North Carolina Newspapers

AimUK PERRY MEMORIAL " HENDERSON & Heniteramt Batly iBtapafrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PLBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA > Y-SEVENTH YEAR LT.flE,V«i!tvETi?g''S?JsOF HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1940 pubu^^u^jtkhxoos FIVE CENTS COPY % it :V :4 **5 S TREATING FIERCELY * ♦ i ondon Has Heaviest Air Assault Of War { wing Sea 0 i ire Left 1 Germans . in Report Says •j.hie Hail of 700 of High Explo 100 Tons of • urbs Loosed on 1 ,.mi Ion. 1 ' A?') In what ■ ;':>!• the miqht I. »«rion thf> Ger i n-'ted today ■ '; .. ".uroiit glow ;■ ■ tu l-f t night in • capita!. :- >n. government U nks. grain 1 snared " ;. t<>dav> com ; ; 4 that a verit • of high ex ■ !■!' fire bombs l :?V 4" ::res sent •luci'l DNB : t< .epoited. >t that five a large gen \-oitaI for wo i . >ns damaged . :d an ambulance . :o damage was re .:v. eiiings. -hop.- and ilea • the Thames : i;i..ber of persons ■ I'd in a bomb shel • .uminuv said : v d;-t. ict between . ca.-t coasts and Lon .. *i I he bombers took capital. • iicd the toll of cas ti'.e capilai. which \.rm for more than M MMONKD I), c. 9.—(AP)—John CIO president. : '.iev participant i> camoaign •. eti today to appeal u ■■::d jury investi •regularities in the Farm Program Assai led As Bureaucratic <>. (AI') - - Th< iiU;'au Kcderatiot ■ i>y it- research stal • • w Deal. through op iilti—• nillif>n dolla •i. had built u| i!. that threatene< •a <■ utidfu* "costly bu n'rol a pi •♦pared under tin f; ()£«». the farm or hinsi-iti represents • (SilX'Ctor. . the resolution t; •• ;«'<ierati«>n's 22ni • • • »ti opening today. <i in re nlutions com »*d in v ite Secretary cj C'iaude W id.aid. A A i U. M. Hvans and othe 'i' partmetit officials t of decentralizing ac • <>! fartn programs, ••port, which was bein publication for th was said by officials t nv as seven differer tent agencies eac '•■iff. were administer which had virtuall i'-c* ivf ■. The report, '• 'i ■ of saving "sev M >!!••• - ' annually in ad v expenses. Budget Requests For 1941-42 Year Are Little Changed Detained Mrs. Elizabeth Deegan (above) of Asheville. was reportedly held by German authorities in Paris with out explanation. Mrs. Deegan is the jgrandaughter of a former U. S. Sen ator. Jeter C. Prilchard. i " i British Ready i For Egyptian Offensive With British Forces !n L'gypt. Dec.; 9 (AP)—British authorities cle- | clarecl today that it' Premier Mus | solini's changes in the Italian high command lead to an offensive in i Egypt in an effort to regain lost pres • tigc. Britain's desert forces will be ready for them. With Genrrd Sir Archibald Wav e-IPs reinforced east army expressing | confidence of being able to hold ' Egypt against the fascists, these in ' lormants said '"nothing would de light <>ur forces snore than an Italian Mi rust a? their strongly fortified lines I running through the western desert." The Italian navy as well as the army had changes in leadership. Ad 1 miral Arturo Riccardi, (>2. became naval chief of staff and underscc . retary of the navy following the res ignation of Admiral [):»menico Cavag I nari. Admiral Angelo Jacchini wa> I given tlie title "commander of the ; fleet on th'* sea" and Admiral Inigo J Campione was made vice chief of . i the naval staff. Averiii Summarizes1 .requests Made to Ad visory Budget Com mission, Showing Half- j Million Less Asked \ Than in 1939. Du'l.v Dispatch Rur«au. In (ho Sir H'sif"!' Bv Hi'N'KY AVKRIM* IVdeig'i i9.—Recently there vns yiimrl hin" nf ;i shocked reaction j ill some quarters when it .was pub- I lished that total requests for approp- I nations from she general fond I'or! the fiscal vear 1941-2 ran to $43,-j 111.832. ' j Probably thwas duo to tin* fact; that it was the first time these re-: quests were summarized and their total printed. A- a matler of fact the J requests made to the Adv isory I'ud-j get Commission ran nearly half a. million dollars loss than those made just prior to the General As sembly. Then general lund requests reach ed 843.545.7!) 1. Taking a look all down the line, it I appears that there were only a few! minor changes lure and there. There| wa- one big item which appeared to show a decided reduction in funds, asked—that was the item for pen-1 sions: but as a matter of fact that I was accounted for by transfer of, widows of Confederate veterans to the Oid Age Assistance rolls, which, were npped correspondingly. I l.\>ing round figures, here's howj the main items asked for this timej compared with the reciuests for 11>40- [ 41: (this year's being given first in j each instance): I General Assembly. $200.01)0 each j time: judicial S455.000 and $452,000: executive S3.172.000 and $3,557,538: educational institutions $3,625,000 ] and $3,425,000: charitable and cor rectional institutions $2,(547,000 and $2,695,000: State aid $2,840,000 and $2,823,000: pensions $227,000 and $600,000: contingency and emergency $500,000 each item: public schools $29,654,000 and $29,292,000. Total general fund requests $43,112,000 and $43.54".000. The requests for 1940-1 were about $6,000,000 greater than what the bud get commission eventually recom mended; which may give an inkling of what is to be expected in the way of recommendation from the current budget group. Recently Tom Il«»st. the Greens boro News' able correspondent, wrote a piece in which it was said that the 1 {»41 legislature's problem will be how to spend th" money which will be available through increasing State revenues. That ought to be about as simple as any matter possibly can be. Just take a look at the amount of money the legislature- is being asked to spend. Requests "from all sources gen eral fund, highway division, agri <*'i>itim.frt on F'age Five) i Wage-Hour Commission Is Expected To Recommend j : Legislation Be Enacted ! Daily DispatcJi Bureau, , in the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRI' AVERILL 11 Kaleigh. Dec. 9.—Members of the North Carolina Fair Labor Standards j j commission have had exactly noth | ing to say about the impressions " i made upon them by a two-day hear ~jing last week-end: but there are . some indications that they are likely j to recommend to the 1941 General Assembly a state wage and hour law setting a maximum week of 48 hours and a minimum wage rate of 25 cents an hour. In view of' the very discreet sil i t nce preserved on all sides, this is fa completely unofficial forecast with I out even a scintilla of "•inside" from any member of the commission. It is known, however, that conser vative members of the Federal wage and hour division in the Carolinas have suggested the 48-25 bill as meet ing the present needs of the state , and of putting most of the now un restricted intra-state industries on i something of a parity with those un | der the Federal act. It is certain, too. that Commission • of L. For? Owl II. Shufvd. chairman of the commission. favors sonic sort of wage and hour law for the stale (probably he would go be yond the 43-25 limit if it were left to him alone.) The other members ol' the commis sion (Senator Pal Taylor of Anson. Representatives Hugh Morton of Martin and Henry Dolxsor. of Surry. Editor Capus Waynick of High Point) have not committed themselves in the slightest, but from questions they asked during the hearings and from their political backgrounds, it is a fair deduction th;it they are not so ultra-conservative as to reject in toto all suggestions for a wage and hour statute. Chances for passage of even a 48 I 25 act by the Assembly, assuming that one is recommended, are no bet | ter than fair at their best. Two veins ago a proposed state wage-hour law never got out of com mittee. even in emasculated or radi cally amended form. The legislative sentiment was overwhelmingly against it: and there wasn't a chance to yet anything done. Since then there have been nu i ; •. u: •. unices in ihc situation. Cir Draftees Dig Out of East's First Big Snow The first veal snovC' in the East put a heavy blanket of white over Camp Dix*, in New Jersey, giving the selective service draftees a job of digging out. Here, some of the new soldiers are shown at their task. Soldiers in Camp Dix still have to live in tents. (Cctdrul Press) Nazi Ship Captured Desert War British Make Contact With Italians on Broad Front in Egyptian Des ert. Cairo. Egypt. Dec. :i.—(AP)—Brit ish forces have mad- contact with the Italians "on a broad front" ir the western Egyptian dc-c> t anc have taken aOO pri one; •; in an en gagement south of Sicii Barrani. thi British African command rcportec today. This front has long been dormant with the British apparently eonten to prevent the Italian- from driving further into Egypt from Sicli Bar rani, 70 miles inside the westeri frontier. 'J'he action was described as be tween British "advance elements' and the Italians. The Italians. under Marsha Rodollo Gra/.iani. drove across tin Libyan-Egyptian fron'ier curly in tin Italian-British conllici and marcher along the coast to Sirii Barrani witi little opposition. From there ihe.\ have made little important progre.-i for the last three months. cumstances w hich ii" ' op'rate in |'„ vor of some sort ol . .'e-hoiir lav include: (1) There is now no hope ;>11 v where that tin* Federal law will in voided by the Supreme court or tha it can he repealed or substantially amended in Conyn -s. Therefore many interests which ;ue forced t< operate nuclei' tilt- Fedeial act wil see their influence to put their intra state competitors under .similar, i not identical, regulations. (2) There seems Jo be a more fa vocable attitude on the part of mos legislators. At least half the 15)41 General Assembly's per>onncl ha. communicated with the eomirussioi and it is said that only two (oik senator, one representative) hav< flatly said they wiil oppose any bil that is propo.-ed. There is. of course, no guarantei that this attitude wili ,-tand up i) the face of the tremendous pressun which will undoubtedly be appliei ' by the powerful business interest resisting all efforts at wage and hou legislation. (3) Wage and hour legislation (i not too drastic and there seems n< chance of that) will have, at least the benevolent neutrality of Gover nor J. Melville Bruughton. Two year ago Governor Clyde R. Hoey gavi absolutely no encouragement to wagi and hour advocates and more thai a little moral support to opponent (Continued on Pase Five^ lx)swdhsih FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair, slightly warmer in in terior tonight: Tuesday, increas ing cloudiness and warmer prob ably followed by li<r!u rain in the ' mountains Italian Army Chief Gen. Uffo Cavallero A new Italian offensive is expected 11 under the command of pro-Nazi General Ugo Cavailero, who suc ceeded Marshal Pietro Badoglic as chicf of the Fascist General Staff. Gen. Cavallero had been command 1 ing troops on the Italian French front. Greeks Thank Roosevelt For Promise Athens. Dec. '.i.— r \P)—President , i;«».se\ell> promise in give help to Greece was recei\ ed with enthus . i.-am here today and government ' spoke.-men received American cor respondents especially to convey the thank.- of the Greek people. . j Elel'theron Virna .said ".Mr. Roo.sc i velt's message is causing joy through > out the entire Greek nation as show ijing the extent ol friendship and mutual assistance existing between our country and his great nation." Several papers printed large pho tographs of Roosevelt. British Raid German Bases ) ' ;! London. Dec. 9— (AP;— A great • fire was started by British night air 1 raiders among buildings between i two of the dock basins in the Ger »i'man-held French port of Bordeaux, the air ministry news service said itoday. 'I This was part "1 far-flung British ■ aiir raid.- last night, in which the air ministry said RAF bombers at tacked industrial and military tar gel.- in the Duesseldorf area of Ger 1 many, the subnia'ine base at the 'French Atlantic port <>t Lorient. the (Continued on Page Five] Seized In Caribbean British Cruiser Foiis Attempts of German '^eiwhter to Escape Blockade. Washington. Dec. !). YAP)— The | Navy dcpartinont said today the Ger | man freighter Idarwald was in the possession of th«* British cruiser Dio ■ nicde after tin unsuccessful attempt j to run the British blockade from Mexico. | Navy sources said the British war ship seized the Idarwald altei the crew of the Germ;iii vessel attempted : tu scuttle her. Navy officials declined today to i discuss any further details. The Navy department had said j earlier that the British tars hoarded the Idarwald. nut down the flames, hauled down the swastika flag and run up their own. The cruiser intercepted the I'reigh ' ter about 75 miles from the south ) coast port of Cienluegos, b',t\v<,',n the Isles of Pines and Grand Cayman i - land, oflicials fo the Cuban depart ment nl communications radio bureau said. This is well withiij the Amer ican neutrality bell. President I.'oosevelt had been :ail ing secretly in Caribbean waters on the cruiser Tuscaloosa, but lie ar rived at Martinique, about 1.000 miles to the southeast, during the afternoon. DUTCH SUBMARINE REPORTED AS LOST London, Dec. 9.—(AP)—The loss of a submarine of the Netherlands | navy in "war operations" was an nounced officially today. Netherlands warships are cooperating with the British. London Has Quiet Day London. Dec. 9.—CAP)—An alarm less, raidless day for London stretch ed into the darkness tonight past the I usual time for night raiders to ap proach and gave the capital another respite after the severe hammering i which last night shattred a 44-hour ! lull. Thus tor . the seeoid time since ' Friday, the German air siege lapsed 1 into total inactivity following the 1 raids last night and early today in which German bombers concentrat ed their might on London, swelling its toll of casualties and ruin. Elsewhere in England save .or the counties around Londan ihe lull had bten unbroken -into Frid <y. Greeks Take Twelve Full Batteries Part of Argirocastro Burned By Italians But Large Supplies of War Materials Fall to the Greeks Pursuing Ad vance. Allien., I)rc !). fAP) Pierre fighting beyond Argirocastro was re perted today between Greece's ad vancing army and (lie Italian rear imard. ..trengly entrenched Ik cover the retreat ul the main fascist body tn the north and west. With Argirocastro, tin.' last of Italy's southern Albanian bases, be hind them. Greek soldiers launched mli) the new swift fnllowup attack wit!) cries of "on to Valona." Valona. the next Albanian sea gateway for Italian supplies in the Greek path, is about 10 miles north west of Ai giroeastro. About midway on that line lies Tepclini. a road junction toward which Ihe Greek-, are lighting from the east and south. Their goal shouted as a battle slogan is "Tirana by Christmas." Tirana i.; 1 the Albanian capital. The capture of Argirocastro yesler 1 day, two days alter the fall of Italy's southernmost Albanian port of Porto Edda. touched off a three-day cele bration. Part of the city had been burned by the Italians before they fled, but the amount of captured war material was said to be enormous and to in clude twelve lull batteries of aban doned artillery. After six weeks of fighting the Greeks have driven the Italian in vaders completely from their soil and pushed their own counter-invasion across about 20 percent of Albania's Italian-held t'-rritory. In Home, the Italian high com mand announced that Italy's 11th army had withdrawn to a new de fense line north of Argirocastro. Cotton Crop Estimate Is Reduced Wellington. I)cc. !). i Af'> - The Agriculture department lod;iy esti mated this year's rot ton at I2.(i3'i, 000 bales til' 500 pounds gross weight, compared with 12.817,000 bales estimated a month ;igo, 11.317, 000 bales produced last year and 13, 547.0(i0 bide:- during the 1 '.I2H-3H ten year average. The indicated yi<'ld of lint cotton is 2">2.1 pound- to the acre compared with 2.~>2 ! pounds indicated a month ago. 237 !) pounds produced last year ;111<I HI3.I .pounds the ten-year aver age. The cen-us bureau reported that cotton of this year's growth ginned to I)eccini»< r I totaled |fj.}{70,247 run ning hales counting round as half bales and excluding I inters, com pa r ' cd with 11.1 IO.I3tt bale, ginned to that rlale a y ai ago. North Carolina had 333.000 acre:; left for harvest. 314.000 acres in cul tivation July I. an indicated yield of 42.1 pound: per acre and an indicated • total production of 740.000 bales. Calcutt Enters Guilty Plea Raleigh. Dec. 1).— (Al'j —Joseph Calcutt ol Kayettevillo pleaded guil ty in Wake superior court today to charges of possessing illegal slot ma chines. The *i£/te presented evidence to | show that Calcutt's; Vending Machine | Company of Fayetteville paid 1 most S100.000 to the state last year for licenses for -lot machines and had paid about S32.000 this year. Judge R. Hunt Parker asked W. A. Baker, chief of the revenue de partment's lieen.-e division, to sup ply him with data on licen-e-: issued to 35 slot machine concerns in the 'state. He said he intended to use th license figure to determine the relative size of Calcutt's business. C. C. Bishop of Raleigh also plead ed guilty of possessing illegal ma chines. Solicitor William W. Biek ett took nolle prosses in three other cases against Calcutt. one > ther against Bishop and four against R. W. Boiling, whom Bickeit described as the bookkeeper in Calcutta li"i>. , Boiling was u-ed a a tatc witp.e