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[FVT,i-EIGHTH YEAR ,;ÎnÎA^mTPliSs'jK HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11.1941 ,M'1'L,S'!;^V.,,V. Λ■''N,,ON ' FIVE CENTS C()\>\
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Deration Of Lease-Lend Plan Discussed
Switzerland Bombed—By Mistake
Λ ir.oliv.T, d-iu;;hter an·) grandmother die ! when an aerial bomb scored a direct hit nn lhi<= home in Basel,
SwitZ'-i·!:;: i. ,^ι·\. r..! imii;ir iiu'idci:'.··· have been reported from this neutral country an ! smite have been
blam.d jpun iiritisn Myers mistaking l)!acked-out town* for Italian or German territory. CapLiun accom
panyinj; picture did not disclose who was to blame for the bombintr.
Missouri Legislature Refuses
To Certify Gubernatorial Vote
Β — ι
>int House - Senate
|vestigation of No
fember Election Orel
red ; Inauguration of
'publican as Gover
®Dr Pre vented
ϊοι.,οη C'.ty, M ·.. la ι. 1 l.(.\l'j
1 >.'moci\itic- H; t · ι > 1 ! ι ;! «cni'i 1 !
bly, m an up ·...· )U a!! m«iu
m, reiu-a'd t ci y FniTv-t
icll a Hi'pul : I : mii. ;; <ve. no; -
unci adopted .ι ι · >1.;!ι·>ιΐ c:il!
lng for ·' joint II ni.- -Si. .alt· iin c.·.
tiotion Un· λ'ιΛΊ.tΓυ<■ r «Liberna
tonfl <·!<·. ; ι; ι.
',ΛΒβ η ventilation wo.tkl involve
Opeftiiir. tin· 1 .allot bi \e in every
OOUtttv and the citv ol Si. Louis.
action will prevent DonncllV
séhed : od inauguration Monday and
will k( cp Lloyd Staik. 1 VniorraI. m
office until iiv. ι ! «at of tin.· elec
tion and Inarm;, ... ι cool· ■ ' i> com
pleted
Off ii •ial îvtui :i.- Donncll a
plurality oi :>.»·'-i . ■ · .··. er In.
Democrat'i' .·;>ροη··ηΙ Lav enc<· Mc
Danicl
The a .Tiibly voted I'll to Vf! to
certify all tin· appar.nt winner»
'in tin Ν'.,Γ 11χ·ι el· et:·.η i xe. pt
Donnell. .1 Ie · .· lint.·. latei
voted II" ·'! to !■· ar a con test
petition IIled i.y .1 I Blair, ol
■flbrson t'ii.\. I' ··»» county
chjirnian.
Hie Democrat Id .ei ."a to 05
«tyênta.i;.· in ire II· e and a Lit! to
vantage in ι
11.". .. ..! in tie·
blicans
l'OUi'.li f.( early ·
assembly v. ill' e'd <
;eup ol Ire : It ■
littee that will in', t
ion. tiie Republican
litiu tor ,ι bi-pai . · ■ :
ptmocrats 1οι on<· \\ .111 a
ol Democrats.
. mg
ay to 71
i;; lioui
. ι i' the
i-Se«atf
Jap boldicrs
Are Killed
Β
^pongkong, Jau, 1 l.—(AP>—-More
η 3(H) Japanuv .-.olcii. r- wciv kill
or injured and a quantity of war
plies destroyed when a Japanese
•op train struck a Chinese mine on
Peipin.s-H inkov. railroad, the
inese C't-ntral News Λ g ney re
jPOi'ted tuday.
It 'The locomotive and 13 coaches
gpere reported wrecked.
The same agency :.!>.· ι·-ported
tat a Japanese transport carrymn
iops and supplies sanK in the Yang
river January 1 after striking a
inese mine. The vessel went down
ith all aboard, the agency said, bol
e nunrbei of casualties was un
ov.n.
Few Farmer Representatives
Among State Board Members
Duily Dispatch Bureau,
■it lin- wir \\alter llittei.
liy I.YNN MSfilT.
Kaieigh, J;.ii. 11. Although North
C roliiia i> iip|)!·. i\in:ately fifty pi·.·
cent i n: al. even when town* of
ô ί t ( I arc counted as urban, ; 11 κ 11 \1
ot the public i->< »: ι I'd.- : î id I'miii. ; -
;un appointed l·. handle the peuple
business .- hci\>. s that farmer.-- are al
ii!i. t ignored, and that business nu n
nu. a very poor second to the prole.
i-ions.
Sol : ,et i II !.' ago questionnaires were
sent out to 81 such boaids and com
ϋ· .···> >11·· asking tor report ot the oc
cupation and residcnci ot boaid
members. Kilty-nine response.- were ,
leeched, while 25 failed to respond
littler because ot inability to .supply
t.ii· informal.ion or lack ot inchnalion
to do : ...
1 lit .· ι oil i ·. μ ι d have a lol.il n .ei . -
lit · r.-h IJ ι ot ίιΊ. of v\hich L'illl are list
cd as prolor-M.iii.iI men οι' Λοιιιι-η,
I tι as ii" ,·;<> ι : "il and a - t.. I
m :· . Ke-'idcnti.il classification is
; i ;',h1 ly : '. >re I a ■ ■ ί .. iile to tile coun
try, as .-J I ! ι if .~! ' ! 1 !.. I . " ' aii I lei
again. l ' !"> in tov. η an.i ι . I it .
I l:e conclusion i. that . ■ ; a a ■ ■ . " nd
iai Tiling mtt π sis a re . i r.ei inten
tionally ovei'la<j!;C'ù or incy are in- .
.sufficiently organi/.eu . adi quale
II ι rest ntation.
Many ol tiie til·' icgulaloiy .
boarit.i deal t xclu.-a. ι ay v. itl> ρ .it- ι
sit "ii ■ on tr. de.- anil "Ί. il h the·!'
siiould lie eonipo id . I practitioners
ol that trad· · or prole hίι. ι fthei
deal With matters ol like t met in t .
alt citi/t-n.·,, and it would ·■· n thai
iit 'eat rational represe. ι ta t m . : · ι . ■ . ί ι
ί ■· accorded, in th s . t cond group ,
ι. "ot be n.-ted such board a. the
.·, ι ;·> C'aiohna i'lanning 15.mrd and
; i λ', ί Library Commis -η. 11
I.· ilia:;, till se subjects are ol more
ι · · η to lirai people than to city
ο·, ι lit ι . i nil yet we iind on the plan
o no seven professional men,
. ... ι.. man and one fanner,
..ι ι111 ι1 ■ iilwary commission four
.1 one business and no '
ι . ί1 * 11 ΐ cl Public Woi ks (
(. I':,: ■ i . Ini llille ])ΓΟ
i. . i.i 1 .ι . ; ici . m:· business man
, will nu 1 ·ι λ: rt ι >i e.-cntation, al
though thi »·ι·; mu" - m indict i<>n
i,. largely on ininiin ro.ids with only
I çasu&I "responsibih ι> tor city streets, j
'i lit· L'nn--er\ ;iti"ii .nd 1 lev elopnient
! Hoard ι.· it lit it 1 κ ι which lia.- primary
i!it(-i^i t in una! ara- \v:tli torestry,
ί,ί me protect on. li.-hciie . etc., con- .
stituting important ithase of ttje de
partment's work. This board also ha>
no 1 armer member, nine ol tin·
1 twelve being h.-ted as business n.··ιι
..lui three a.- prolessiniial In the
same category might lie listed the
boards ol ti n. tees ol most ot the
state'.-, educational and eelymosmaiy
institutions, whereon the membership
ol professional men is predominant.
There are no farmers on the board
ul the school i'o; blind and de.il and
lone on îiiii-l til the boards lor traili
ng schools ,imc1 correctional centers.
J'hc most glaring discrimination
loted !: ι !ι M'vrral boards dealing
\clu-ivrh. ..ilii interest . >■: rural
λ oplt·, or a1.til rural intere.-ls as jjri
a,ary concern. The Negi >> agricul
liral eollege. lor instance. ba- three
.amers 011 board. along with
even busa.is.- men and . \ profes
lonal;. The Nr. il) Carolina Electri
ication Authority, wins. field is at
(as. ninety j.er e. 1 :t rur;,i, has three
( Cont in : ed on Page Si:-:.)
Traffic Death
Γ oil At Least
971 in State
D.iii.v Ιμμκι it'll Bureau.
In ilic >:r V\ iln-r ilolt'·
Kali'igh, Jim II. Provisional fig
res compiled 1.13 ί ! ι » ■ Mate 1 ligliway
··.: Icly I ) ι ,i .11 ι.· ν 1 ii;it ;> mini·
num ι h ÎJ7 I ι »·! ..' . re !. illfd in
r; ι ! l ie ac tit : ■ ■ /, m ' t: (. irol ilia
. ighv 'Λ - ii . ! '.ι ' ■
Tliis ligure ι ί 1 4" ' "iisider
;biy 11il^l lt'l '·. M M .11 [''I'll. ί ΓΙ' 111
i i'll'IO . .If·1 · · ' * ' " . . Ii I I ' (It'll
uiKI ! ι - it ι \ .-ii ; : !. ·ίΊ I allows
: 11 iiic'i ,i ' 11... . ι ii ! ■! a . lui· oithi'l
939 .I il.,.;. Ill I'll- I.. .111 toll
vas 943 .. : ι; I !>." ,. ■ ι .· ■ ' ; ι ι iy.
111"), λ ay cm · i y began in
la· ; a.-1 li.lt ι ; ι I ' \ < . ι. ifter t lit*
. ι ! . , . .1 ' i ι Ιι,.,Ι lu .· ii a neat
'rtilll't il ill t Î\ ■ I t1!' p er.'dlilg Yeal'
-ïul In ginnmg w ■ ; 11 SeoicMber 11k
'.iiiitii i y total.-- t an 11:». 1 lli. 111 anc'
Jl I 11 .1 t.Μι ' I . 11, ι ι I i .II' Ί I ' I . Ill 4()i)
• ii' thr last tin .> !»·· ■ t· ' v. .p··· "tit the
;ood mark.. .·ι··Ι ν 'te lia- Imal l'ig
ι rt · -. m a \ tί'υ 1)1' : itly ι > : I.
t il tlu· HT 1 ι.,ίalitκ ;. .:ί occurred
ai rurai road.- and 123 ai ι. : ■· ■.. 11 areas
cities of 10,, du m mure population.)
In type of accidents the running
lown oi pedes tri a lis led. with 333
atalities, only two more than in 1939
aid three le.-s tin π · 11 1938 The col
i.-ion of two or more motot vehicles
liowi.d tlu· greatest increase in
it ath-di al:M.i-'. ν ih 1*81 killeiJ that
.ν ii H)4.i against 2211 in 1939 and
'..I in 1938.
On Powers
Senator Byrnes Says
Lease-Lend Program
Likely to Be Put into
Operation Through
New Office of Produc
tion Management.
Wa-hit'igton. .I:m. ΆΙ') Spe
cific ir.'-tiicd · by \v!:ir!i il-r admitus
t r : 11 Ί.11 would extend ai I to Britain
under the proposed It·:< c-lend bill
bewail in tι ! : f · simp · I ida;.· even as
Cf'liiii <· . i' I' I rriti:· <■ ·1ί< (I for re
striction 11Γ the vast powc·· 1 inch the
M'a ur>· v. uld cunt.· upon President
Roosevelt.
Sen.iter Byrne.. I ).··ι ■ crat. South
(anil h ii. win ι participated in pre
liminary eo^ïereftess tus the legisla
tion introduced in Congress yester-1
r ay. .i l it wa ''kelv that it approv
ed the leasf-lend program would he
put into operation by the President
chiefly through the new office of
pi ι.ductii η management.
This, it was said, would make for
<■·. ipkie correlation from start to'
linisli between production for Amer
ica and that for British use. The
office, headed by Williar, S. Knudsen
and Sidney Hillman v. ,ill Secretaries ,
Stimson and Knox as members, al
ready has oeen charged by the Presi
dent with full responsibility for
American production.
In addition, other sources said that
agencies such as the Reconstruction,
Finance Cooperation might be called '
upon to handle some phases of the
1 rogram.
The first necessity for making the
program effective. Byrnes said, is ;i
survey of production capacity to de- |
termine exactiy how much and what
kinds of equipment can be supplied
to the British. He predicted that the
chief items to be ι rnished would
be airplanes, destroyers and cargo]
vessels.
In other quarter :t was learned
that the British η :! be asked to
turn over upwards · : S2.000.000,000
ol investment in th country as col
lateral lor the w a : aterial which
President Roosevelt ; . opo.-ed to lend.
Legislature
Holds Typical
Saturday Meet
Raleigh, Jan. 11. < ΛΡ)—'The first
Saturday .session of ι.·.t■ General As
M'inbly today was ι haracteristieaUy
short lacking in bus!iie.->s, and poor
ly atifiiied.
hach house met tor about two
mm it·1 and received no new bills.
In the Senate, the i\ meniner
attending referred a House bill to the
finance committee.
The 19 House : .molts present
merely heard the ρ .ivers by the
:'!iapl:iin and adjourned.
The legislator.- u r!i meet again
Monday night win committee ap
pointments are <l.i·· · :u announced.
Drys Seek
Referendum
Burgess Says "The
People Have a Right
To Be Heard"; Cites
30,000 Petitions
By (ΊΙΛΚΙ.Ι > DANIEL.
Raleigh. Jan Γ lAP)—Thous
and- of dry n i I Carolina voter
who will petitioi ' ■ 1941 General
Assembly a.-king . iewide referen
dum on the "iiKiiii.iiicture and sale
ol intoxicating lion ι will press the
appeal with the ι ; ■ < ntion "the peo
ple have a right t . >·.· heard." it was
announced today l'de Κ. Burgess,
pres.dent of the I'm;-d Dry Forces.
"The United Πι V Forces stand
ready to coopérât» in any way
possible with iegi>lat"is who are go
ing to introduce > !"ll calling l'or a
ntinaed on l'âge Six) I
Soions Study New Budget
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi (left), chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, and Senator -James Byrm·.- of South Carolina,
chairman of the S:r.a't Audit and Control ('-•nanittee. are shown in
Washington studvn.ir th" tu w .17,4S5,52,V'.() Hi f. !· ral budget, which
a 1 loti $10. 11 ,·,1 i,600 Ό !>·Ι\:;-ο.
Strike At Airplane
Factory is Averted
CommandsCaribbean
Lieut. Grn. van Voorhis
Known a? a prominent pxponvnt of
army mechanization, Li> ut. Gen,
Daniel va:i Voorhis is expected to
immediate! y unify defenses under
hi.< new ρ ; > : ; t. as ehief executive of
the Can'ubean riefe':se /"ne. ΤΙ."
7ino inclunes the I'auama i'an;l,
i'uerti co and η··\\ i Γ11 nia.I lui' a.
Τ V „ 'Λ
LA ο.-made
Pian e Downs
Nazi Bomber
L< wiri ' ; . 1. ι η. I ! . I I , · li:
linistry announced today that "'Ger
tany has lost her first bomber to
il Ann'; u ,ai ι mII 1 *·ι ,: ι ■ . : 1 ι]ι >\νιι
y ;ι Βπ! ■· :: pilot."
The m ; mi>ti v told ill.- t.>r\ this
ay:
"Three I these ι Aini'i r;.li ) air·
rait wi'i'i' on patrol when weather
.militions ni-eesMtated rivall tu their
a ses.
"The leader had actually landed
lion In· caught -ight of a na. ι ο··ηι1>
r. lie promptly took oil again and.
limbing back into the ( loud-, rejoin
d his tu ι companions just as one ot
ici 11 opened lire on 1 ho raid· >'
Smoke ;it once enveloped the
i.ider and when the leader joined
îe light tin German machine began
j lose Height as the pilot apparently
sarciiod for a landing place.
"The crippled raider glided down
nd the three aircraft kept close
.*aloh to make sure it was not a ruse
ι dodge away m the mist. The raider
ventilaily crashed in a bog."
Settlement Agreed
Upon In Threatened
Strike of 200 Workers
at Ranger Aircraft;
Firm Has Big Gov
ernment Contracts
Ne;·. Y·.:. Jan. 1 1.—( AD — The
: t'tllenient of a threatened strike
n!' 200 ·.·.· >;·κ<·!> in the Ranger Air
craft Engineci :ng di\"ision ol' the
Fairri:.Id Α.: ;>l..n·· and Engine Cor
poration at Kanningdale, Ν .V.. vvj:
announced today by John R. Owes.-,
labor relations a«.«;*tant to the na
tional defense commission.
'I'll·· strike tfin.iU.v had been call
ed f.m' Th.; Ha.v : ι a postpone
ment until Monday morning was
won. The j.;. ··· : .ι >7.750$§0Ό worth
ol g( ivernm.-nt ι ■ de ι .-.
The ι-ttl·· e : ι ; :··.· «λ til be sub
mitted t i: · . ι ι >r rat ifi cm -
tion today.
Ί '· · ■ ' , : ie'd l)y the
I 'n;ted Λ ■ '■1 > · of Λι'.ί
ira (CIO) aviation division, winch !
eia'.med 213 ol the plant's 240 em- I'
1 joyei?. (
< 'wee . t ·· ' :.·· · eiiitι jet, whici: · ι
·. : . de ι >; ·Ί .ι ■ , ι Γι a η pro:1 > ise. set -
; ,. ν. ' ν1. ι a ■ lue ι ·'., 11 ' \\. >rker· ;
. ' ail 1 ο ; ■ an Ilea e lui the I i r.-t
' : ..à cen!· tin- nest ;
ι ■ a . ontlts and (ill cents thereafter A
Quayie Made !
"Mistake", He
Τ ells Solons
\V;.-ihin",t"ii. ■ ' ..a. II ι ΛΙ') —
ι ι :1 e: Λ ty lay U g·" ! t · |· ; ι ! manager ot
lia Den ι ί .. t.. · aa I ,;ι ι ttt e. j
rjil the Senate e,, ι a.ι _m c a .nit- ■
tee today that in· h .ci "made a mi»- j
t(.,;··" ill 1 - ' y ι a. g ' w ,. day ag, · that
he personally a. ranged lor loans til l
$30".ni it) 1. >!■ tin 194a l,i ... icratic j
campaign iron i;. J Reynold.-.
Reynold.'. the Democratic com- I
mittcc's new tre,,-ure;·, ii-.tii'iccl yes
terday that it was Wayne Johnson,I
tinance director of the committee,
who arranged the loans in a tele
phone com er.-ation.
Corroborating Reynold.-' te.·! irony,
Quayie said today that " 111 : - wa
• onieth ng that happened at a very
beet c time .-ome months tig··" add
ing that there w as "no reason not to
tel] the entire details."
Senator Tobey, Republican, New
Hampshire, a member of the Senate !
committee, broke in to say that
Quayie was "guilty of perjury" and
to accuse him of "trying to shield
(Continued on Page Six.;
Nazi Planes
Cooperate
in Sea Raid
Germans Lend Ital
ians a Hant in Appar
ent Attempt to Offset
Reverses; Greeks
Press Onward Toward
Berati; Other War
News
' By Γ h ' · Λ ..ru atted Pf'·..·. ι
Germany has actively entered 1 ho
v.··:' . ι>»; ι i 11 -, î Britain iti II·" Médite; -
ra tie an I > ; *111. tending I 1m fy a hand
in ;tn ;■ pj ι ent .ill -11 j. ! tu ο If.se I re
or ■' m N' ft)ι Λ ! ! ea .nul loosen tin'
» ι blockade.
Λ British il···. ·ίΙ In: π ation, the
îtaliua high command -aid today,
v.'· : ir;lii >rt "in the Sicilian rhann··!"
j est* rday by cooperating formation.·
"I la.-cist and na/.i dive bombers and
torpedo plane- which shared honor.-,
η the rcportea damaging ot two a;r
c iff earners, a cruiser and a de
; trover.
ι·, . ■ i'ir-t t ime." : he lia. ill
ι ι ί 111 . η.q ie . aid. "unit, ot the Gei -
mu a . force in fraternal, close < ·
'i crat.on with tiie Itahafi air units
partie:)· ited brilliantly in the att.i'-i·:.
i .tting one of the aircraft canier..
■. η el the destroyer."
Paced by low-flying Greek and
Ρ iti.-h plane-, reported bombing and
a.chine gunning retreating I tali·· ; .
tia Greek captors of Kh-ura pre- · 1
nward toward Berati. Albania, .a
cording to dispatches from tne front.
Important heights dominating the
io;.d to Berati were reported
cupied, and additional prisoner.- and
war materials taken by the Greek·.
A -south coast English town which
the Germans identified a- Port-moi·:1:
was "smothered" early today with
nazi lire bombs and explosives a
parently taking a heavy toll of lise .
The Britis.h hit back at the Germ: n
held coa.-t of France.
The Germans described the raid on
Portsmouth as a "large scale" assault
and the British acknowledged that
the nazi raiders did "considerable
lamage."
British pilot.- followed up yester
day's six-hour davight drubbing ·
lorthern France with a hard over
light raid on the big German sub
aariiie oase at Brest, informed .-oui
ses reported in London.
British batteries were reported
1 i.unding outlying fortifications
ia aid tiie Italian base at Tobruk η
. :>>a \ li, the British -till marshal
i.u artillery brought up from
jait> red Bardia.
Hi . t i - ; middle eastern headquai
(C 'litinned on Paûv Six )
Three Killed
In Accident
Λ'"ι 111 Will,.. . J ] i ( AI')
,'h: ··«· l>ci - m. v. .'i c . 11.Ό · ι ιγ lo
U..v ■ :ι··ιι .ι «·.·.· .nid .ι Ιι ,ιιν. « ·.!I fi
el 1·) in !·· \\·»· ι ni her··.
Τικ· r)t\i(i Allen L'n ami two
Cl'UI'. Η'. , 1:11 1.1 I' ' ι Li ,... ill
( m· . I M. Yyri ;(i ll · m
.nii.iljiic w.i> pi ιici'fiiing m .ι ·. · ,t
iv direction iiihI the truck <■·■-; at
m : ut· ni the collision.
ll ιι ι ιι oni'i aid lie wimld π .1
ιι.ki ltalpli Miller, driver ol the
rue who war. inhiirt m Hie ac
ict«·ill. M.ll' i. tli< corner .-.mi, wa ■
Youth Held In
Murder Case
Kiiistim. Jan. 11.— (ΛΓ) —
Shi rill s.iiii K. Churchill said to
day lie was holding a 17-year
old w hit·· youth for questioning
ill connection with the slaying;
ο I Fred K. Sutton at his service
station near here Thursday night
or yesterday morning.
lie said that he also was de
taining two Negroes.
Kinstun, .'an. 11.—(ΛΡ)—Ofiiccr.
umteci today lor I ingerpi ints and
•lues in their attempt to solve the
.laying of Fred B. Sutton, prominent
armer whose axe-hacked body wa.
:'otmd yesterday in a serv ice station
u· operated two miles south ot here.
Two Negroes were being held for
questioning, but officers declined to
disclose their names or to discuss
the case. A bloody axt* was found on
the premises of the service station
"id tin place, officers said, had been
robbed of a nominal sum.
UhidJtPJi
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday ; not much change in
temperature. exepet slightly
cold<-r in mountains and ex
treme north portions.