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<KVENTH YEAR \™E°ssSc^ET|gRPREl30F HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 4, 1940 ruBL,s"xcEtSES,^7K,lN'JON FIVE CENTS COPY
Mlish Appeal To U. S. Urged
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F tirementPlan Favored For State Employees
lis of "Cells"
rn.trd D. X. Grebanier
■ Xew York City's
:ni >n goal of
called "''colls,'*
r • E'r<">tcs?or Bernard
testifying before
tree in Manhat
He named nine
•irofcs-om who,
H!e! in the Cc-m
... '.r.f. »ame tnr.e he was
Conspiracy
Wc/Li-Wide Chain of
conspiracies to Con
trol Price of Nitrates Is!
i -<AP) — A!
•? -piracies to
:e the price of
.-•» - Ha and other!
th< production <>t j
. ci l»y a federal I
29 corpora
K. I Du Pont de!
i
v • anti-trust i
• d- d up to Fed-(
Bondy named.;
c : porations. 66 :
' . directors and j
•• corporations.
.( •. defendants j
••■d to control arc
' , tlv ' 'peration of I
p!ar water works i
connected with
••d on paye two)
; (^irolina
Is (:M Wave
• J),-,. 1.— <\pj — 1
■!>i a taste ol winter t«»
i eastern cold wave |
aril.
i the coldest point in
rtini; temperatures
'(•it-hell, where a inini
ili-srees was recorded,
"iihnm there was 18.
J^t night's minimum
:tli' and Charlotte.
:m>»! had a low of 11.
••iis!ioro*s was 13. Ra
1 ti fl n.. Wilmington 24
Convict Kills
Fellow Felon
.. !>•<•. 4. (AP)-AI
i»i >»ri otfifials repM i
il'-nri Young. bank n»b
i C'.nvic* liufus Mc
;dd»n attack with a
•i the priMiii tailor
i' ■ ■ -i i r;pp« d by the
-ii!i;» . died severai
attack. Authorities
long smoldering
fhe convicts.
v« a:-s Lid. was a pri
• .':if!un>n state.
'-ccurrcd yesterday
i by Warden James
ti teiegrams to the
<i v » itig >lioped in
•i> vith the srTflrpened
■ nHen i! his clothing
at McCain before
Commission
Sets Cost At
$1,834,953
Recommended Retire
ment Annuity System
W ould Include Teach
ers and Employees
Who Had Served Ten
Years or More.
Kaleigh. Pec. 4.—(Ai'> A special
commission recommended today tH;ts
ti e '!>4I legislnlm-o piv>v'(!<• ;i retirc
ifio u--'«r| ,,M i.-iti! >i\tr:'"»• •
tions by employes and the state
which would give retirement annui
ties based on years of »■<»»•;• ire •'» all
teacher- '"id general state employes
tiO or more vears of age.
A disal ility benefit feature of the
plan would piovide disability bene
fit"- f< 1* teachers and employes who
had served 1" years or more. Teach
ers in X<«rth C-irolina ere direct <m
ploves of the state.
PlTiCMt ' ' 'IP'!
- . retiring at the age of (50. or
recive T.~> per cent
credit for set-vice rend°red unor t^
the effective date of the proposed
* V 'A >>
commis^oip ^voecN. with ih"
nid of a committee repi-esenting
teachers and general employes. tf>
present a model bill to the legislature.
Governcr-elect J- M. Broughton
(Continued on Page Two)
Buckner
To Be Freed
Washington. Dec. 4.—(AP)—Wil
liam P. Buckner. 33. once familiar
figure along New York's Broadway
who was sentenced to two years for
mail fraud, is scheduled to be pu
piled from the federal prison at
Lewisburg. Pa., December 20.
This was reported authori tatively
today and at the same time it was
disclosed that Felipe Buencamino,
convicted with Buckner in a case in
volving manipulation of Philippine
railway bonds, was released Novem
ber 17 m> he might catch a boat that
would get him home to the Philip
pines for Christmas.
Buencamino was sentenced to 18
months in the summer of 1940 when
Buckner drew his two year term.
Buckner's release, it was said, will
be conditioned upon satisfaction of
a $2,500 fine which had not been
paid when he began serving his sen
tence.
GOLDSBORO MAN IS
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Goldsboro, Dee. 4.— (AP)-—Rela
tives here were informed today that
W. l\ Sineath. 46, of Goldsboro, in
jured in an automobile accident near
Newport, Tenn.. died early this
morning in a Newport hospital.
Maurice Friedman, 31, of Greens
boro. was killed instantly in the ac
cident.
Sineath was president of the
Goldsboro baseball club, secretary
treasurer of a towel supply company
and operator of a laundry.
Destination
Of President
Still Secret
Aboard U. S. S. Mayrant, At Sea,
Dec. 4.—(AP)—Tho cruiser Tusca
loosa. carrying President Roosevelt,
and two destroyer escorts were
I somewhere oft the Florida coast to
day. their course and destination un
disclosed.
I As the ships of the U. S. fleet
J pulled away from Miami yesterday.
I the President left the newsmen
aboard the Mayrant in the dark as
to where the cruise would carry
them. All that was konwn was they
v< iiId sail into the Caribbean sea
and that the President said that there
would not be much fishing on the
trip.
In the.Caribbean sea are numerous
; sites for United states air and i»ival
j bases acquired from England in the
Iclf tr,-yer tr "le.
British Finances
To Be Described
For U. S. Treasury
Army Theft Foiled
James L. Allegretti
Smashing an amazing plot to seize
the $-100,000 U. S. Army payroll at
Fort Ord, Calif., under cover of
machine guns, police arrested James
L. Allegretti, whom they described
as leader of the plot. He is wanted
in Chicago in connection with a
$100,000 Chicago Tribune payroll
hold-up last July.
(Central Press) \
Farm Prices
Are Higher
i
Gain in Cotton Returns I
Over 1939 Level Off-!
set by Lower Tobacco,1
Peanut Prices.
j i
' Washington. Dec. 4.—(AP)--Gain
i in cottcn returns over the 19.'}9 level |
j highlighted the southeastern farm in- j
dox for mid-November, but this was
offset by declines in tobacco and
: peanut prices.
Ti;is was pointed out by the Agri
culture depaitmenfs mid-month local
market price report. It said the aver
age agricultural prices for the coun
try were the same as Ihe month ear
' her but 2 points above those of No
j vemtjcr. 19.J9.
Prices received for cotton in mid-'
j November averaged only slightly!
I higher than a month earlier despite >
! upturns in prices of specific gradesi
I at spot markets, the report said.)
! Market prices of cotton, it said, av- |
! eraged 9..U! cems a pound Novem
[ ber 15. They were 9..*i~> in mid-Oe
; tober and 8.K0 a year ago.
' It said prices of miscellaneous pro
ducts were down <! points from No
i veinber. 19:59. reflecting lower prices
• for tobacco.
Some November lf> prices received |
j by farmei • included: North Carolina !
| cotton 9.5 cents per pound, tobacco J
| 14.5 cents per pound.
I Young Woman
Shot To Death
■
Louisville. !)«•«•. I.—(AP)— Mrs.
I Nadyne Heady Maas. 21. pretty, slen
| der brunette, was shot to death to
t day in the heart of Louisville's re
I tail business district while Christ
1 mas shopper crowds scurried away
from flying bullets.
A short time later a brother of
i John C. Maas. her estranged hus
: band, surrendered him to police.
The man who killed the young wo
man flea alter shooting six bullets
into her body and in a running gun j
battle with County Patrolman Pat;
Ross wounded the officer in the i
hand. The man. however, outdis-!
j tanced pursuers.
(jJucdhfL/t
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and warmer tonight:
; Thursday increasing cloudiness
becoming unsettled in moun
tain1-: warmer.
Jesse Jones Says Brit
ain is "A Good Risk"
and Ordinarily He Fa
vors Lending Money
for "A Proper Pur
pose".
Washington. I»ee ?. f AI *)
Treasury Serrelarv !\''"";vnlhau an
nounced todav 1h:»l S • Vr^'ienei
Philip-:, underseerel",-v of the British
treasury, was scheduled to arrive ir
'ho United Slates today "t«> place the
latest available inf">TViti'"i (im Brit
ish finanees) before the Unitcc
States Treasury."
Morgenthau's statement followec
by only a few ininut«»s a statement
by Secretary of Commerce -Tones
speaking as Frd**ral Lo- \ Adminis
trator. who said that t|-~ n.i-:tish r» ,v
ernment was "a good risk" fur loans
It was learned that the mission o]
Sir Frederick was one of the ehiel
f'-iuse-; of ;i meeting yesterday o
nine important government officials
Junes said the British Toverninenl
was "a good risk" and that ordinarilj
he favored lending ivi^v to "coor
risks when they need it for a proper
purpose."
He declined at a press conference
to amplify these two remarks.
He specifically refused to say thai
he favored loans to the British foi
war purposes now or in the future,
Insurance
Agent Held
For Larceny
Seattle. Dec. 4.—(AP)—A prom
inent Seattle insurance agent faced
a grand larceny charge today on the
state's allegation that he sold insur
ance for the ill-fated $(5,400,000 Nar
rows suspension bridge at Tacom;
but failed to report the insurance or
the premiums to his company.
Deputy Prosecutor Charles C
Ralls filed the charge against Hal
lett R. French. 44. well known in
social circles tmd head of the Seat
tle chapter of the National Associa
tion of Fire Insurance Executives.
The superior court filing charged
larceny of $1,217.88 of the premium
on a $150,000 policy on the bridge
which crashed last mouth. The de
puty prosecutor said French also ad
mitted keeping the premium of ap
proximately $(>,(>00 on a policy ol
$6.r>0.000 on the bridge.
Ralls said French further admitted
writing another $800,000 of insur
ance on the Lake Washington float
ing bridge, but th;it premiums "were
returned to the state alter the Nar
rows bridge crash.
Munich Meet
Is Imminent
Bern, Dec. 4.— (AP) — Diplomatic
sources here reported today that an
other axis conference was imminent
—this time at Munich, with Foreign
Minister von Ribbentrop of Ger
many. Foreign Minister Count Ciano
of Italy and Foreign Minister Laval
of France the chief participants.
The conference is expected to
clarify the French position toward
both the axis powers, ending with
further public expression of France's
collaboration with the axis in ex
change for certain concessions to
Vichy, the informants said.
Buycmsr/MssiAis
New Envoy to France Arrives
Admiral YViliiam D. Leahy, new U. S. ambassador to France, is helped
from the iiner tlorinquen as he arrives in New York from Puerto Rico,
w 'irre he served as governor. He is conferring with President Roosevelt
for Vichy. There is a report Leahy may succeed Joseph P.
'•'••nmily. who resigned as envoy to London.
(Central I'rett)
Rumania T akes Over
All Oil Properties
New Step In
Aid To Britain
Believed Near
■
I
Washington. Dec. i.— (AIM—
Imminent** <ii an important now
| decision in the aid for Britain
| program—perhaps on a par with
Ihc dramatic destroyer trade or
the release of grant hum hers—
was strongly indicated today.
Positive information was Iack
ine av to tin- exact nature of the
mailer under consideration, hut
high significance was attached
!*• the fact that i( brought nine
of the most important officials
in the covcrnmeiM fogyfher yes
terday for a special conference.
Thrice in recent months simi
i lar extraordinary meetings have
been held and each time, it was
1 pointed out a major step in aid
ing Britain followed quickly.
First surmises were that the
meeting was concerned with the
! question of supplying Britain
with enough tonnage to replace
some iif her recent heavy ship
ping losses.
One informed official said,
however, that if merchant ship
ping was discussed "it wasn't the
! big thing."
Cold Wave
Moves To Sea
(Bv The Associated Press.)
The first en id wave of ihe month
moved seaward today with ;i part
. ing slap at the eastern states.
I Arctic bias!.- pushed the mercury
down to record lows for the date in
New York state today ;md to sub
zero marks at many New England
! points.
j Rising temperatures brought re
lie!' to the middle west after a frigid
I spell that saw records broken lor
j cold.
Twenty and 30 below zero read
ings were reported in Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
Sub-freezing temperatures prevail
ed throughout Pennsylvania. And the
; cold wave touched the northern
: Iringe of the South yesterday. It wa.»
15 rb'jve i-r Bristol Tenn.
American and Othei
Foreign Countries Hi
By Expropriation De
creed by Antonescu
River Vessels Orderec
Seized.
' IJncharesl. Dec. 4.—(Al')~ 1'rt
mier General Ion Anlonescu of Ru
! mania decreed today the expropria
i tiuii of ;ili nil pipelines, pumping sbi
1 linns, reservoirs and .ill real estat
j nil v.l'id i 11 icy ;irc situated.
I On.- nf the companies hardest. hi
l;.v 1!i«• expropriation was 111'- l?amon<
Americano, nwned by Standard Oi
i It )i:j - evera! hundred thoissaw
! di'll.ir- invested in propvrty which i
j affrct'd.
A second decree ordered seizim
; nf ;ill Danube river barges. lug?
! tankers .ind sea-going ship.- owne<
J and used by c :.ipani< s '.villi .lewisl
I stockholders.
11 \v;is pointed nut th;it this wil
i enable Antonescu tn seize Americai
• and British c fnpanie..' properties i
he wishes, since 111«*y have Jewisl
: .-!• ckholdcrs.
The companies under the decrei
will be reimbursed <»<cr 25 years
| being paid by bonds bearing 3 per
j cent interest.
An official announced that dail;
i nil pr^.iction in Rumania h;id drop
! pod since summer I'roni 1.700 tn 1.401
1 lank cars. The official reason giver
i for til is was the inability to transpor
the lull prnductinn. but in form e<
quarter- said the disorders in Rtr
i mania were responsible.
Three Killed
As Building
Collapses
! Nou- York. Doc. 4.—Ai1 >—Thrci
I persons were killed and live were in
j jured today wnen the huge Roil
! road Exposition building of the Nev
j York Worlds' Fair collapsed.
The buildin. visited by thou
1 sands of persons from all parts of th<
i country during the two years of th<
j fair, was known as "Railroads oi
! Parade".
The roof of the structure, whicl
■ was being demolished. suddenly gav
way and trapped workmen in tlr
debris. _ _ i BB
I Britain May
Conscript
Its Labor
Ian Campbell Hannah,
Conservative Member
of Parliament, Asks
Direct Appeal For U.
S. Navy to Help Patrol
Trade Routes.
(I'iV Tin A^nricil'vl l'ie..O
A Hip H British :ii»i»• ••»! |.i tli«*
I'piiffl Sink's 'Mm Ii• • 1 p |i:i!rnl trade
mutes nf thi' Atlantic " itli her own
nn\v" wns urged in the house 'if
finiiifir in l.niirlini indav >-\t n •<
tin* Hume-Berlin ;i>:iv' )•••[)• u'tiv1 rIi
red new : mashes :il lit ilainV. .-on
power.
"I flu !fil »f• lii'\v litis milion cm
hear the tri ii.cii'l'iu burden-. nf car
rying nil a .t».*t»:sl war which. :il't**«*
•ill. 1 ni-! a much t•» ilii* bcnelit "I
Anu-i ica ;is Inr mir mvn empire."'
s:ii^i I. n Campbell Hannah. Conser
vative memhei nl' parliament, in
making I he appeal.
Th" hn'.isi* wus al.-o/Uild iluil I ho
government may lKUjj? In «-nl• »n
compulsory mobilization nl Briti. h
labor In reluuld Ilu? nation's bomb
wrecked industrial I centers—one nf
which. Birmingham. was again the
target nf :i heavy overnight atl.u k.
Nazi fliers returning from lhe* raid
^aid they set 25 bin fires raging in
'•hi* Kngh-h midlands city.
Minister of Economic Warfare
Hugh Da I ton gave parliament a
brighter t.'ictnre nf tin- war. declar
ing British bombers had attacked !»0
percent of GermanyV nil refineries
and 80 percent nf her nil plants
willi the result that Germany now
is using more nil than she is pro
ducing.
Premier Mussolini's high command
said three British warships had been
torpedoed—two cruisers by fascists
torpedo planes in Suda Bay at tin
Greek island nl Crete, and a destroy
(Continued on Page Two)
Patterson Says
• Nation Aware
■ Of War Danger
Columbia, S. ('., I)ce. 1. (AC)
r Assistant Secretin v 'if \V;ir Robert
I l\ Patter, on asserted today that the
people ol the United States had ";il
|;)sl awakened froiti our beautiful
dream nf 1111 i\«t. .»1 disai nuiiiH-nl" to
face the "cold, hard reality thai Ihe
neighborhood we arc living in is a
tough neighborhood x x x where
military weakness is taken by the
"aggressors a - nothing more than an
i invitation to linvade, conquer and
, loiit."
'• Speaking before Ihe tall rally of
j | tin South Carolina department of
the American J.cgion, Patterson t.ai'J
s! that "seal rely a year ago Some ol
(: our people tolrl us that. we did not.
need military strength, that it wa.
enough if we gave nn offense. and
they asked u to look ;ii Not way. '!»•
1 fenseles., inolbnsive and safe.*'
. j '"We have' ioo!.< d ;it. Norway, to
say nothing of Czechoslovakia. Pol
!! and, Denmark, Holland, Belgium
and France, and the sight tells us
1 that our freedom, our existence as
I a nation depends on the strength of
our right arm. And, if the worst
'j should come, let it not be our eitie.-.
that are bombed, our country laid
waste."
More Tools
1 i p
Under Export
License Plan
i
Washington. Dec. 4.—(AP)—Word
came today that many additional
: types of machine tools would be
placed under the export licensing
system after December 10 to conserve
equipment needed lor the national
d-fcnse program.
Colonel Kussel L. Maxwell, ad
» ministrator of export control, said
. that 41 different types o! machine
. tools were included in the projcct
• ed extension of the export licensing
' system. These" types had hitherto
. been exempted, he said, "in our de
i sire to minimize restriction- on nor
• mal export business."
i "It should again be emphasized,"
he said, '"that placing an article un
i der the export control plan simply
? subject- it to the licensing proced
:• ure and in no .-eiw implie> an em
| bar*;."