Newspapers / Henderson daily dispatch. / Jan. 16, 1941, edition 1 / Page 1
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Hmltt Biauafrh British Cruiser Sunk Βγ Axis « St Jt Si te — — φ τ · Siimsoi passage Of Lease-Lend Bill Urged Secretary oi War Say: "Essence" of Plan ii to Make U. S. Govern mort Sole Purchasing An ' Distributing Ag ency. ii. J ul 1 Γ. ( Λ I') Sec II tllk; Ilgn -s tllda . : 111·' " 'if Presiden ni I m aiding the Brit ii :t h ; ι ν · ' resist jut· a g t" make tin· Unitci ι ■ :t"iit the sole purehas ■ .i, ι I i .billing agency fur wa uimc;] in this country ! ' (!t'i κι ι t li it'll t i-h let. test if y ; ι hi· House foreign affair i '·. · iiif'ffl : ι ppr< >\ ;i I of ;id Κ μι -l.it ion ti ι authori/ : lending of immition ·: i. ii ' democracies" ;it th I':· ( ■ discretion. Il·· ' tin- stand today aftc Τ t »■> Secretary Morgenthati de elan i y ι terday that England's wa itually been halted by iii ii' idy cash. M· ■ • hiIt· il was learned tha •Ι ' ι I' Kt nnedy. retiring ambas :ii ' l.i.'id'in would testfy belori ·· II · . · ouiiniiltee next Tuesday ■ . ' ' oi tin- lease-lend hill have ι. Κ ι nnedy would support then ■ PI" iters, however, hav< Μ -ι il that he would expres: Π 'iglit opposition to the po ·. « · the President. I 1 · ' i nt situation with regarc l· ; ' 11 ·! ι. -ii ol munitions. Stimsor ί·. !. "euteh more acute" than was tl ' ! 1SUT At that time, he said ';I;< imitions factories and sup fin at Britain were so abun 'i ' "'-it they were able to supply ■ apply to us the great bull< • .pons which we then need id" Stmison said, "instead ο I' '· ι :-ted by other nations ir ii' ■ ml' tile weapons needed foi ii delen.se we are obliged t· i 'l ι· our defense in consideration • : ti.rir needs." HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RECODIFICATION ■ Ian Ηΐ. ( ΛΡ) Speaker .""meed today the appoint ' ι ι Hi-man House committer i. fication of North Carolina lav.·?. lined to the committee in· •il présentâtives Wallace ot Kt rr of Warren, Taylor ol ·' ·:· " aid Worthington of Pitt. CCC Money Bought Leaf More Than One Third of Flue - Cured Tobacco Bought Un der Federal Program. Washington, Jan. Ifi.— (AIM — M"i· th,in one-third of the flue cured t 'li.u'co sniri nil warehouse floors hist 'all was bought with Commodity Credit Corporation money. The CCC.' reported it allotted $46. oOO.OOO tor loans and advances t< I'nance purchases hv companir· v Inch formerly bought for the licit '■-li market, now closed to flue-cured imports because of the war. Under the arrangement the com ! anies purchased tobacco they nor mally would have bought had wai not interfered with the export mar ■( t. But instead of shipping the to bacco abroad it was stored in Amer ican warehouses to await betterment 1 I export conditions, the CCC tak ing a lien against it. Ol the amount allotted, the CCC said, $44,937,000 was actually ex tended in 1940 to buy 212,000.001 Pounds of flue-cured leaf. Tota warehouse sales last fall were 723. 000,000 pounds. While the average price of tobacci bought with CCC money was not available as private companies did 'he buying, the CCC said it was ir line with the $17 a hundred pounds er;ige paid for the whole crop. Τ ?■ Φ Φ φ φ φ η Cites British Hull Backs Lend-Lease Bill I'll OH ρ phot ο Secretary of State Cordell Hull testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee oil the I.tn 1-Lease Bill which would empower the President to lend, lease or give supplies to nations defending them selves nL'ain.-t aggression. Urging speedy passage of the hill, Hull declared opening of U. S. ports for repair and outfitting of Hrifish warships would not violate the Hague Convention, Danger Of Invasion By Air Is Foreseen Reynolds Before Grand Jury Today Washington. .I;m. lfi (ΛΡ) -Mar s 11 ; 111 Field III <>f New York and R. J. Reynolds of U'inston-Saiem, N. C". went bi'l'mr the federal grand jury investigating 1040 political expendi tures today. Field testified as chairman of t)io Business Men's League for Rouse veil. Reynolds, who is the new Dem ocratic !Ml'"!ial ti: .isurer. has told of loan.- he marie Démocratie organi/.a tions rim mg the campaign Eaton Strike Is Ended Détruit. .Inn If) t AP)—Strikers j began returning to work m Eaton | Manufacturing Company plants to day unriei a p- aci pi.in speeded into effect in tlv name ot national de fense. Four plant el >.--od by sympathy strikes weie reopened and at a fifth at Saginaw. Mich , scene of the ori ginal dispute preparations were ι marie for carrying out a rehiring plan. The company and the striking CIO (Continued on rage Eight) Secretary Stimson Tells House Commit tee There is Danger of Invasion if British Navy Should Be Rend ered Ineffective. Wnsh"i::t"n I ;n lfi -(ΛΡ) —See ι rt .r> Rim:··'!! Η ' l.i. eel today that "I think we ·· in very great dan ger of ,111 in' ι ι hv air in the con tinvncy tlvt ■'·■■ Γ :ii>h n in ν should be destroyed ι surrendered." Till·· War department chief made tins s t a 11 ί 11 '. ' ι In tin llniisf foreign affair* r-. .n' - ittee il! ve ponse to an inquiry by Repre-enta'iv e Fish, Ke publican. New York. Stimson ρπ-.-ι ·ιι-1. had indorsed President F.n ivrlt' bill for aid to Britain. At a siihscqur'· ' m his testi mony. St i 111 ι ί ι ι. I. : •oi.iiiiittee he 11 ni Id "fort ■ i ' !' his under which the navy <■· ■.,■ I liansferred under t-ond i t η ί ι ·■■ Ί antageous." He made that ;it 'Alien Fish ; sked whether the \\ ecretary had ,:liy objection to pi · I ! 11 it; into the bill a prohibition aua:i· t :: ·. nu iway any part of the United States Navy, Un der the lease-lend bill now drawn warships could be tu: η il over to the British on whatever ten· Mr. Roose fContinued "il ! a:;e Kii'ht) State College-Department Of Agriculture War May Be Renewed In Legislature Daily Dispalcli Bureau, In the Sir W'uli-r Hotel. By LYNN NISBKT. Raleigh, Jan. 1(>.—Notwithstanding a lot nl nice uoids said to each other during recent months, despite writ ten armistice agreements, and what not, the perennial light between State l College and the Department of Agri culture is brewing again. And re : ponsibility lor it rests directly upon the budget commission. I After months of fruitless contro ! versy two years ago. the college and the department combined energies to obtain Γι oui the general hind of the state allocation of lundis for the experimental work at the college. For years before that the experiment station had dipped into department ιΊ agriculture funds lor about $30. 000 a year. When the 1939 assembly finally \oted approval ol the gen eral fund appropriation, all sides to the long time row breathed a sigh ut relief. During the past two years there has been every semblance of harmony among them, and both have (Continued on Page Two) ft ft 9 · « Α t Glass Would Limit Aid Spendings Virginia Senator Ad vocates Amending Lease-Lend Bill To Limit Expenditures, Now Left Discrcfion ary With President. Washingt·>h. .Τσιπ H;î ■ AI"*> Sen-, ."'.toi· (ί!;. λ Denn.i·. M χ'ιii;in·:ι. ap propi i.,tι, m . commit·'·' ι'li.iirman and strong ■ μ ι > ι >or11 * ι- ί ι f Ι· ■ Hen) Moose Volt's foreign (Xlli'-V 1 I V -ll'h'MCfltod amending Un· *Ί<· ι■■>· Ι· I··11 to 1 iχ ί omo liberal hut dt Γiηit·· limit en ι xpendituro. ten the : ι id of Groat Britain. The Virginian's sugge lion was one ol many advanced in congressional circles. Glass declared tl. t Congress should fiel e t ι vite 1 1 h · e ■ | ert - on the I ikelv em t of 1 ' ■ a d t.. rl· mo eraejos program. t ί : ■ η 11 χ a liberal limitation on 'he fund !·> be made available latoi . "I am in favor « »! · :ing loo much rather than too littie." lie -aid, ad ding that he had η ι idea what amount might be in\ ι>!\ ed. Senator Wheeler. Democrat. Mon tana, a leader in the fight against the measure, meanwhile kept up his limning lire of criticism. telling newspaper men that highly placed officials in the administration are ''thinking in terms of war in April." Wheeler assorte ri that recent speeches by the President were '"in- ι tended to influence the public mind and frighten the people into behe\ - ' ing that this country is in immediate danger of attack and that we thus must give totalitarian powers to the President and accept a war program at this session of Congress." New Health Rule Affects Children In London Areas London. .1 m Hi. ΙΛΡ) Malcolm MacDi m;.Id. 11 mister of In ■; 111 li. In day ordered the compulsory if-nn>\ ,ι 1 Iro n flu» uriMii'i London area ol all children undei II considered likely in siil It r "in nund or body" from air attacks it tlicy remain in or near the capital. The order implements a recent de I'ense régulât ίι which authorized the medical examination of any ciiil dren under 14 likely to sutler hy re maining in London. It applies to the city oi London, to metropolitan area·, .aid most ot the boroughs on the out skirts ol the capital. CHINATOWN FIR».. N'eu York. .Ian. If! (Al'"j Four persons were believed to have died today m a fire which destroyed the interiors ot three buildings m the heart «>f Chinatown. Relief Bill Introduced Measure Would Enti tle Compensation Pay ments to Workers in Flood - Closed Plants. Raleigh, .'an 16. -— (ΛΡ) The House ot Representatives received tr.day a bill which would make workers tin 'wn out of employment because ot floods eligible for unem ployment compensation. The outgrowth of "disastrous flood. last summer when numerous plants were closed because of high water, the measure \va.· introduced by Re presentative Weeks of Edgecombe. It removes floods from the list of catastrophes causing unemployment without compensation. Weeks also sent forward a bill to provide that the driving license of a (Continued on Pase Three 1 lx)&aUioj* FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Rain mivi'd with fog and slightly wanner tonight; Friday, i showers and warmer. ι London After a Night Bombing The havoc of war, which descends nightly upon a great 'it> , ι ν shown in this dramatic picture taken during the height of the great tire which ravaged sections of London after rivent intensified incendiary bombing of the metropolis. Large areas <.f the city have been set uiire and blasted to the ground, but the city keeps on "livinK." HouscNaval Group Approves Request Kenneth Confers With Roosevelt Washington, Jan. Ifi —(ΛΡ) —Pres ident Roosevelt and Joseph P. Ken nedy, win» has submitted his resigna 1 nil as ambassador to England, con ferred at the White House today about a successor to Kennedy and about a speech the envov will make Saturday night. Kennedy told reporter.· he had η > preference as to his successor and L,ave no hint who the man might be. Kennedy said hi- radio address probably would supply "ait accent on -laying out ot war" and that it would "explain mj position entirely" on loreign policy. Food Problem At Fort Bragg Is Discussed I·· >;<■··:. .1 " Hi. ( \P) · Ngncul 1 ! I : . i ' ι i 1 el it to p. ir' i a agg 1.1 da-, t <-· ■ ''.·!· with supply officers ot port Pi ,gg on the problem ot tin π -hing Xiath Carolina produce for tile 111:1Ί. ι !".v post's 7(1.000 men. In the group were Agrieulfiuc ti. inner W. Kerr Scott, Κ t ball i'· Ktheridge, chief of the Dé partirent ni Agriculture's market f ί ι \ ι ι ■ ■ (à.age Koss, departaent πι.a ,.ι ' u:; pecialist ; and I. Ρ VVat * 111 ·■' the State College Intension ΊΊμ ι·· aiti rence had been sought b\ M h' (ïeneial Jacob 1.. l)e\ei-, post commander, who wrote Scott ill.il t1!' I )ep.a iment "t Agi iculture < ι ii 11 d "m.iKe a valuable contribution lC iiilinued en f^ïige Eight) Navy's Urgent Plea For Authority To Spend $909,000,000 For 400 Small Ships Given Prompt And Unanimous Approval \V;i hington. . f ; m. l(i (ΛΡ) The Hinisc 1 :iv;>l committee gave prompt find unanimous approval today to an urgent \avv rccmost for authority te spend S909.000.0(10 t. r 40(1 rela ie. civ ι vi II new -hips 11 .r the Xa\ \ and tue a vast expansion of ship 1. 1111 d 111 : · and ordnance plants Th' ι·!;..η brought to $1.'.109,000 00" ι·,ι· ι a val outlays which the <·< >> η 'tin· · .· ιeeommendud in le- 1ha 1' I h· 11 Λ p| in ivt'd .vi'ΜιΊ <la ν v. . '·:·:■ in.oiiii.ooO program lor Mrength eraim the llcet's defense- against di\t I χ 11:11 > ι ■ and other aerial attacks \" funds m ere carried in 1he li e: i s I a 1 ' ; > li 11 the \ ivy a m " it meed ν· viil -ι11 ., a !a ι ge pa rt ο I the η . >ne\ s· » in . ■ upplemenf a I appriίρΐ M Tl·· loo ni"·.· hips to co.M a 11 pi ' \ :11 .11' ■ I ν > tfia 000.000. would con .-it ill I y a ill· cha.· her ,-ea-gn ιηκ esi oi ι m . aie -weepers and turpi-ili ι i" ι 11 Tla N.i y . Ire.idy ha.- . tgjniied it ((' 1 .t 'Hied on Page 1 \ν·>) RAF Planes Raul Airport In S ι c 11 \ Cair Jan. Hi ( Λ Ρ ) lîetui nid 40 a ircra 11 We μ ι ι the Μ ι πκ ■ I ■ i severely damaged m a 11' it i-l :; : eli tailla aiidi ■•n.e. s ι .h oil Sun day night, royal ai: I· nv In adi| :ai t i r- sa id 11 ni y C*at all .a ι ! iei a ' ι It ι i le I he ha e ! 11 'ill Vi Inch the l le e an de e lioml - i is opiaated u hi η they attacked a British naval unit escorting merchant \ e - -el " !. I (■ ι eea la Μ Κι d. y New Budget Bill Ignores Slot Machine Licensing Section, Invalidated Tax Daily Dispatch Bureau In I hi· Sir Waller Hotel. By LYNN NISBKT. K.ileigh, Jan 16 Desp ν t) r ciu-.iili- '11 several mpenoi court judges. thi! sentencing of a number ni the slut machine operator·» to pri on, ι lui perhaps the most vigorous editorial campaign ever waged against .111 industry, the new budget revenue bill tails to recommend any modification ol the slot machine sec tion ot the 1939 act Neither does the budget commis >ion take any cognizance ol the re cent decision of the United States : upreme court voiding the attempt to collect taxes from out of state dealers m merchandise who establish temporary show rooms m this state tor the display oi gocds and the tak illg III Oidr. '·. K<?\ eiuie ι'..ι ϋ.iniii'i' Λ .1 Max λ I'll yesterday afternoon recommend- ! ed tn the joint finance committor 1h.it ' e iTchand.e display section bo repealed. ;ind that the slot ma chine fi nui l)i' amended .mi a> to li ave nu doubt whatever ol the ef fects eue:■ ol' tin FI nnagan Art ol 1937 and the Illegality of the pin board type of slot machines. Keeeipts from out ol state mer-' eliants were small and a good part ol tin tax paid was paid under pru Usl and so nevei gut fully into the ■ tate entiers. But during the past year the state received aboul $17.3,1100 Irom license fees on tin" pin board type ol slot machines A source ol iCoatinued υπ Three) Fire Aboard Ship Forces its Sinking Cruiser Southampton, 9,100 Tons, Was One Of Three Warships Previously Reported Damaged; Other War News. ( Γ»ν ΊΊτ Λ- ι ιίΙ'Ή I ' · The Ρ. : : ι I . ilt ·. mi iiinçed ' I " 1 ! ' I ' : ' ι h mi ■ r Soi il hamp (•■n I: :fl he, ii link Λ (■' > 11 μ 11 u 11 κ I u > ■ lid tin· ftTl Ί'ι-Ιι ,n cruiser \v:i: link ! ··.■ Fir ! 1 i li force w.hen lii c made it necessary to aban don the hip Till· Si ill 111 1II ι f jf < >11 W'l liMI' 'li ti ll'P ï !rit ι. 11 ν , u i 11 ρ. J H» .":: - iy η ·| . a t * ·γ| <' Μι·' _;f-fl ! .·> Oiti 11 : ι ii and I ta h.in I· ■ r·· "M S ■. : ! v. January in. Tin· admiialty . t i ri the n ajonty ni * ' ; ι * ι·; <···· wa · ;.·' ed. Λ Μι ill ι 1 British aril:: il altv eu:: - ι ■ . il ! :< j i· announced 11 11 a Bnti h ■11 l.)iv a ri ne had sunk two Italian -up | 1 η. in the central Mediterrm ' ail. Meanwhile. British royai air I'o■··■> bomber.- pounded the Wijhelnishaven naval base overnight and siti:i.-h"d .1 the new German air ha ·· t C.'inia. Sicily springboard loi a nazi aerial offensive against the tish Mediterranean fleet. Even as reports were made on these assaults, fresh detail- emerged today ot the "seven hours of hell" lamed on the aircraft carrier 11111 - - trions by German dive bomber-· .f 1 I'ar.v 10 The carrier was attacked η the .-ame engagement in which the S. uthampton was sunk. Hitler's high command acknowl edged 2>l killed and 35 wounded in the royal air force's nightlong assault on Wilhelmshaven. which the I ïr i t i h described as "the heaviest and most .■ ucces-fni" in a series of 40 attacks mi the port. An As-ociated Près- correspondent ..hoard the Illustrious reported 40 to 50 nazi planes dropped 100.00(1 pounds of high explosives and "many torpedoes" whose concussion, he . ι d shook the 23.000-ton ship "as a cat shakes a rat". The Italian high command decla I that the British night raider, intl:·' ed only "minor damage" at Catani i, w ith several killed and "a lev wounded. Still another success in the coii certefl axis aenal drive igam.-t Br ι ! 1 Mediterranean sea powei was re ι' ■1 111 by a Koine new-paper which Oei ί ι' ι (I t hat the British a:rcrat1 cai r.t . ί ι nl«.· v, as hit ι ecent ly h y an ' '■ 'ill inued on Page Kight. ) REPRIEVES EXPECTED FOR. FOUR CONVICTS ι : . :. d ' 10 CAP) c;.·· ,··· not ftvoughton .-aid today he would prol'. lily ai n? n n· i-m ■ to four men ont· ι * ι e. i . iii,· .lanuarv li ). The ' m · iudi Shepi o..e Holland ο I Duplin <-· .unty. convicted of mur ri r ι ROAD PROJECT BIDS OPENING JANUARY 30 K:il< igh J m lfc ι Λ Ρ Γη. · State Highway and Publie Works Çnmniis ί ion announced t · >cl ; ι .ν il would open bid I κ τι .Ianii.ii·> 3() on nine rond ι ' '. ι * · ■. Τ, e-! ιΐπ] t < γ- ; 1 SHtiii.OOn The projects include: Johnston ι Uint\ . grading. lli'lacing and :-triic "lui· ·Ίΐ l! I.'i rules ot road between Ι'.ΊΜ' ι >.ικ- and route 50: Wake and . I. d 11 1. >i ι counties. grading. mhI.iciiik . nd .-11 net · η ι·- on ;:i 78 n'aies of route ■>0 betv. een the junction , 1 route .'ill ■ nd -1 (ι and Garner. Re-Districting Up To State, Solons Say Washington, .Tan. 16,— (AP)—The two North Carolina representatives v. hose districts lace dismeinberment to make room lor a 12th House mem I er to which the state is entitled by ihe 1940 census have expressed be lief that the matter was one lor the State legislature to decide. Both Representative A. L. Bulwin kle ni the 10th and Representative Zebu Ion Weaver of the 11th express id regret, however, over the possi bility ι it losing any of their present counties as they would under pro posed re-districting legislation before ti'.e State assembly. "This is a matter strictly lor the (Continued or. Page Eight.;
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