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ïîenîterson Balk} Stspafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SE TU)Ν OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ^ ■^KVTY-EKÏHTH YEAR τ"ίί κ ahsÎ"'pressof HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY IS, 1941 FIVE CENTS COPY Axis Heads Μαγ VL At JL * aL· at m. mm Meet Sunday Glass Favors U. S. War Declaration Says Stand Is Personal Question of Declara tion oi War Against Germany Should be Decided by Experts of State. War and Navy Departments. \\ .l.iii. 1<>. (AIM Sen ·.. (, I V:;.«Vi at, Vι rginia, .-aid I vv.is his personal view ϋ ! I nited States should dc ·η Germany ikiw, but, ho ;,ddr·! question was une which .·:· u ι ■ determined primarily by 111 . · ι κ in tin· State. War and χ ι ·. ι ίι ι ■ ι ; Li ι lents. ] ι .' > t.ιr old Vil ginian, who has π.'.ι 1 1 : ι>' administration mea> ui·· γι ι supported President h'. loreign policy, was select en i·:· t!.« Democratic steering com ι ! · 11 ! ι ■ · \ : day lor membership on Irn · ;'i relations' committee ν ■ i'li " ill handle the administra t Ίι ·ι '•i-lîrilaiu legislation in the Si'li.i'.e Ιι .ι ntorview he declared that la- v. .i.t to declare war on Cicr •ice "so far as 1 am per .'· I Iieerncd." ' Dut I don't know whether that : · : ι ategicallv advisablo." he <··!·■* ·: .·-ιi "I! is a matter primarily im' !;.·· experts ol the State depart : >··;: and the Army and Navy." '!'! · V rgaiia senator previously • · ι " - ed the view that this na ' .. lie ju„Ul.:_d in sending it.> .·. ar /.ιmes. I le alsi ι has - ■ ι .ι the United States justi ...ii «ut e-cort convoys ol supply .-hip.· In Croat Britain. Mi. :. · laie. Senator Nye. Hcpubli ( r, X .;th Dakota, reiterated his e ■.·· ;.' ii that 30 senators would '■■te for a declaration ol war if ' 1 ι ■ lient asked it. I'· ' · declared, the country's • . , growing against war. This • ■ "i . will bring about a change I -lonal sentiment, he do I load. Epidemic Reaches Peak In Some Areas ■'U .1.111. 18.— (Λ11) —Scores « .ιΐκΐ communities in North ■ ι night the raging flu epi 1 ' · 1 ι lay by closing school» and t.-; ■ ' ! ht precaut ions as the out 1 ι ' <1 Id be reaching a peak ■ ι· relions. ■Ν' ι' iil'itte, Dr G. Κ. I?ea. city ΊΊ ΐ('ΐ'|·, estimat"d that ten ι ·!' Charlotte's inn,(ion popu ' ''■ ·· vi , down with the infection ' <1 I 1 ··r) that the number of cases -ut be even higher. '"! ίΙ·. both in Charlotte and Μι. I· ni, n(i county were closed un ' 1 ' m iary 27 and many churches (l' '-id· d not to hold serv ice. tonior ΙΊ tw. \l"> nigh .school were -till closed 1 '■ 'cnsboro and Guilford county, henlth authorities expres » d the "l>min.n that the epidemic in that »'.i definitely past the peak. W Ih the epidemic apparently "I'.eving worse at Gastonia. Dr. D N. I'ati rk. citv physician, announced ':ιίΙ tii' aires would close beginnine I"'l.'i\ and that uptown churches had i''!rerd lo cancel all services tomor Γ"'··ν. Die schools there will remain closed. isehnol- in Lumberton were closed '"'hi January 27 after 30 percent '■! the pupils were reported absent. Mooresvillo and Kannapolis schools w'ere among the latest to be closed, ■dung with several county schools in Rowan county. Cotton Closes 2 To 4 Lower New York, Jan. 18.—(AP) -Cotton 'utures opened 1 higher to 1 lower Prices at the finish were 2 to 4 0" ills lower, middling spot 10.59 off Congressmen Clash at Lend-Lease Hearing Words fly thick and fast as Representatives Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Hamilton Fish, of New York, stage a verbal battle at hearing on the President's lend-lease hill. Secre tary of War Stimson had just left the witness stand when Bloom accused Fish, ranking Republican on the committee, of overstepping his authority in inviting Willki", Kennedy and other dignitaries to testify, and scored him for referring to the bill as the "President's dictator bill." Left to right, standing: Representa tives Bloom, Fish, und George E. Tinkliam (bearded) of Massachusetts, the isolationist. Gayda Blasts At U. S. Farm Income Is Greater Cash Receipts For First Ten Months of 1940 Exceed That of Same 1939 Period. Πι 11 ν Disimiili T.iireau. II... Wir· !··.· „„ flltll'l r.v I.YW MSBKT. Raleigh, .Km 18.— C';ish iiirom" Ironi tin· -ale 11Γ principal farm pro duel- η North Caiolina 1er tlio first ten months ni 1 ί»4<ι was i) percent great·'·' than !·>. the corresponding . period in !03!(, according to R. P. Handy, junior agricultural statisti cian in the department of Agricul ture. Income from government pay ment- vv ι- lii! percent less, leaving a ni t total incrca-e for tno .lanuary ( Vtober per■ id of ."i 1 percent. Actual income figure- w · > esti mated at SI T)8.7.'i 1 not) and $145. 0128.000. > χ < · 111. i e ' 11 g λ ernmcn! pavmenl The mcrea.-.· wa- caused mainly hv the ι , ich larger cotton crop oirl by hi'lter price- lor many commociit e Tobacco. however, show ,i lo « ι ι · ne ,i 7 m ι j lion dol lars. ('.lb:' ' ne 1: 1 III |he .»!«· of I i ve st. .el, ,1 l· \ ■ !■·(·. p' ■ id ι ids for the first ten ii nth- oj 11»4«> v. a- 1 .'Î per cent alio· e th«· Ι···. ·Ί "f the same months m I!IMi). ( > I I : ie ti it, 11 I .'it*: 11 tlicome lor I hcsii months 7 1 percent wa.- from the - a 1 ο of crop , lit percent was from live sttK'k and 1 i vos tuck products. The other li P'Tcent wa·· made up of the varum.- benelil payment·· received from Ihe KederaI go\ ertimi'iit. fa It inc· >m< I rum the sale of ; 111 farm products in the I'mted States I rum .January through October i; estimated at $7,M 15, i 24,000. This is about 7 percent above the previous year lor the nation, a- compared with f>. 1 percent in this state, which would seem to indicate that states with more general diversification fared better than North Carolina, depending largely upon cotton and tobacco for cash farm income. Strike Settlement M;t\ Be Agreed On San P eg··. Cal., .Tail. 18.—(AP) — New hopi fiat a strike at the Ryail Aeronautical Company plant hero may be averted rose with word to day that company and CIO United 'Automobile Worker.- union negotia tor.- would meet again today, ι Shortly alter ari.-ing from another deadlocked se-'sion last night, the negotiator- announced through Har iry Malcolm. Federal conciliator, 'heir agreement to meet again to seek a solution of the wage dispute. With the strike deadline set for next Tuesday by union vote, Mal colm said he had a plan to prevent the walkout which would effect l,t>0<) j workmen and the plant's $11.400,000 , ,'o' crnnicnt plan! h Jci Party Dress * Carolyn Lee Film starlet Carolyn I' fl, in Now York in tin* pa! ' ·· o'r«'<s she bought especially I»» v.«<»r at the President 's 15.ill «>· ·':i iry iitïtU ill W aslii 11 « »; t mi. Ί r· ! ι \ little lady fawns i >1 a « * ' 1 > and e>'e lt' L c 111 i ' ι . i ,. French Halted Buen<Aire . .I.in I ( Λ1 ' ι The il,I!)!) ton French ih filter iVlendoza, which hit: been trying In get through tht· Briti.--h blockadi I" France, was leliably reported today to Ιι;ια· been halted and probably seized by a Brit | ish warship oil the lower Brazilian coast. The report said the British .ship took action while the freighter was attempting to edge northward along lhe coastline. The Mendoza was reported to have left Porto Bello. Brazil, early today, .-ailing slowly through the dangerous Brazilian teiritorial waters, where it was presumed that under interna tional law she would be sate from search and .-eizure. UJ&alhsLn FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy and colder to niffhl, much colder in extreme west, preceded by snow flurries this afternoon or tonight in mountains. Sunday clearing and much coldei. Ship Says U. S. Seeks War Italian Editor Declares "Interventionists Headed by Roosevelt" Want War. i Rome, Jan. Ni. (/VP)—The a ι thoritati'. c la.-c ' editor Virgin.'· ■tïaycla accn ed American "interven ; 1 .on ist s headed by Roosevelt" t'iday I'll seeking t" ) ι ·"■ >\ < vke Germany and Italy into .- ■ ■ ■ action which would j ustil'y the Un ted States in going !.. I A'ar against !:;· axis. With an > ■< 1 rail in his Homo . newspapc· . v.la cited the United State.- S.'naît- · .al cornuιi 1 tee'.- re I>iut on the ·. a! construction bill i- aed la I M .y 1 ·"> as "belicing" the ai'SiioK-o! li it in axi- victerv over Urila ii 'Λ'..υ1.1 endanger America. ■'['h.· a \* 11" ".er arc following fil m I y ind 11. ι r μ 111 i 11 ν dev"l'.pni"iit ■ j π. the North \meri.enn wai' inovo iii.nl which can worry American i<··.1 !" ni..et than the war method," ( ) .yd.ι taled. Ιι··< . . eu : a m '. t. , Gayda u· eiar -d. ";.·. ·!.>. mg lln'iii... ive · into clun i. tine m lia \ ention \vi tli every • ..ii ill o|ien prie ocatinn with the ! ι·..· I vli ila ι " ·ι ι el in t Ί lia ! ι. mal I ι w. hoping 11 '.it the limit of 11 ic ·. ' p. .ν, ι . ' ι Ί·!, 111 ο 11 and v. a ι ι le • ι nrce; · : y ... 11 li lia ! ly he reach ed and 1 lia I . e '... 11 will cm .ι· I rm η them wh ieh .11 then hi· pa - -ed ■ ι Γ ι as a new aggressive move to which the Unilcd St.il'·-. would have t ι reply with lorce." Two Dead In Hotel Fire Spokanni U · 11.. Jim. II!. ( Λ Γ Fire in a -1<ι>-ν hotel lanl nigi.t look 1 W'l > l:\e-. injured al ]r;isl ten ι it her gue l- and put every available piece ni Ill·· ι !>'- lire equipment into the light against the wind-fan ned flames. Dead wei ι· ι man and a woman, neither ol w ·>·<: could be identified immediately because of burns. BIG U. S. BOMBER REPORTED LOST McChord I·'.eld. Wash., Jan. 18.— (AP)— Army planes in California and W a ;hingt>m searched along half the length ol the Pacific coast today for a twin-motored. bomber miss ing two days w ith seven men aboard. Army officers hoped for a break in the stormy weather that forced searching planes back to their bases ye.-terday. _ m i<MB School Bill es Vcgler Bill AddiJion of Extra Month to School Term Eâtimatcd to Cost About Same Amount As Would Be Lost bv Sale- Tax Exemptions Ν;ιΙ . î .· tfl ί Λ Ρ ) I - live oh ο ι ' » r today saw in tin· t'm stead-Pritchcl t nine· months school bill, introduced in the House ye.-ter day. the first real challenge to the Yogier bill removing all foods from th'· sales tax. Représentât:v <· Umstcad of Orange, co author of the school hill, said ad dition of the extra month to tin· pre sent eight monthe term would cost "about 81,50(1,000 a year." Revenue Commissioner A. J. Alax well previously had told the joint iminance committee that the loss of revenue resulting from the removal of ood items from the sales tax list i would "be about a million and a 'half a year—but improved business is expected to make up that loss through increased collections on oth er items." I ''We (backers of the nine months school term) just want to see wheth er the people of North Carolina had ; rather have η longer uniform school term or cut down their present sources of revenue," Um.-tead said. "1 don't understand how you can get everything you ask for and at the same time cut down revenue." Each house of the General As sembly passed one local bill at brief ••essions today and then recessed un til! il o'clock Monday night. London Aj^ain Has Daylight Bombing London. Jan. 18. (ΛΡ) —Five bombs fell in a London residential district this atternoon when German lumber h .· if it their first daylight raid on the capital in twelve days. Tl'i· I'.ndeis writ- met by the fire of ground natteras. Karlr-i . (lei an aircralt had been i n·.ri· >1 ovi ■ northwest England and cvera I town in I he indust rial mid I. aids. The port >1 Swansea in Smith Wale ben tin brunt of German a< iial att.u'l. η Iiriti.in la I night. inauguration Crowd Begins To Gather \\ . ι : 11 ugh in. .1 ι : ι 1 !! - ( ΛI' ) — Tin· iiu-tle Ί I'linimi! crowds over diad>wed sombci dclense prepara t h ni:- today m tin· nation'-- capital, t . -.1 ii'i I with h.mni'i -- and bunting I.h Ilit- precedent .-haltering third inauguration ut Franklin I). Knose . fit. Clan I'd by a forecast of lair— ill ■ gh cold-—weather lor Monday's ι r: rmiHiii's, weary officials announc ed th.it everything wa- complote lor welcoming a record throng of 250,000 or mort· visitors. By auto, plain· and train, sight seers were arriving hourly lor the |V-ii\■ :tii·.-, unique in American his tory because no president has held office fore than two ternis. At the White House the President kept appointments to a minimum in order to finish li i.- inaugural ad dre.-s He gave no hint of its length or contents. It will be delivered after he takes the oath Monday noon on a simple platform built over the Capitol steps where in 19399 he told a solemn gathering that he would seek broad emergency powers it necessary to fig'it the repression. Now the emphais is on grave for eign and military problems with Congress debating whether to giv.· Mr. Roosevelt new emergency au thority to rush help to embattled Britain. ■ ■ I Ready for Work I5S85K : ""· : :·>:·:·:·Κ43 Henry Λ. Wallace Vice President-elect Henry Airarrt Wallace is shown with the ga> els ne will wield as president of the Senate when tie takes oflice following Trép ident Roosevelt's history· making third-term inauguration. (Centrul I'rcss) Roosevelt's Health "Best In Many Years" Washington, Jan. l!i.—(ΛΙ'ι—The physical condition nl President ■ Roosevelt as he laces l'our more ι y ears in the White House was de scribed today as "the best in many years." Rear Admiral Ross T. Mclntire. the President's personal physician and the .Navy's surgeon gene.al, said light years as chief executive have done nothing to him but make him eight years older." "One ol the grand things about him." Mclntire said ill an interview, "is that he can relax. Of course, when things blew up in Europe arc1 his telephone was ringing at all Ik airs, ne une could relax. "But in the main he has tin· 'iialit\ , tu (jut his troubles aside when he .-liouldn'' rarry them with hin Ν \ZI .\C TI\ ITV. IVlg aiie. .lail. 18. —( Λ Ρ ) -Inten sive German air force preparation.· at hum··' than a dozen large landau fields in outhnrn Rumania led t · prcdicl:··π. today that the nazis iua\ be ar: ..ng ng hopping oil places loi ne . ' ' ο the Medlti r: aneail area. Reports Say Hitler Seeks Peace Move Hitler Believed Seek ing End to Greek-Ital ian War; British Civi lians Rounded Up In Occupied France; Other War News. < By Tl >· Λ ... ι.ίΙγΊ I'm ι I )i|j|i m ι ; it ir < 11 lartei a I Τί»· ι n, SvitzeHand. heard report;· today Hint lull < 11 f ■ conference of Adoil Hitler and ί ϊ< \ it·· Mussolini, with ti.eir pi laipal n: 11 ita i.v. diplomatic, ' nrl economic aide·. ·- set for Sun A r<·11.11 ι·· inl'orn;;<nt in Sofi;i. Bul !' ι. "Ί Germany wiis Irying I" I l ing abmit peace in the It.'il .in Greek war ;mo that the concentta " 11'H ut Gorman troops in .southern Rumania was part ol the "argument .imed ,it Greece. Λ fre.-h roundup of British c-i\il :.ii- in nazi-oceupied France, where ■ ililary and naval bases are the 1 i. -;ι" ι ! royal air force bombers, was d.sclnsed today as a factor in tlu· v. :ntrv cross-channel warfare. "Military necessity." Germans said, was the reason for the internment o: ÏÏ.000 British subjects, men, women and children, living in the French area—which might become either the jumping oil place for an attempted invasion of England or a foothold for a new British expeditionary force. German action to restrict espion age has been reported from other oc cupied areas facing England—Nor way. the Netherlands and Belgium. It was understood in Berlin thai the roundup was in part a reprisal for internment of Germans in Britain Bombe: - exchanged aerial'blows m the night despite bad weather. German fliers set fires in a tan! on docks and storehouses at Swan sea. South Wales port which is a copper and fuel center. The British government said casualties there were not large." British warplanes attacked the ports of Brest and Cherbourg and two airdromes in occupied France. Axis shipping was bombed and ma chine gunned oil the Dutch coast yesterday, the British air ministry .-aid. alio J"iir ship-, were hit. Greece announced tin· capture of 1 .olio Italians of the crack "Wolves Tuscany" di\ ision in Albania and the torpedoing of two Italian ships ,:i tin· Adriatic s< a. IV. e Minister Churchill declared in ..r unexpected speech last night ■ Gia.-gow that Britain did not re i '. ri' "large armies from oversea ■" lilil but did need "far more ship·., h i ι ,··■ aid supplies from An onca •ι ι ·■ Mild pay foi Constitutional Amendment To A it θ r Senate Districts May Be Offered Assembly 1 ' ills IHspalrli Hun tu. In the Su H liter Until. Bj IIKNRY WKKtLL Ι.' 11( tgh. -l ui I ! ! ,ip|,. . nu"· ' ' i. · 1 y * Il. 11 1111 ι ι > ! I In· ·· ι ·■-' ■< ι 11 ι. 11ll c II . ι ut ' . . I M ■· .1 11l .| H en I ! ι ( '"il 1 Ί ι ι ■ ■ il - < -1111. ell t I · re\ .imp ill·· }>r> ι ι.I y li n ι >' Si 11 . I m ι ' il ι 11 :ct n n· I'i'opo-al (Il sttel) .'III ill I ί « · ι ' < i m t · 111 will lie lia.-ed ι i|i lin· cm ili η I ;· Ή that I lie | n i ι ·ι il π n Ί1ιι ni ■ : d isl ι ιιΊ ι ; il; nliMiiulfly ι .in ni I . : .(ι > , ith tin .-pint, il nul 11κ· |ι·ι|ι·< ni the ι . >tι St itl It |l III .1 il III IU .· i ,,l!(l II.- pro ponents will insist that the intent the tegatvie law is lli.it thon· shall Ι)ι· lilty districts, with • •ne senatoi ι lected 11 · 1111 c. ici ; Their amendment will be drawn along thai line <>Γ thought. it ha- nut yet been dralted. and the wlrnle ι ..t ler ι.- 111 something ul tiie formative stage. Tho.-e behind the idea comi truni cnuiilie.- wiiich will lose seat.»1 i.nder the alnmst eeitain reapportion mont i« representation in the House. . The-e legi>lators are ut tiie opinion that the pre-ent method ul' Senate j districting i.» probably uneoiistit . tional. They point to tlti- clause in iupport "1 their contention "The Senate districts χ χ χ shall contain, a.- near as may lie. an equal number of inhabitants χ χ χ." They then point out that tl. re . n't even a pretense that the present "dis tricts" meet any such constitutional t*1 For instance the existing Seven teenth Senatorial district (Guilford , nd Rockingham) contains ~10.1.!2 inhabitants, according to the pre liminary census figures which do not vary essentially from the final of ucial revision. That's the largest AI tin· other end the Twenty ninth district (Allehany, Ashe and Wa tauga ι contains only 19^91. That . It.·· till- ί "I ΊΙ While it i- true that flic Seven t» < r it * i-l'-ct I ■■ ■ ι 11. · ' ■ · and the I . · ■ ! 11 \ III 111 I I III · ly I ■ ! 11 . Illl' I 11 · t 1 Ο ι h.it Un· κ*'"·' <li 1 ipancy m . i ' .π I » t λ ι ι 11 I il' - tun prove* ■ '. I 11 I ι Λ III 111' ι >1 I >' CI I'i. 11 MM .1 III ..' ii· doubt th i! then has been im ι ni wliit · ii · \ ii ti ι I oi low tlif <·.». t : ι it; (.·π Motional | m i\ isioii tli.it ti .· ιi..-11 n-t ~ ".-hall emit,un, as neat .ν In ,ιΐι ι quai m 11111 >«.'1 "I in ; . 11 > 11 ; 1111 K\ m mi tin- assumption that, the p. i|)ii I..t ma jit·ι -cnatnr and not the population per district should be the !»· t. then· Mill m ι :a ins an astound ng gap between the Seventeenth and I ho Twenty ninth. In the former thcri1 ι- niu· sonator tor every ldfi.tino ■ ι population, in the latter one tin thf loss than 50.110(1. The mlairiu'ss in the ca.-e ot thr.-c two districts is the rule rather than the exception with practically ail the otiiei districts ol the state; and it is t-■ remedy such glaring enormities that a new constitutional provision ι- being considered. I in- pioposal would bo Uriel and to tlu- point. It would provide that tin State be divided into "til'ty Sen < lorial districts, each electing one State Senator", with the usual pro thai those districts shall be as nearly equal m population as may be. Proponents ot the amendment, however, are likely to throw in one slip to the smaller Counties, by way ol getting it passed. There will be added, according to present plans, a provision that no county shall have more than one Senator—a provision which right now would be directly aimed at Guillord and Mecklenburg (Γ.-intinupd on Page Tvj)
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