ïtenîtersmt îB atUi Dispatch
Ï^FvTY-KIOHTH YEAR '"«ε ^SPARER ''îM-ISHED IN THIS SE'TION OF NORTH CAROLIN A AND VIRGINIA
_ HENDERSON, N. C.. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, E'EHRL'aTîY 7^ TÔTÎ ~ FIVE CENTS ,'(7Tv
As Willkie Toured London
Tnese p;ctu'os ot Wendell L. VVillkie, snapped as he toured war-torn
London, preceded him home despite his hurried return to plead before
Co ι : u m - the need for speedy aid to Britain. Top, he quail's beer in a
pub and samples the opinions of the men there. Lower, the former (iOI'
presidential candidate, wearinjr his helmet, exchanges a few word; with
one of London's "shelter knitters."
Wage-Hcur Group
Makes Two Reports
Majority Report Sign
ed by Taylor, Dobson
and Horton; Minority
Report Submitted by
Waynick and Shuford.
Halo Kch 7 (ΛΡ) Unable Id
«!>-· hat kind ι'!' v.ago ;in«J hour
•κ. ' hould ho en;u'ted in
■N'ortl· ( ι a commission ap
ρ· τ ι « < I i\ tii 1 »:iu legislature to
i'tudv ' ι· ι ..ι ihlr:v, made two reports
'' (i· Broiighton 1od.iv.
T! · ty !·<·ι »■ rt recommended
that ι ■ ■ ι Ί . ή s It>ulu In· ι emove.l
iron: ' ■ ί , Una's present hours
ti ' no wage legislation bo
«nacted I' ν as signed by Η. ·Γ\ Tay
V. id>'.-horo, Koprosentathο
Henry ! h ι a Surry and Senator
Huch II rt ι ί ι o| Martin.
Tin1 ι·, ι y ropi ni, signed t>\
Ciipii^ Ά' ·ΐ!ΐ·:'. oi High Point alio
Lab·.· ι ι , lin·,· Mid Commissi!>n
Ch.-i, t I·'· h i iv-1 Shuford. rocom
nietiiVil !!'-honr exempt iotlless
; ι 11 and women and a l!.>
ι !n in ι· minimum wage.
'Πιο }ι mi mtra-state hour·, law
provides :i hour week lor women
' llfi < > ur week for η ien. 'l'Ile
:'rt· ·■··.·. ι ι 11 honeycombed
" (·ΐι..ιι· 111 it. Shuford said.
>' · ·< ity .·! ν · jri ■ i's m intrastate
industry wore not affected bv it.
House Work
Shows Signs
Of Jamming
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
B.v llt .KV AVl.KII.l
t Kîtli-ifih, Κι b. 7. The Hoiim calen
r"'r slinv.s unmistakabli> signs "1
Jamming, ir something isn't done
"bout .-[joeding things up.
Λ hall hearted stab was made at
11 when the convening hour this
"turning wa.· 11 o'clock in-teaclof tl.e
'Ustiiinaiy noon: but the reluctance
with which members strike a faster
&;>it \va> well exemplified yesterday
when Mecklenburger Jim Vogler
Proposed that instead of adjourning
until today, the House recess until
ο clock for a night session.
The retirement bill had taken up
justly more time than the opposition
0 it justified and it was then short
'y aftei 2 o'clock. The Vogler sub
stitute lor a motion to adjourn was
'tceived with such obvious frigidity
na' its author withdrew it --much
"'the apparent relief of ali concern
ed.
The local calendar has been kept
Pretty wt-n clear— that's the daily or
fler of business before the public
ν 'tont.nued on I'age Seven)
C0KB1TT COMPANY
ASKS CERTIFICATE -
UNDER TAX LAWS
Washington, Feb. 7.— (AP) —
Tin· War department announced
today the Corbitt Company of
Henderson. V. had applied for
a eertilieate which would permit
it to take advantage of provisions
of the internal revenue act of
1940 and amortize over a period
of fi\e yea/·· for income tax pur
poses plant construction or ex
pansion connected with national
defense.
Rail Strike
Is Possible
Barring Last Minute
Settlement, Strike Bal
lots Will Be Mailed
February 15.
< Bv The Associated l'icfcs)
The possibility tli;it alunit 750.000
el,is·, uni railniiid ι iriplovees. mem
■ I· ni 1-1 railroad brotherhoods,
11t -hike 11 » r pauf \ ar.liions cent
• ι · Ί l ib r's attention today.
( ieoree M. I Inrri.M'n. ,-pokesman
loi- the Π union··, announced in
Washington yesterday that barring
,i last minute settlement strike bal
lot would be mailed to the member
-hip February 15.
Thirty days would be allowed for
tlu voting, however, and that, coup
led with the till day "cooling off"
period provided under the railroad
mediation act. would prevent an
r|ir'I walkout until late spring pro
. led a ti ke was called. Meanwhile,
ill· ; ι would be made to mediate
tin di -p'ite.
Meanwhile, strikes continued ru
(Contnued on Page Seven.)
FOUR WHITE MEN
PAY WITH LIVES
Columbia. S. C . Feb. 7.—-(AP) —
Three convicted rapists and a murd
erer were executed in the electric
chair at the state penitentiary today.
t The first died at ti:33 a. m. and the
last one at 7 a. m.
Two of the men. Hugh Evans. 22,
and Willis Evans. 20. were brothers.
They and Hampton Lee, 22, were
convicted of criminally assaulting a
Richland county woman. The fourth
white man was J. C. Hann. 27. who
slashed the throat of Miss Huby Bol
ing at a cotton null at Eadey.
Begasi Is
Captured
House Passes Retirement Bill
105-0 Vote
Cast; Biii
To Senate
Members Objecting to
Certain Parts of Bill
Serve Notice They
Will Introduce Supple
mental Measure Soon.
n.ili-k'h. IVh. 7 -fAI'J The ! I < ι υ1 ■
pa. eel ; 111 f ι -«'ni to thi' Senate today
the state r.itirenient program i)ill to
give pen-'.ι·' tu 23,noo public school
".tacher- . lui thousands ni other Stale
employee- at the age ol fin years.
The vote was 105 t■ ι it atle, mem
bers objecting t·> certain par'·· in" the
bill had ervcd notice :he\ would
soon introduce a -upplemental bill.
( )rd"fcd r ti."ied int■ > law was a
joint resolution providing a one-day
legislative session in l'a-quotank
county about Febpiary 20.
.Senators ordered ratified into
law a bill to permit divorced women
t·· a.-sume either their maiden names
or the surname- of lorn r hu.banns
.. ho died.
Both di\ is ion . got bills to extend
the score of the employmi nt com
pen.ation law to include firms with
live or more employees and increase
benefit payment·.. Tile present law
covers firms with eight or more em
ployees.
'the Hou. e sent to the Senate the
Gobble bill to eliminate the require
ment that ρ. ι .-on - taking oaths must
I :%ifS the Bioie.
ι Represent.iti\ v. et a- .i special or
der for Wednesday the bill to reap
11 .rtion lio ι· inn, 11 j » · ι - - h i ρ 1 >y mak
ing changes m leu counties, winch
.nclurie provision for lour represen
tatives each lor Mecklenburg an
Guilford counties.
A favorable committee report
again was given a bill to give bus
. companies rights of eminent domain
1 in acquiring site.·· lor union stations
Both branches got bills to permit
organization of county housing au
thority's to build low cost rural hous
ing projects to eliminate rural slum
areas and to permit construction of
low cos', housing projects for na
j tional de fense workers and soldiers.
! Λ companion bill given the House
i would protect bonds issued for hous
ing projects. Johnson of Sampson
I ι utility introduced the housing bills
j in the House.
ι The House pas.ed and ordered
ratified into law the Stacy bill to re
quire judge.- to charge jtr^ef fiat
second degree verdicts may be re
turned in case- m which first degré.'
burglary is charged.
Representative Wallace of John
ston sent in a bill to raise the com
pulsory school attendance age limit
trom 14 to 1(1 years of age.
Represent itive Johnson and 1'iti
mnn of Robes·,η offered bills in the
House to provide county electrical
.nspectors in Robeson.
STUDENTS IN ROME
CAUSE NO TROUBLE
Rome. Fob. 7. (At') Picket.·* of
1 Γ·χ)|j.s in groups tit Ιί.Ί stationed in
side streets around the United States
embassy and con-uiate lodav as a
precaution against .1 student demon
stration were reduced to .small pa
trois at noon wln'n no di.slurbance
developed.
I The students marched to Premier
1 Mussolini's offices earlier today, a.s
fl.ey did yesterday, lo demonstrate
their patriotism in the lace of report
ed British attempts to reflect upon
I the Italian war morale.
In yesterday's demonstration tlicy
! marched toward the United States
embassy but turned oil before reach
! ins it
British Guns
Pound Calais
By DREW MIODLKTON.
With the British Home Forces in
the Field, Somewhere in England,
Feb. 7. (AP) British long range
puns are pounding Hie German-held
French port ol Calais from several
positions 111 the girdle of steel and
concrete that encompasses Britain.
For more than a month the mon
I stcr guns have talked across ttv
I channel, pausing tons of high ex
: plosives and steel into that "invasion
port" and suiviving counter fire b>
nazi batteries 111 that vicinity.
I Everywhere I went in a two-da.v
I tour of the area, the soldiery iron
t
(Contnued on Page Seven,;
Army Investigators
Probe Plane Crash
RADFORD MURDER
CASE GIVEN JURY
l.ouishurg. Kch. 7.— ( Λ I* )—Λ
I'nmklin county jury tins after
noon ri criv cd tin· case of Sam T.
Κ ad In id. :>5. who is charged with
murder in the death of fiis wile
last July 21.
The final State witness. Dnlan
Kadford. testified that Radford
told him a few days before the
shootimet ol Mrs. Kadford that lie
planned to do some shooting.
Tile «jtate contended Mrs. Kad
ford left her hushand about two
weeks before she was shot Iron·
ambush and that he planned her
«.laying.
Peace Pariey
is Opened
Tokyo, I··..I,. ■( ( ΛI ' ) .1 ,ij in ι ..II
noutie || [''mi (Siamese) ,ιηι! 1'Ycri'i
peace r.iiili inn delegates In li e
I'isidinr III Foreign Minister ΛΪ.ΙΪ
j stioka today fur tin· opening round
'ni .-.esMoiix t· -eck a settlement of
1 boundary < 11 -1.1111 which resulted ,η
tour m mill ··! undeclared war I»·
' tween lh: ! 11 κ I and French Indo
! China.
; Mat.-ui·· .ijiiiiiil tlie peaci c· .1. -
: lereiice ν th peech tressai;; .1.
: pan's (let. Μ.ιΐι >n to maintain
i curils nul i ht/" in east .Via.
Mat ι declared that .Japan
; "con id.-ied it would be undesirable
' in the inK rest ol all east Asia" il the
ι Continued on Pace Seven)
Crew of Eight Cremat
ed in Crash of New
Type Army Bomber
Against Mountain
Side in Nevada; Sabo
tage Rumors Discount
ed.
L'· - I .<·!·.. Kr· 1Ύh 7 - ι API
While ι cm-dun of ('('(' camp en
rnllr· Mod «UO I'd, Λ Πίι.ν investi
Γ'.Ίοη early today sought to deter
mine why a new type b>mher crash
ed ou h mountain ,-ido near h ore
v. -ι· : ,v. cren m t i n:S it"' crew of
< i « 111.
I? ' ι· l"Urlh .ι:: di-a-tei in
ti i· u ι■ 1 iiice I >i >·!·" ;11·ι·. involving
I'n · ted State ■ warp lane·-.
Γ'ι· plane, one ul Ihi Λι ny'·· new
• ι !· in motiireii bon ihei ·. carried
ι·<ι·ιipment for experiments in cold
ν ι .! ; ·. · flying and η ay have had in
s-tailed th(. air corps' iealuiislv guarct
t · t ec, et hi m l h - Igll t
Scene ■ I tile tragedy ν >·. a moun
: V h eh rose a ! ir ι ' pt 1> 1,000 feet
ι. the de - ci t t w el \ · -1 les south
1 of here.
!'· -11111 ity ..Γ ή ι. ilage was dis
.·· ·:ι >·. d t'V ('··'·>no! (·' < ' Nelson,
commanding officer of McClellan
Field at .Sacramento. C.il . -darting
.nt el the ill-fated flight.
A rumor that an attempt to sabo
tage planes at the field liad been dis
• ovenil aliout a week ago was neith
e: .'.ml irmed nor denied !■'»■ Colonel
\ · oil
'!'! ι ι >;ii motored bomber left Sac
eiit" Captain R. S. Free·
• r co··mandant ,.f I.add Field.
Ala.-I'.a. at the c ntrol~.
MOTHER AND THREE
DAUGHTERS BURNED
TO DEATH IN HOME
Norris City, 111, Feb. 7. (AP)—
1 A mother and three of her four
I daughters were burned to death to
' day in a lire which followed an ex
plosion of kerosene being used to
kindle a fire. The father saved the
ι lourtli daughter, but both inclined
minor bui ns.
The dead are Mrs. Ethel Bryant
and bet tluee daughters.
Attempt To Exclude Russia
From Aid Bill Is Rejected
House οι Kepresenta
tatives W rites Into
Measure a Second
Prohibition Against
Use at Conyoys; "No
More Concessions"
Policy.
W > ■ ! ι : l· ' ■ ,. !·'«·}). 7 ι At tor
ι ■ 1111 !4 !>:·> ! · e 1 ; ! ill !t ...(1 I,111 .1
'■(·:.I'd pr ; ; ! . 111 ι again. t 11.0 Of
<···η '.'.ν :· Hi ι.! ·..· 11 ! ιιΛ. η t<,-t iy tu
CM'l I irll ' Si I'. ,· I Kuv ..I il om ( 1.11(1
tl'K'S ! ι II Il'll (ll ■! ι II '' ! ' ... tl 'I'lill:.
ι : ight I.. ι .· ι .duei (-1.
! ;·.· : ι ; r \■ · ,f Γμ 1 ' ! 11 t hi·
I ii .· ι.-." j ι; . ι hi ·ι·ί: · il' I·*.
£Ϊt-j>i '· ι · ' ■' ι\ ι· Tmkhan . liepubli
can, M - :.rl 11 is('11-. makm I.' -1 ; <
the in:... spécifié excepta ο among
nut i ii "v hoso dpi en.· ι '1 .·■ Pre. ι
dent deem; vital t" the del"n-e o!
the I ivtid ftliito.>" anu ι. ι : : con
cciv;i!)iy could lu pi ovided ir η ill
tary equipment 'nun th.- L'uited
Slali .·
rinkli'it ; 11 u ' · · i :.·· ' S- : ι m
hand; , . I ::nytiiing. an· n ·: ι idy
than II.: lei ai: 1 t.iat 111 .*·.Uîiti*y
sll'iiild du liothmg which r :4: . , :aCt
wapi us m tin· hand·. "! liu--ia
Representative Luther .lonn-on,
I λ inner,it. Texas. - pp is.eg th"
SH.il lidiiK lit, dcel I"'d thai I would
be "merely a gratuitous slap at a
countrj which is not a part" the
H. nie-Bcrhn axis. Representative
iUeC'oi mack, Democrat. Massichu·
setts, the majority leader, joined m
tliat viev. point, contending tnat ils
adoption 'might drive Ho-.a lorth
ι r and closer into the hands o' 11.t
1er.
The Π use accepted a ;. reign a!
lairs committee amendment design
ed to clarity the effect ot the bill on
the use of American vessels for con
voy purposes. Nothing in the meas
ure. it said, should be construid as
permitting entry of American ships
nto combat areas in violation e! the
UK-itl neutrality law.
A ρ hey of "no more ciuvss! ns"
ii the a;d to Britain bill iva.· ..«:····■ t
nil by tin- House Democialie It ader
ship shortly before the fight e\er
amendments was resumed o»> the
I!..use floor.
NEGRO FACES TRIAL
ON MURDER CHARGE
W incisor, V ( .. Feb. Ί.—
(\l!>—(iriirsc Prole. Windsor
Nc^rn who lias hron hidden
aw;n Irom possible violence in
tin· cell ol some undisclosed jail,
will fare a charge of murder
next week in superior eourt here
because an aired clerk. Ed Cira\.
whom he allegedl\ brutally as
saultrd in a rohber\ attempt last
I'rida*. died this morning.
(ira> was 7X \ears old and is
survived l>\ his wife.
RESERVE OFFICER.
\\ ι ί 1 .· 11 uI·" 1. Fell. 7. ( ΛΙ' 1 Tl ·
W.-»:· department /ninunrcd today
; 11 ; 11 i Mr .1 Gulden Ο π !ι .π ■ '
Au. ■■! .1 Λ. (Λ, had accepted . 11 j j >· ■ : r 1 : —
.1 eut .i> on nid lieutenant m : : · 'Μ
Ι icei · Ιίι serve t " 1 >r 11.
Ënsigns
Graduated
Annapolis Naval
Academy Holds Early
Graduation to Supply
Officers For Navy.
Annapolis. Feb. 7.—(AP)—Sccre
tary Kiiiix pictured lor tile gradual
ing class at the I'nited States Naval
Academy today "a slavi world sub
.ieet to the imperial will ol ruthless
dictator.·" it control ol the high sea;
should pass to "those who support
the totalitarian theory 1 govern
nient."
The Navy department duel con
gratulali d tile young eti-ign- t.pon
having the pri\ ilege of entering their
professional life at a time of grave
situations. Recalling that a much
smaller class had been commission
ed 80 years ago just prior to the Civil
war. Knox said:
"You are entering upon the stage
I your prolessional lil'e under the
shadow of another irreconcilable
(Contnued on Page Seven.)
Italian Base
in Libya Ιε
Surrendered
Citadel Is Fifth Big
Fascist Base to Fall to
British Army of the
Nile Since December
9; News From Other
Fronts.
' !îv The Α >oe,ated ? ■■ t■ ι
Striking in n blinding awl ■.··>! ι·>,
!'·■ .<·.·»· (i> ι·! t tl..· ; ■ 11. ι - ■ ! ι,''.,
• -d the It ■ I ; 111 !. ilTgln Ή 1Ί ! it nu ■
ip (•■'•■ti'i η Libya. Bril uh «<·:.··! .!
ι Ι,'ι ι II·)' alltloU tlff'll 1 ' >ci ;.·. Ί I i
«ft the Γι» .r' i fine of com nu in iea-»
(ion. ιίΗΙι ί| Hic city.
Tin· citadel. about '.',ϊιΐι m ι l'
Un Egyptian fronti»·! and !'· !,v 1 : ι . {
! it; îronghnld mi eastern i.ih',1 -ιι -
I · lirlf 1 C(| y(■ 1('i'(i;iv
Bnt; Il gCWTal 11» ·: «cl<| 11 ; ι Π ι ι l
'm Italia».· were "(lo.nm · < i ι .··-ri > I
• ' ; ι f -1 . ι : n iivered" in 11 -. ι lut··i ir -
I triumph of ;i v.estward ν nop
tint has carried the imper ai ., · y
nl the Ν ill·· acros- 400 ·· :!«·· >>t d> .· t
η HI days.
Bi ll isii Kent · :,| !i"adqtia: '· ι
ι·'ported more than 3..VI0 Ιΐ:»ίι.··ι ι ■
ι lier hav ■ ÎH-en taken inn ·■;,·
Briti-h invaded the Red st-a ■ ■
■ ■ I F.titrea in east Africa "ami
ι ι·-r» are coming in."
The late ol 2Γ>,0(|0 last· !
garrisoned at Bengasi wa · ,' , -
mediately disclosed. Dispaiei.i
Cairo, however, said Ital-an ι <■<··■
throughout the who!'· .if e ■
Li'oya were capitulating or lie it·.
I η London, British milita: > qua
ti-r.-i said Marshal Gra/.iani'.· · -■ · -
tain ο north Africa now wa ·, .ail
that Premier Mussolini l-ngat b·
lorced to risk the Italian fleet in π
attempt to move reinforcement-· ami
supplies across the Mediterraw au t ι
Libya.
These quarters alio pointed out
that capture of Bengasi give tin
British a short distance base "imni
which we can hammer German oc
cupied bases in Sicily."
It was the fifth major Italian
stronghold taken by the British -aire
General Sir Archibald P. W.e .-il
launched a counter offensive las·.
December 9. following in tin wai-. ■ ,f
Sidi Barrani and the Libyan forti ied
towns ol Bardiii. Tobrul;, and 1
On the western European lion·,
the British reported anothei sai.. a
ing overnight assault on five (.ι -,
man-heki "invasion ports" ;n winch
many bomb bursts were ι it> . ·ι \ - f
and large fires started". Dock·. ; .
ν· ays. warehouses, shipping Hid lia.
go.- which might be used as ι
iliannel transports were among tin
t.a gets attacked. London reported a
lull ι si night attacks by the iia/i ai.
torce.
In tjje Greek-Italian war, dis
p. tehes Iron the central Albanian
II ont -aid the Greeks advanced thro
ugh ! 11 -.ν rainstorms to sei/.e ιΐ'Λ1
I " | 'Π- north ot the Trebe ,na
mountaai range.
Front I ne ιepti ·- -aid the Ip, -
an - t.il '■ d ., Wi'II 'I'ganizi'd all .el·,
in tin Tepelen sector, only to flee
η disorder the Greek-., wailing
ti 1111 li til· I - - ' ■ ■·.· ι ι · ■ .1 cli ι -ι■ ι ang
'•pi lied ip ν ·'·: ■ a ( Ί11 111- gun and
. ιitl grt nadi
Production
Of Planes
To Be Speeded
Washington. Fob. 7.—;A1')—Si < -
it't.i.y Stimson intormed tile -mate
loreign relations c< mn.ittee today
tli.it tin.· Wat' department expttited
'accelerated deliveries" to tin- Army
a:r corps ul thi.· la to I type ut oun
bat piano "within lour to six
months."
Chairman George. Democrat. Geor
gia. plat-i d 111 the fommittee record
a letter from the Secretary ol Wai,
containing this assertion, alter Majoi
Λ1 Williams, former Navy speed Hier,
had testified that he believed there
was "not a single-seater, nterccptor
fighting plane in the Un.ted State.·,
today thiif is modern in any sense of
the word either in armor, tire power
( or performance."
In his letter Stimson said that the
American defensive program had
.lot been impaired by delivery oi
planes to Britain and other countries.
On the contrary, he contended,
American airplane production capa
city has expanded approximately
100 percent since the latter part ol
1939.
Without the "head start" given by
foreign orders placed before appro
priations for Army and Navy planes
oecaine available, he said, '"we would
(.Continued on Page Seveu)
First Lady Talks to Strikers
Mrs. Franklin ϋ. Roosevelt addresses workers who have been on strike
against the Leviton electrical firm of Brooklyn, Ν. Y., since last August,
seeking better working conditions and wages. Mrs. Kooscvelt, speaking
in New National Hall, Brooklyn, praised the workers for "working
tugether for the good of the group" and declared, "I'm afraid I agree
with you." (Central Press)
ίϋααΐίνυι
I OU NORTH CAROLINA.
I;iiin near coast and drizzle or
liKiit showers in interior, pos
sibly (Ίιαηκίηκ to lislit snow in
mountains. colder tonight; Sat
urda> partl> cloudy and colder.
Extended weather forecast
from 7:30 l>. in. Feb. 7 to 7:30
p. in. Feb. 12—Moderate rains
about Mondav and Tuesday,
otherwise fair: temperatures
much below normal Saturday,
rising slowly Sunday and Mtn
day.