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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR ^κμκελ"3ογΓλετ^Γ,^3ογ HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 11, 1941 plIIiUstS;^^^1^EttNOON FIVE CENTS COPY
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AxisPropagandaAttacks U.S.
Axis Hints
Counter Act
By Japanese
Matsuoka Prepare» to
Leave Far East For
Talks With Hitler and
Mussolini; Britain Ad
mits Heavy Shipping
Losses.
(Γν The Associât·*'! Press)
I ' < 11 · : ' t; : ι η c! ; ι gun< of Mir· Rome
i'.i '■ ι Tokyo alliance boomed in
(•■■nci'i : against the United States to
day s Japan's Foreign Minister
Mai i>k;i prepared to leave the Far
h i t ! r imnortant t;«1 ks with Adolf
Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Κ M-ist sources in Home hinted at
:im upending .Japanese move under
the triple alliance in reaction to the
I ' μ ι * cf I Slate-' British aid bill.
An Italian newspaper declared
I >1111 ! 11 ν that Matsuoka's trip was
··!!·.· ••■i'"diate answer to Washing
! ;>' il l catening move."
\i Berlin, informed nazis said
Mat .'.'ikit's visit was one of a series
ι if ' aiinter actions to the United
S'ates" aid to Britain bill.
In the Balkan crisis. Vug slavia's
regent Prince Paul summoned the
r; vn council to meet tomorrow to
decide whether Yugoslavia would join
lia* i\i>— under a reported demand
by Hitler that she sign as a full
Hedged member.
In tiie war at sea. the London ad
i: i. ·111ν acknowledged the heaviest
lull of shipping since last October,
ν Mi the loss of "20 British allied and
neutral vessels h taling 118.0.18 tons
ι· ·!■(■ week ended March 2.
"Tl-e spring blitz which Hitler
prui:.ised has begun." a British
;! l."-man said.
After long delay. Thailand and
French Indo-China signed a Japan
e-e-arranged "peace protocol" end
ing their frontier conflict and giv
ing Thai'-ind an estimated 25.000
: r,. p.jtov of France's Far East
c"i ·■ ia 1 territory.
The agreement marked Japan's
fii>t successful mediation in lier self
proclaimed role of leader of a sphere
fPontinurH Pnnr>
ITALIAN PRISONERS
TO RAISE FOOD FOR
BRITAIN THIS YEAR
( Ίι··.-4(·γ. Knt*., March It.— (AP)—
Britain intends to put Italian war
prisoners to work raising her crops,
Tli'.iuas Williams, parliamentary sec
îet.iry to the ministry of agricul
ture, disclosed here today.
Williams told farmers that the gov
<■ muent promises to put between 2.
11111 and 3.000 Italian war prisoners
"π I arm work in Britain as soon as
.•■Inns are available to bring them.
The present shipping situation, he
: aid. is "infinitely more desperate
'han twelve months ago and infinite
ly worse than it was from 1914 to
1U1K."
Hull Appeals
To Franco
U. S. Intervention on
Behalf of Spanish Re
publicans Revealed in
Letters.
Washington, March 11.—(ΛΡ) —
The United States has intervened
with the Spanish and Vichy govern -
'uents, it was learned authoritatively
today, on behalf of thousands of
Spanish republicans who are prison
ers in Spain or political refugees in
unoccupied France.
Appeals from Secretary of State
Hull to Spanish Generalissimo
Francisco Franco, it was learned,
sought clemency for the political
prisoners on ' humanitarian" grounds
after receipt of reports of wholesale
executions and crowded prisons in
the wake of Spain's bitter civil war.
The friendly request to Franco
was disclosed by individual letters
from the State department to in
dividual American citizens interest
ed in the fate of Spaniards who
fought vainly to save the Spanish
(Contnued on Page Seven.)
Bullitt Sees U. S. Like France
C. P. l'hitiir/ilioto
William 0. Rullitt (left), former U. S. ambassador to France, talk*
with Représentât]ve Hatton W. Sumncrs of Texas, chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, before testifying about tin- defense pro
gram. Bullitt warned that there is a "striking parallel" between
current conditions in the United States and those in France before
her collapse.
Britain Has Sailors
To Man U. S, Fleet
Plane Crash
Injures Six
Cincinnati, March 11. (AP)—Six!
ol eleven persons aboard an Ameri-1
can Airliner were injured, the pilot
and a passenger perhaps seriously, ί
when the twin-motored craft land- :
ed amid hard rain on the city's air-1
port last night, slipped from a con
crete runway into deep mud and
rammed a bordering river-dike.
Captain Lester Bryant. 33, Chi
cago, Army trained "million miler"
with 15 years of flying behind him,
and Wesley McCIeaster of Indiana
polis suffered possible skull frac
tures, cuts and severe bruises.
City Mourns
Dead Firemen
Brockton, Mass., March ll.-(AP)j
—Shocked at the death ol a dozen |
firemen, in the collapse ol a flaming
theatre's snow-burdened roui, resi-j
dents > f this shoe manufacturing city ;
took today to provide for the twelve ;
widows and 2(i fatherless children. |
A special committee appointed
last night by the city council began
drawing up a schedule of annuities
for the women and additional annual
sums f. r their minor children.
Representatives of welfare and
service organizations responded to a
call by Mayor Rowe for a citizens
meeting today to raise a private fund t
for the bereaved families.
While flags throughout the city
were lowered to half staff for a
thirty-day period of mourning, hopes
rose that 28 firemen injured in the
tragedy would recover.
No Reason Given For
Statement of High
British Naval Source
That Britain Has Suf
ficient Personnel To
Man Fleet.
London, March 11.—(AIM—Λ high
British naval ι nice said today that
Britain has enough trained person
nel to man 1..0 whole American
London. .March 11.— (ΛΓ) —
The battle of the Atlantic is on,
Britons proclaimed today, and
officials optimistically ^taki'd the
future of the kingdom and em
pire oil 1'nitcil States aid at hand
or available.
Without clarifvii!!* his intent, a
hiirh Hritisli naval official said
that Britain had enoujth trained
personnel to man the whole
Amènent li.it if it were turned
over to her for the conflict lie
t\ve( ii British shippim; and a vis
raiders—aerial, surface and un
dersea.
Britain, he declared, wants all
the ships l'rom Aim i an she can
fiet.
Air ,Mini-.(er Air Archibald
Sinclair told the house ·:>! coin
rnons thai Vncrican waiplancs
"will Rot here in time" for the
developing battle of seaways.
Sinclair said the na/i pro
paganda I..I'.!· !··ι· was HiiiK j
"his dupes" thai \incncan help
for Britain would arriv · too
late.
"But I t.'ll the house that
splendid aim tit—the choicest
fruits of American design and
craftsmanship—w ill eel here in
time," Sir Archibald said.
licet if it were turn· d over to
Britain for the battle "I thi Atlantic,
which he said I; is now begun.
(The reason f ι lb.- -tatena nt was
iContimi"ii on Pa^e Seven 1
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Hfttîtergatt Qailij Dispatrij
New Strikes
Hamper
Defense
Bua Strike in New
York City Creates
Transportation Prob
lems for Thousands ;
Other Strikes Directly
Affect Defense.
(By The Associated J'rcss)
Strikes bearing (iinctly or in-;
■Ί" «ι tho ·■ ■ ι imment
drive continued today to dot the in
ti,striai map.
The one which directly affected
the most men une. .. · .· :ί was tr.fc
bus strike in New York city. It
•«.in Hundreds 01 lao.i.-ands 01 city
dwellers walking ;·ι their business
ir seekit^j tran: po: t. t.on I',y subway
ir taxicab.
The C'H ) Transport W rkers Union
- asking wage inereas .··, longer paid
St. Louis, March 11.— (ΛΙ') —
Construction «1 a Sli.000,000
small arms ammunition plant
was hampered today by a strike
of 120 American Federation of
Labor building workers, stopping
the work of a small number of
carpenters, electricians and steam
shovel operators.
R. G. Stowell, superintendent
of construction, said the strike
resulted from the contractor's
inability to furnish permanent
job passes to the union business
agent and several of his assist- j
ants.
vacations and ;( uniform eight-hour
:lay for all employees.
A group of American Federation !
of Labor metal workers struck yes
terday at the Ingalls shipbuilding
yard at Pascagoula, Miss., where
cargo vessels are being' built. The j
company contended the strike was
jurisdictional: the union said it was
called because of impr per recogni- ί
(Continued on Page Seven)
EXPLOSION ROCKS
ISTANBUL HOTEL
Istanbul. March II.— (ΛΡ)—Λ
heavy explosion rocked the Pera
Palace hotel tonight a few min
utes after (ieorire VV. Rendel,
former British minister to Bul
garia, and his legation staff had
taken up headquarters there.
Screams of the wounded and
civiiis could be heard from the
street immediately after the
blast as police and firemen
fought t'icir way into the hotel.
23 Saved
From British
Freighter
IM, i ladflphui. March II. (Ai*)
T\\ enty-thi co young suivivor.·» ol a
torpedoed British freighter an.xioti:
jy awaited further sailing order.-. ! >
day because "we're lighting a war.
you know."
The 211 who range in age from Π
to 2.), were landed here yesterday
by another British fieighter whici:
picked them out of the Atlantic
ocean miles off the coast ol Ire
land al ter tin ir ship, the Mrrslcw,
was sunk by a torpedo about Feb
luary 2'Λ.
They brought the fir t word that
the vessel had been sunk. Of the 3'i
rllicers and crew members, 13 an:
unaccounted lor. including the cap
tain.
The young seamen, fitted out witii
(Continued on Page Seven)
VIA i I ILK
FOI! NORTH CAROLINA
Fair tonight and Wednesday,
slightly colder in extreme «est
portion and considerably (Mild
er in east and central portions
tonight.
Extended weather forecast for
the period from 7:30 p. m. March
11 to 7:30 p. m. March 15—
Weather fair except moderate
showers middle of period: tem
peratures below normal except
rising to normal middle of
period over southern part oi'
di»tiii t.
Roosevelt To Ask Congress
For Seven Billion Dollars
As Starting Appropriation
Ν. Υ. Bus Strike Hits Million
: .vWOWHHW
Nearly a million New York bus riders were forced to use cabs or walk
to Ket to work as the Transport Workers Union called out 3,500 em
ployes on strike, demanding a 25 per cent pay increase. Here is one of
the picket lines established all over the city. They are patrolling the
garage in which 2G0 buses were immobilized.
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Nazi News Agency
Under Indictment
Referendum
Raleigh, March 11.— ( Λ1') —
The House finance committee
this afternoon rejected the
Gowan li(|Uor referendum bill
b.v a :41 to 10 vote.
Three members immediately
filed a minority favorable re
port. hut it will take a favorable
vote by two-thirds of the House
membership to get the favorable
report before the representatives
lor debate and action.
Representatives E. <}uinn of
1 >:iMcKinle.v Edwards of
Suuin and Ο. I.. Moore of Scot
land signed the minority report.
The House propositions and
srirvances committee of which
(Jtiian is e'lairman reported the
hdl favorably last week, but
•s-vtker Λΐ:;ί1 sent it to the fin
ance group because if the state
voted for a return to, prohibition
•i u.ial·! have removed nc.trl\
PVKHUiOO from the estimated
bieniiial i;i \ / ceipts.
It. . ,v:-sterda\ proposed ail
amendment postponing the ef
I'.'ctive date of closing of stores
il the si ile voted dry until July
I. lill.'l, luit the committee re
jected that i>.\ voting by secret
ballot to report the bill unfavor
ably.
Federal
Regulation
Proposed
Washington. March 11. (ΛΓ) —
Chartering nf national corporations
by the federal government was rec
i mmended to the monopoly commit
tee today by it.- chairman. Senator
CVMahoney. Democrat. Wyoming.
O'Mahoney rev iewed the commit
t'-e's two years and nine months of
inquiry into economic .ills and de
clared democracy was endangered by
tailure of the people to understand
and correct "the causes of economic
'('stability." He concluded his 6,000
\vord statement by proposing:
"1. National charters for national
corporations in order these agencies
ii ay have a definite and a free place
m our economy and local business
may be differentiated and protected
1'iom national business.
"2. The effective and thorough en
(Continued on Page Seven.·
Federal Grand Jury
Issues Charges
Against German News
Agency in Washing
ton and Against Man
ager and Employee.
Washington, March 11.—(AP)—A
Federal grand jury today indictee
Transocean, a German news agency
ils manager, Manfred Éfepp, a tit
Guenther Tonn, an employee, l'oi
violation of the foreign agents reg
ι s try law.
•lust ice department officials saic
that both Zapp and Tonn, who an
Germ.,η citizens, had been arrestee
on commissioner's warrants in New
Yi irk.
The three indictments charged:.
That ΊΊ ansoef an. a German cor
pmali n, had e tablished a branel
.igfiicy in the United Slates in Octob
er, 1 ϋ-ίίί, tu further the interests ο
the German government and tin
na/i party, but had failed to registri
with tlie State department a. ai
i.U'Ot ot a tnreign principal.
(Transocean ha.- no eonncclior
h i:h any American new -, μίλ ice. )
Ί I.at Zapp as managrt of Trans
ocean's offices and I' . πι·.-.-, lien
had "aided and abetted * ' . agency -
alleged violation, and ·. -elf hac
violated the law.' by i.nlhm tn reg
ister immediately a . η agent anc
by omKting m:-iri i.il η I rmatior
both in his ori·.: 1 .·! re.;' ί ration ir
January, 1 !):;S). and π a supplement
filed last September.
That Tumi heean ■ . publicity agen
Inr Tran.-iie:·, i: in liiliK to act ir
"furthering 11■ m'aTo.-t and idealo
gies" of the is,. ; ρ irty by dis.-emi
nation political propaganda and liac
failed to register.
Murder Case
Solution Near
Κ ansa.- City. March II.—(AP) —
Police Chief L·. B. Reed said toda;
that the butcher slaying of Lelii
1 Adelc Welsh, 24. was nearing a so
lution.
, "After two o'clock this morning"
' he said, "the police department re
ί eeived some definite and positiv
information that seems very eneour
aging in this case. Of the maze ο
clues and tips given us so far thi
seems to be the best yet"
Keed said special investigator
were working on the slaying f th
girl, who was hammered and slashei
to death in her bed during the darl
iiouit of Sunua> morning.
Representative Wood
rum Says Appropria
tion Measure Will Be
Introduced in House
Tomorrow and May
Go to Floor Monday.
Washington. Mare! II i.\P) -
Congress conipi<·' <i ■.'■':*·ι 1url.iv on
the historic I i ! i Τ ι - ! ι id hill, j 11 t ι il < · >
President lî'uncwil -et '".t'ii billion
dollar.· .1 i ι ■ : mu appr»>|>1 ' " " ! ■
This round {i κ 11 : ■· ·, ν,· li j < · ! ι would lie
the 1 ; I ! ■ L ' · -1 , .1 il'·',';" )| ,1 I 1)11 , I 1 , ill
ever renne ted m America': lustoiy,
'•vas announced i >_v Congressional
!i ifl< : \\ lin nie* with the President
m anticipation of his signing the aid
legislation lui· today m tonight.
The roll call vote which sent it
to the White House was announct d
Washington. March II.—(,\I*>
—President Roosevelt sinned the
British aid bill toda\ amid rapid
lire preparations to translate it
into a 87.000.000.000 program of
action.
as Ml" to 71 on Huu <· acceptant'1 Γ
Senate amendmen' ·.
Mr. Roosevelt i.- expected to ie
quest 1he S7,00(1,(100,000 formally ir
ii special message to Congress to
morrow.
Members of the congressional d< .·■■
gation at the White House said the
money would permit purchase of "all
ai tides authorized in the British aid
I '.j,II " They were not specific.
House acceptance of an even dozen
Semite amendments was the fin d
legislative act on the precedent
I shattering measure. It wa : sped i >
ι the White House a lino.· t two month
to the day after its introduction .Jan
| uury 10.
j As soon as the President signs it.
lie will have the unprecedented au
thority t<# manufacture or otherwi e
procure any defense article and turn
it over to the government of any
; country whose defense he "deem
vital to the defense of the United
ι States."
The Chiel Executive, moving
rapidly ahead with plans to put the
! British aid program into lull and i ι :. —
j mediate operation began a confet
ence with the ranking officials of the
War and Navy departments imme
mediate operation, began a confei
I lrom Captiul Hill of the huge ap
propriation he planned.
With the executive branch of the
government emphasizing speed. Re
presentative Woodrum, Democrat,
Virginia, indicated an attempt would
be made tn match it in congress, lie
said a bill would be introduced to
morrow. that committee hearings
would begin i'hursday and he hoped
to have the bill itself belore the
• House Monday.
s i i;IK ι t m i.i l»
Oakland. Cal., March 11.—
( \ I* ι—The Fisher Body plant
and the Chevrolet unit here, em
pIo.\ing l.tiOO men, closed today
after a labor controvers.v deve
loped.
Both an operated hi (ieneral
Motors. The trouhle originated
at the hod\ plant, employing
ahout 000 men. The Chevrolet
plant was forced to shut down
because of the lack ol bodies.
School Bill
Is Amended
House Changes Pro
posed Constitutional
Amendment, Giving
Governor Veto.
j Raleigh, March 11.—(ΛΙ>)—Thu
i house amended and passed a bill
today to .submit a constitutional
amendment to the voters which
I would vest entire control of the pub
- lie school system in a new state
■ board ni' education.
ι The amendment, adopted 50 to 44,
- ! provided that the governor should
approve the comptroller named by
. the education board to handle school
-1 finances. It replaced a provision
*1 giv ing the superintendent of public
- ! instruction veto power over the nam
f ing of the comptroller.
; The measure went back to the sen
ate for concurrence.
The governor would appoint a
? board member from each congres
1 sional district and, in addition, the
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