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Rumania Is Fifth To Join Axis
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ctions Of Turkey Under Martial Law
Midlands Target of Nazi Raiders
— -t civilian? in salvaging belongings from the ruins of a
v iter German raiders spent their fury on the area. Heavy
v and intense activity by RAF fighter-planes is reported to
•. l cii.it.aging raids on the highly industrial British Mid
High Point Power
Battle Is Renewed
itate Supreme Court
W ill Hear Oral Argu
ments in Prolonged
and Bitter Controversy
Ov er Proposed Proj-i
ect.
I)ailv Dispatch Bureau,
In tlx- Sir Walter Hotel.
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'•Mile Bond act of 1938
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lands of another gov
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proposed to take the|
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mty o| Yadkin agreed
■ price for these public
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ening Yailkin county
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Vultee Strike
Negotiation
Begun Anew
Downey, Cal., Nov. 23.—(AP)—
Independently of a War department
negotiator accused by the union of
"holding up the settlement" of a
strike at Vultee Aircraft's big plant,
management and labor representa
tives arranged a new conference to
day.
Walter Smethurst of Detroit, a na
tional director of the CIO United
Automobile Warkers. issued a state
ment laj>t night from the eleven-man
negotiating committee which de
clared:
"We believe that in the interest
of national defense we are obliged
to inform the public that it is a
representative of the government
who is holding up the settlement of
tiiis dispute."
Major Sidney Simpson of the War
department flew here last Sunday
to institute hearings between the
two faction.-, over salary matters.
With him was N. Arnold Tollcs,
representing Labor Coordinator Sid
ney Hillman of the National defense
advisory council. Tollcs returned to
Washington later in the week.
British Down
8 Fighters
Seven Italian Planes
and One German
Plane Shot Down Over
Straits of Dover.
London, Now 23.—(AP)—A squad
ron of British fighters today shot
down seven Italian fighters and one
German fighter in the Strait of
Dover without loss to themselves, it
was stated authoritatively today as
axis raiders made two daylight raids
on London.
The raiders renewed their attacks
after an intense overnight hammer
ing of two west midlands manufac
turing cities, in which a record num
ber of planes appeared over that
"workshop" area of Britain.
Churches, hospitals, convents and
many dwellings and other buildings
were riddled, British reports said
and piles of debris littered the two
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Nazi Demand
Believed
To Be Cause
Areas Surrounding
Strategic Dardanelles
Placed in Charge of
Corps General Be
cause of "General Po
litical Situation'\
Ankara. N.>\\ 23.—(AP)—Sod inns j
of Turkey surrounding the strategic
Dardanelles, which straddle the land
route from Europe to the Near East
and Africa, wire under martial law
today because of "the general poli
tical situation."
The Turkish government ordered
a corps general to take charge of this
district last night, only a short time
after German Ambassador Franz von
Papen returned from Germany pre
sumably with a virtual ultimatum
that Turkey affiliate with the axis'
"new European order."
A government announcement said |
'"the prime ministry and council of
ministers as a result of its delibera
tions November V. have deemed it
necessary to proclaim martial law
x x x for one month."
Observers expressed belief that
von Papen might be carrying a mere!
ultimatum proposal that Turkey, a
friend of Great Britain, agree to
stand aside in the event Bulgarian
and German troops move to help
Italy down Greece, ^mother British
friend.
Asked by Istanbul newspaper men !
if "normal relations" between Ger
many and Turkey would continue
the ambassador replied: "I have no
declaration ol any kind to make."
The Istanbul press reiterated state
ments that Turkey while not look
ing for a fight would fight if it seem
ed necessary.
Willkie To
Run In '44? \
\ !
Stewart Says Present,
Signs Indicate Second
Attempt of Willkie
For Presidency.
I By ( 1IAKJ.FS I\ STKWAKT
j Central Press Columnist
Washington. Nov. 2o—Thai Wen- I
dell Li. Willkie already is .netting into
the 194 4 presidential race is increas
ingly the opinion «»! political observ
ers m Washing!-".!. He still will be
young enough —
only oz —wnrn me
time comes. And
Republican .spokes
men began talking
about running him
lgain even before
till returns were
11 from the last!
dcction. Moreover, I
i. C). P. leaders who j
save discussed the j
uture with him ]
say lie doesn't seem
i bit averse to the I
idea of making at
Wendell YVillk* -,e.sh try for the I
White House.
On .ill hands it'< agreed that ho
is the least licked candidate who ever
was beaten for the presidency. Oth
ers have lost by narrower popular
margins than his. His own, however,
wasn't a very wide one. Besides,
post losers Generally have given up
pretty quietly, evidently accepting
their respective defeats as final. !
Maybe A! Smith was something of |
an exception. lie did, during Pres
ident Hoover's four years in office,
maintain a first rate party organi
zation. and undoubtedly wanted a
I renomination. He'd been sufficient
I ly squelched once at the polls,
I though. to have convinced the bulk
of Democrats that they couldn't win
with him four years later despite
tho r:ilamitie« that meanwhile had
I befallen the Hoover administration,
j r*opvonuentlv they named Franklin
: D. Roosevelt.
| Parenthetically, F. D. unquestion
ably profited hv Ihe missionary work
.that Al's machine had been doing
I throughout the Hoover period, and
j probably it swelled the size of F. D.'s
j majority, although, in all likelihood
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Greek Mud Impedes the Italian Invader
Italian army trucks are shown ploughing through the thick mud which seriously impeded progress 01 me
invasion of Greece and greatly aided the valiant Greeks in routing their would-be conquerors. The
Greeks claim to have taken much army equipment left behind when the Italians began their hasty retreat
over roads which were deep in mud.
Leahy GoesTo France
Stalemate
In Strike
Government Inter
vention Appears Only
Hope of Ending Alum
inum Strike.
New Kensington, Pa.. Nov. 23,(AP) '
—Government intervention today ap
peared to be the only hope of set- j
tling a CIO union strike over one
man, which left idle the 7.500 em
ployees of the Aluminum Company
of America plant here.
Officials of the company and two
locals of the aluminum workers
union were deadolcked on the
striker's sole announced demand—
that the firm discharge a sheet mill
worker who they said threatened
a union official when lie asked the
worker to pay up about $12 in back
dues.
The company, feeling that the de
mand was "not justified," declined
to take any action and issued no |
futher statement. I
That was the situation confronting |
E. C. McDonald. United Slates Labor i
department conciliator dispatched '
here at the request of the National i
defense commission in an attempt j
to end the strike.
While mills that had been busily !
turning out aluminum for airplanes '
and other defense items remained
closed lor the second day. Union
Business Agent John Haser notified !
the company that strikers had re- I
affirmed their strike vote and would i
not return to work until "you lire i
the one irresponsible worker.
Three Ships j
Torpedoed
New York. Nov. 23.—(AP)—Radio
messages picked up by Mackay radio
said today that two British ships and
a Swedish freighter had been tor
pedoed about 400 miles of the Irish
coast in an area known to be infest
ed with German submarines.
They were the Blaircs, 3,300 tons; '
the Tymoric, 5,288 tons; and the 5,
135-ton Swedish Anten.
The Anton radioed she had taken |
the Tymcrie survivors aboard and
was still afloat despite damage. The
Tymeric apparently went down
quickly. I
{jJeatlwh
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, probably oc- \
casional rain in llie mountains
tonight and Sunday, cooler in
east portion.
Antiquities
Preservers
Meet Dec. 5
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
Iji the air IVa-lier iioieL
By HENRY AVERILL
Raleigh, Nov. 23.—Former Stut<
Senator John H. Folger of Muun
Airy, who headed the recent suc
cessful drive to insure North Caro
lina's convention support lor Presi
dent Roosevelt, will desert the fielc
oi' current politics long enough ti
address the North Carolina Sociei)
lor Preservation ol' Antiquities hen
December 5 .
He will talk on "Judge Rich mom
Pearson and Richmond Hill."
The meeting will be the society",
second annual conv ention. Dr. Josepi
Hyde Pratt of Chapel Hill is presi
dent and Mrs. C. A. Colmey ol Ra
leigh is secretary.
At morning sessions, December 5
there will be a meeting of the boarc
of directors and tiie regular busi
ness session at which officers wil
report and new ones be chosen.
In the afternoon, in addition tr
Senator Folger, numerous othei
speakers will be heard.
1 )••. Adelaid L. Price of Winston
Salem will talk on the Adam Spaeli
rock house restoration. Professoi
Robert Wauchopc of the University
of North Carolina will tell ol the
iirch?i< ologieal work in North Caro
lina Dr. C. C. Crittenden, secretary
of the North Carolina Historical
Commission, will discuss activities
and plans of the National Park Ser
vice lor care of historic sites.
T. W. Morse, head of the State
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| Bullitt Will
Be Replaced
— !
Rear Admiral Leahy,
Retired, Now Gover
nor of Puerto Rico,
Named to Post.
Hyde Park, Nov. 23.—(AP)—Presi
dent Roosevell announced today
through a secretary that he would
| appoint Rear Admiral WT!7iam I).
Leahy, retired, now governor of
Puerto Rico and former chief of
I naval operations, ambassador to
France to succeed William C. Bullitt.
J The secretary, William D. Hassett,
' said it has not been determined when
j Leahy's nomination would be sub
mitted to the Senate.
Hassett told reporters:
"You know what the President
I thinks of his naval ability. What he
| thinks of him as a counsellor on dc
| lense and as a man of superb all
j around ability. As you know the ' j
i President depended heavily on him i
J as chief of naval operations." I
Leahy will succeed P<ullitl, who ■
i submitted his resignation on N'ovem- ;
! ber 7. Hassett said lie did not know ,
' whether the resignation had been ac
I cepted formally but that it is "safe;
j to assume it will be.''
j Mr. Roosevelt had filtered the iJ
French post to General John J. ;
I Pershing, but Ihe World War Amcr
1 ican Expeditionary Force comman
' dei- declined it on ;■ civ ice of his phy
) sicians. There was no indication of
who might succeed Leahy as gover
i nor of Puerto Rico nor was any word
forthcoming as to Bullitt's future.
Chinese Student Sees Bible
And Confucius In Agreement!
Chape] Hill, Nov. 23.—'"Even the |
Chinese who are Christians venerate
their ancestors," says Hsien Wan
Chen, a Chinese student at the Uni- i
versity of North Carolina, who ex
pacts to gel his Ph. D. degree in
philosophy by Christmas.
Chen says that the Chinese find
there is no conflict between Chris
tianity and ancestor worship. A stu
dent of both tiic Bible and Confucius,
Chen says th«?y have several points !
of agreement, particularly regarding j
morals. i
In China where family ties are J
sacred, parental obedience and res
pect are much greater than in Ameri
ra. Betrothals made by parents dur
ing the fancy of their children have i
become almost non-existent, but it i
still i;-. considered immoral for young j
girb to smoke, dance or go to the j
movies. J
The chief pastime in China stilV
is philosophic reverie. "The China
man likes to dream of what should
be, the American to act on what is,"
Chen says. He find-: that the Ameri- <
can has adapted himself better to
the world. Chen likes the practicality J
of the American civilization
The advantage he finds in the i
older civilization is that it is based ;
more on terms of friendship than of
achievement. Chen says, "a China
man looks for the inner qualities of
a man; the American judges only 1
by the manifestations of these ouali%
ties in terms of accomplishments
and puts too much emphasis on ma
terial things."
The war in China disrupted Chen's
family. It forced them to move from
Nanking to Chung King and now
(Continued on page two)
Bulgaria,
Slovakia
May Be Next
Rumania's Joining of
"New Order" Extends
Hitler's Sphere of In
fluence to Within 250
Miles of Dardanelles.
(By Thr Associated Press.)
Rumania followed Hungary's lead
today and joined the Bcrlin-Koinc
Tokyo military, |><•!itit-.tI ,*md eco
nomic alliance. Bulgaria ;ind the
nazi-dmninated s1:11«• o| Slovakia are
expected lo con if in next wcrk.
Rumania's willingness lo join
Adolf Hitler's "new order" of tilings
in Kurope extended the n;izi sphere
of territory less than 250 miles from
tile Dardanelles, key to the Near
Ka-t
The Italians, driven out of Koritza.
Albania, reheated toward a second
ilelcn-e Iiik .'1(1 mile-- inside Albania.
As Merlin leaders entertained Gen
eral I• 1 Antonescut. Kumania's dic
tator. Bulgarian deputies openly
vu'ccd demands for toiritoiv from
Greece ami Yugoslavia.
IJ!"« n• it-r Bela Tuka of Slovakia is
coming to Berlin to sign lor his coun
try tomorrow as the sixth member
of the axis military alliance, it was
learned tonight.
Turkey, apparently in anticipation
of a na/.i thrust through Bulgaria,
ordered martial law in areas near the
Dardanelles and in tituled gasoline
rationing.
Greek spokesmen said at least 72.
(100 Italians lied westward after giv
ing up their base of Koritza and
abandoning stores ol supplies and
quantities of armament.
Captured Italian equipment, the
Greeks said, included 80 small and
heavy guns. 55 anti tank guns. 2'i
tanks, more than 1.500 motorcycle;
and bicycles. 250 automobiles, in 25
days of war.
Antonescut. in signing the pact
with Germany, said the axis powers
already have victory over Britain 111
theii hands and said Rumania in
wardly had joined the axis long ago.
"An effective tool for the reor
ganization of Europe and the world
ha.- been created by the three-power
pact." Antonescu declared.
Officers Probe
Killing Of
Dam Worker
Andrews, N. C, Nov. 23.—(AP) —
JHieers sought today to determine
whether there was any connection
>elween a shot gun slaying here
I'hursday night and an outbreak of
•iolence earlier in the week among
vorkers employed on the $6,500,000
Mantahala dam project.
James Workman, a welder on the
jrojeel, was shot at his home two
idles from here. Two men are being
ield in custody pending further in
c.-ligation and officers are hunting
i third who Workman's widow said
lid the shooting.
Work was halted on tin- project
fuesday after a series oT fistfights
iinotii! natives of this area and work
nen imported from the east.
Greeks Test
New Defense
Forces Smash Beyond
Koritza to Engage
Italians on Second
Line of Defense.
Athens-. Nov. 23.—CAP)—Victory
•hcered Greeks cavalry and highland
egiments, claiming the rout of .six
aseist divisions of at least 72.000
nen, smashed beyond captured Ko
itza today for a quick test of Italy's
;econd Albanian line of defense.
The high command told a nation
n holiday mood that its army had
eft "not a single Italian soldier in
jreek territory" and was driving
Italian linf\s of resistance Heeper in
(i Albania from north of Koritza to
.he sea.
The Greeks reported taking pri -
mers by the hundreds and said un
•ounted military stores were sei/.'".l
—gun-, and equipment dumped by
:hu fleeing Italian-. in such quantity
.hat it clogged the mountain ro<»A>.