6 a. hours later Klizabeth :t • first snow tit is year, sections of we-tern •!:na earlier this week : c atop Mt. Mitch zero la t nisjht. Ashe ' r! ■! low of 19. W'l on • '2' (jrcon^boro 25. Ha •••: Hjil'cn': :?T. Capitol Roof Called Unsafe David Lynn, architect of the United States Capitol, who warns that the roof of the building is in such a state of disrepair as to threaten the safety of our legislators, is shown (right) with James F. Scanlon, assistant clerk of the House appropriations committee, as they examined the roof of the House wing. Airplane Plant Still Strike-Bound First Day of Strike Passes Without Disor der, While Govern ment "Trouble Shoot ers" Work Behind Scenes. Downey. Calif., Nov. 16.—(AO—- | j Machinery which has bene humming' 24 hours a d;iy remained idle today j within the strike-hound Vultce air- j craft plant, while government "trou- i ble shooters" worked behind the scenes to hrinu management and union into new settlement confer ences. The first day of (he nation's first airplane strike since the national 'emergtnev be*.;in pa.-sed without dis order. CIO union pickets blocked the pi lot's seven gates. Inside, 20 planes scheduled lor completion yesterday remained on i i the line. Non-union production members did not attempt to enter j after company officials announced, the fact": v, with orders on hand for ! S50.000.00U in military j-ircral't. was closed. A Vultce spokesman said "we ex pect the next move to come from Washington." There, defense 'commission off icials indicated tha til arbitration is j refused representatives of both sides I might be si mmoncd to the capital | for further negotiations. Wage-Hour Wider Power Daily Pispau-li Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HKNRY AVfcKJIJL Raleigh, Nov. iC.—The wage iincl i iiour division fur the Carolinus has j been given lull authority to grant | >r deny applications for certificates i authorizing employment of handi-1 i-apped persons at less than the usual ' minimum wage under the Fair La- i ijor Standards act. i This stop was taken in accordance i '.villi an evident trend toward decen- ' trali/.ati'Hi of administration of the ' act. The authoriiy was granted in an j order from Colonel I'hilip B. Flem- 1 ing, national admiii'strator of the wage and hour divisioi jf the U. S. D»parimcnl of Labor, it was an nounced by Major A. L. Fletcher, regional director. It means that application for the certificates can and should be made direct to the Bakigh office, which ; will have final say 011 them without, the <Jx'Iay attendant upon forwarding (Continued on Page Twn> Division Henderson Is One Of Three Markets Averaging Over $20 I Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AYERILL. i Raleigh, Nov. 16.—Only three of •the 34 tobacco markets of North | Carolina which were open during the i month of October had price aver ages for the 1940 season of above }S20 per hundred. i Reidsville, in the Old Belt, led with an average of $20.54 paid for the .1.882.184 poi'nds sold at its four wareh(»ithrough Oetnber 31. Su;novii!e. with three warehouses and likewise in the Old Eelt, had averaged $20.3(5 for the 1.665.484 pounds sold. That gave the town second place. Henderson, in the Middle Belt, had sold in its eight warehouses 11,860.260 pounds at an average of 820.20 per hundred; which put the Vance county capital in the third spot. Figures are tho. e given in ;i report of the State Department of Agricul iContinued on page two) Demands For Congressional! Action Balk Ad j our nment Plans Logan-Walter Bill and Wagner Labor Act Revisions Raise Diffi culties for Leaders Seeking to End Ses sion, Washington, Nov. Hi. -fAP)- De mand-; for action on ihe r,«»'«an-WaI tei bill and on legislation 1o revise •'"to Wagn?r labor e.el ra' "d new riiI ficultios today lor lead Irving ' 1 briny i!t a final adj'";:-: -icid of Congre ne:;t week. Adveeate- of.the 1Inf..".p-Waller tncasi'ie. designed to facilitate court •t view *»!' the war!: of «-urrh federal agcne'os as tijo seeinities emninis if.n, diseioed they v/e.uld • s!c Mo" i -y far S- n.-t'; con- i-'TitVn. The 'Ton: c >:«<.■ rd the bill 1st .Tune. The- ti l! (>;:• action on !••!;•>:• !:>w j •evisirn tvme from rrr;:Jo:*t \ViI— i lit:m Green of the Aivr-'cen Fed-! ovat'on of Lafcor. H*« "rr —■'••••'"■•r.- | !' the Senate labor corr.nit'ce that y failing t > vote on iIf-approved amendments thev v/ero crc-ting he nr:re.v-ion of "del!brrat«;y r'Usnn "S ' to !:een the leg', latinn iVorn the "Senate. , St'CCts: of cJTor's 'a f ring »i. cither of the-e bills undoubted!; •veadd prolong the re sir a an • iJv cember. There appeared to be but slender prospects ol' this, however at least for the labor legislation more especially since President Roosevelt's nomination ol Dr. Harry A. Millis to a vacancy on the laboi board yesterday was expected to re sult in a shakeup of that agency without Congressional action. Senator Holt, Democrat. We?i Vir ginia, an advueate oi' labor act chan ges, expressed the opinion that de spite Green's move the amendments were "dead for this session" He wrote the AFL chief, however, that as the first practical step toward get ting action Green should insist that Congress remain in session. Vance Quota For Draft Is Four Men Raleigh, Nov. 17.—(AP)—The se lective service headquarters an- i nouneed today quotas for the 155 ' draft boards of the state that will put 5K5 North Carolinians in uniform during December. Draft officials and Governro Hoye have expressed the opinion there would be sufficient volunteers to fill the quotas. Quotas by draft boards follow, the first number in each case being the white quota and the rceond the Negro: Vance, 'I a'id 2. Warren. 1 and 2. Granville. 2 and 2. No. 1 Glamour Girl Mary Lee Abbott Here is "the glamour girl of the 1940-41 debutante season," Mary Lee Abbott, 19, picked from a host of debutantes by a committee of i experts at a contest sponsored by the American Woman's Club in New York. UJmnJthsui FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair, slightly warmer in east below freezing to the coast to night; Sunday fair and warmer. Making a $50,000,000 Touch Members of an Argentine delegation are shown in Washington in confer ence with Sumner Welles (right), acting secretary of state, as they began discussions on Argentina's request for a $50,000,000 loan. Loft is Dr. Paul Prebi.-t-h, general manager of the Central Bank of Argentina. In center is Felipe A. Espil, Argentine ambassador at Washington. Preparedness Can Pay, Expert Says Dr, Mouiton Pro pounds Thesis That Increased Revenue Will Increase Taxable Income, Paying for Defense Program. By t:HARM:S p. STEWART Centnil Press Columnist W:"-hinglf ■!'. Nov*. 16.—President Moulton ol' Ihe Brooking-; ; Institution advances Die novel pro- i position th;il our national defence j JJI »#KI (I (II Urlll U*' mide tn pay for ] 'tsoir without in •reasins TJ" n <• I c "■Sam's already enor mous load of in- . 'ebtedne:: . Of course pre-: •laration, with aj iew of keeping us ; 'lit of war. isn't as J xpensive a.s war i!- ' '•elf. However, it J [iocs run into a lotj' I .f it I Dr. II. C. Moulton-|of.sn^ I)uy nily— j of ;:iiy iiiij in-.it.' value to us in | an ct:';iy>niic >ori:-c. it may .scare nlfj potcnti;il em niii\s, .s;il'ej{ii;iidiuji us agiiinst |)ns>ibk.' Future attacks, | which would cost us .still more than preparedness does. Nevertheless, mil itary, naval and aviation equipment provides us with nothing of current utility. It's a product that yield.) no return and benefits nobody directly, like the food we eat, the clothes we wear or the houses that shelter us. What we pay for it is cash 100 per tent out jf pockets. If we hadn't any national debt, but wree just breaking even, and I hen we piled the cost of a defense program on lop of our financial out put, without adding anything to our income, why wouldn't we run into debt'.' Well, we're not so much as breaking even. We're billions in the ioIc. Why, then, won't defense run is still farther into it? Certainly it mist. That's the reasoning of all of a {real many economists I've talked .vith. up to Dr. Monlton. And Dr. Monlton him-»<"11 due.-,n't ay we shan't have a larger bill to Dot. Incrrased Income What he does argue is that we'll ■avc an increased income to foot it vith. It's his thesis that defense orders vill boost our industries' revenue.; ioiu about 70 billions annually l'j }() or 90 billion. That'll give the gov i Continued on pace two) Vogler Will Launch Drive For Speakership Of House As Broughton Supporter Dany Isi.spauii wiireau. In life Sir MoU:l. By IIE.XRY AVLRILL Raleigh. Nov. 10.—The increased third-term repre.entail •- Jlin Vog ler, i.s vary shortly gi.ing to launch out on a .statewide campaign lor the speakership of the J941 Hou.se. That i:i itself i.- n ; part uf a sensa- j lional news items, as Mr. V Iter's ha' has been in the speake-ship fing lor months and everybody who keeps abreast ol' the pofuical doings of, North Carolina ha* known it. But in connection with this state wide drive, it is learned or. extreme ly reliable authority. Mr. Vogler plans to us-- <lie pica and argument that lie is the only "honest" Rrough t"ii supporter in the rare. Fn it im rlersloori that the "!t n !" «;>!>•>••• 1 > il-e Bi'V'sihton I-- ; .ii'id t1 >at t doc not imply lack of pc!-'»nal rectitude i ron the part ui' any othei aspirant lor the privilege of banging on the dc.sk that dominates the Hall of tlr: House. What does bolder or. the sensa tional is that M.r Vclgre'.- c.arion e?li to stand with the governor-elect would seem to imply that Odi;- .Mull of Cleveland wasn't really so loyal to the Raleigh lawyer during the pri mary campaign as the Shelby man has been proclaim ing There does indeed seem •'» be growing opinion among thos-* v.\v> are supporting George Uzzell of How -i or who are backing Vtigltr that Mr. Mull is taking in entirely too much territory in some of the claims lv has been making and in some of )U,. he is --nid to ha* '• written —of the I!)il Ornrral A-sf ::> bly. These foil:- j»Hv;>51v (Continued on Page Three J War Touches Western Four German Mer chant Ships Attempt Dash for Open Sea — One Aflame, One Dis abled, Two Return to Tampico. I !',v The .VsMci:ilo(| Press.) lvii-ij)'■•■'s v'sir touched the western hemUpln re today with ;i maritime in<•!<•:«•!•! biurred in detail 1 >i11 re •'' is » " scuttling :i year ago of I! >• nnzi pocket Ij:• 11 leship Admiral CIr;. 1' S|n ;ird 11>f liner ("nliimbiiv. Wliil' I'M- t:i- ;iir force vv;ts open in:i ;-r;in:5 -«•.11<* ;itl;ick on Loudon, four heavily laden (icrm.-in mer chant hip.- in Tampico. Mexioi, since tii'.- tart <•! ill'.* win- made a ila.-.i'. lor the n'x-n mm to t:«k»* a chai'.u ;■ I tli»" liritish blockade. !y !i> ,:.y one of them was re ported i"111•.• about 15 miles off shore. ; :i v being towed buck with ;i Invul.fi iwii in her machinery. ; n:i the <•''i two turned buck into ,)•. ;i't. 1!.' : • p-porls the* ships might '..e trying ;•< < .i y uppiies to a Gcr !ii:.i: :"•!.<('r >. the Caribbean sea or iho .S >iith Atlantic. Destroyer Sunk. In R<!i Gioruale d'ltalia re in < ..'I iialian submarine operat ii\'; ,i i?.o Atlantic had . link one ol th.' .i'i United State.; destroyers re cently acquired by Britain. (Jm-k-flahan War. T'i.' Gre.'k-Ii uian war look a fiercer Uun with the Greeks re purling lliey wen* smashing a mu Italian anny westward from Lake I'resba inward die Albanian port <<t S> mo of the heaviest fighting of thr.t cm ,'lict was reported underway with ihc- Greeks threatening to out ihe it:i!i;,n army into three pieees. Assault On London. The aitaek >n London opened luriousiy. A- many as 500 planes look pail in the assault. Hundreds ■>! nuzi warplanes rain ed ineendiarv bombs and explosives ■ I'oiiiitnied on Page Two) Spain Lifts Order Against Newsmen Madriri. N«.v. if!.— (A!') — The SuaiiNi ^<>v rum':it today lilt/'d tin* ordei i ucd y t» rday which ban ned tlx* 1'nited States press from operalian in Spain. Corre.-poii'l' nts were told thai their situation would remain nor mal. The .'.niKiunecment followed a • i it to tli'' foreign office by the United States ambassador. Coventry King George Tours Koiiib-Wrecked Indus trial City, Confers on Relief Work. f111y. Nov. I'i. (Ai') K'ng rjrorge ptt. '»!■;• 11\ brought word o[ yiiipiihy. <•!,.> r and assurance of an m'lii'-" port. today to stricken r'n\-< r:try — ii:> :t( d to a smoking, Ir vr f-i -hell by a na/.i air raid. Taking the surviving townsmen f iy by surprise, the king up ff'n'- the town hall in hi it{ w!:;;h had threaded its way ihron.i'h deli'• - Irewn : t reels. Instant iy the fry v/ent up, "the king! the- kin:;!" A knot ol p'" gathered around li .Mi -vit!: a Br:'.h cheer "IIi|>, liijj, looray!" Thf 1 nc» .smiled. SalutiiKi ; . i ;md again, he made his way v the crowd as police men. li!••"'€» iron, long hour of duty, shouted "are we downhearted'."' "No!" :oared '.no croud. The king conferred with local nf fieiai. on fi:Hrgency reliel lor the r;> ned ind .-trial city. Then in- toured the devastated an-a?. A look <>! honor crossed his lace a lie- . tc pucd into the ruin: of :ild St. M.'hacl^ cathedral. Stand ing oil ;■ heap o! .'till smoking rub ble he • pok'. gravely to the provost. The piovo.-t said he had tried des perately to save the cathedral. His squad < xtingur hed twelve fires ';m-v rj •:y incendiary bombs before :• 'r ; water supply gav • • ..i:n - ! explosives lorced
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