Newspapers / Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, … / March 28, 1941, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
ïtettîtersott Satlxi Htspafrh i^VT V Γν ΛΤΤ V Mniirtm» r.n.> τ,. TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR wihb service of ΠΧΙΛ DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIN! the Assoc, atki·. press HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28, 1941 PUI" · îWn,?a7bkn,'on FIVE CENTS COPY jonn tiu11 signs Some Leases for Uncle Sam This picture. made in London and I Lulled by cabie (right) signing the papers which give the United State Hemisphere. Watching with interest John G. Win.ι to New York, shows Prime Minister W.n-tun Churchill !I9 ycai leasts on British propcrtie .11 the Western nt, Γ. S. ambassador to the Court ot St. James's. BethlehemStrikeEnds Compromise Is Reached Workers to Return "As Fast As They Can Get Back" to Plant Hold ing Billion Dollars In Defense Contracts. Liethk'Mi m, l'a.. Marcu -ί! - i.\i'.> J"im iij : ι-, io.MM.iftt SWOC du eel· <1°, aMiounet cl early t<·ιί.■> a ".·■.'tllen.t. tit" lutel ι>t en rtvened in the loar-day id CIO Su el Workers Orguiu/.ing com :: Ittee strike at till' .. ι ! 11 parent i ..Hit 1 tin' Bclnlehoni Sir.'! (. all p.illY I'hl· COliC'Cl'll hold. ! ..Ill tll.il! a uiliinii dollars 111 defease contract.-. The settlement v. a.s announced at â.Jtl a. m. (e. s. t.) Going into a cuiiU renée at 1 a. ... the ι 111 ) ι. 111 and till. Ill I'M rial.- aU agreed t ι remain until a ο .mpromi. ι was effected between a five-point Ι'Π-κπιι: siiomitted ·ν tilt· swot lai ι' 1111111 ■;· pr pi'sai· offered hy t .· «■ ■ puny. t l.'itit ...al tue trn.t . u ι ild η turn t" v. nrk as last .i> tlu y ran n· : back' alter tin· .-ettlement is ap proved by the local union meinbei .ship. K.'.le nci these ρ· i.'. v.i :'r agret^ to: J \ 11 . Inker t ne n ttu nod to tin-.i j 1111 > witllo ' d . ci m illation wiiatsiιιλ er. - 1'he company I" c ntmuc I■ > h'-et and deal wit repi c ental'. e> "1 il - employees m collective bar gaining •i All .dealings t lie u 11 lion t di elimination. The ennipany to eon tinue to deal with I e Steel Work Pi's Organizing Con ittee as a col lcetive bargaining agency tor its members and to accord it equal pn\ ilegc.-, and ..pportimit:i including a mutually acceptable manner ol handling grievances. ■I· Further action u lii reterence to the selection of an exi · ivc* bar gaining agency to await imal di position of the case pending in court. Unionists Walk Out •Johnstown, Pa.. March Jii —(ΛΡ) ■Morris Itlal linger, an oiiicial of 'he Steel Workers Organ: ng Com mittee, reported today SWOC union ls's had started a walkout at the giant Cambria works ol the Bethle hem Steel Company here in protest ngauist a scheduled election b'y the •SWOC's rival, the employees repré sentât ion plan. Mallinger said men had started leaving their posts at live -ections ol the works, but that he did not yet know the number involved. He pre dicted, however, "several hundred "Perhaps, several thousand" would the u all; ut dunn£ the da>. Nazis Await Definite Statement î'oi lin, March ;>8.—(ΛΡι — German.* waited impatienlb to da> for u definite answer from Kinu Peter's new military go\ - ernment in Yugoslavia as to w l.etlier it is repudiating its mem heiship in the three-power |>aet. Berlin apparently was press iiiK urgently for a elean eut de eision on foreign policy, hut (ierman diplomatic reports from Kelsracle did not hring a clear picture, it was said. ii was understood the new ^ UKoslav premier sought to let the as is pact hang in the air— i.'nratilied l>\ parliament hut at the same time not specifically repudiated. There was no authorized com ment on what would happen if \ U-:osla\ ia decided to let the pact thus dangle uncertainly. Shoe Prices To Be Stable W Jtf.n, Marc.. JÛ --lAP) — Hii i ι·". K;li It, coi!iUim:i ; t prosont.ι · ti\ · · <· defen.se conn <»s on. .said tori. .· ' ' -hoe manutact urers, sum moned ι · tu discuss the price sit uation. ,i.·: n'd that tin· present out look iv ici not more than moderate mei eases." Mis. Elliott salri the consensus ot the c ' iilcrence vva.s that prices would η t ari\.imv beyond mci eases in cost, that IticH'iit supplies o| hide were a\ a ilable f«>r both military and civil ian rci| moments and that military : ι ouirrûH'nts would have little dis turbing I'lfort on civilian markets. "lieeent advances in shoe prices have re ultod in large part from what must be regarded as unwar ranted appreiietision over the sup ply situation," she aid m a state ment. No Danger From Storm gh. March 28.—(AP)—Η Ε. ;e. Kalcigh weather man. said today there was \ irtually no chance !<lCt;iV Till'If W il> y II nii,..t, tiial s'.'irm centered 100 miles oast ot C aP" flatteras would hit Not'tn Carol r.. Fresh ·.· stmng winds, diminish ing in vi·' ι ty are forecast for the coast in tin \ n iiiity of Hatteras, he said. The storm ma·.» h.i\e been the cause for heavy rains over much of the coast ol North Carolina during the night, lie added The storm is moving steadily in ·ι northerly direction It was off the Georgia coast yesterday morning, off the South Car lina coast last nigiit and off North Carolina UiJs mot nuie. Two Strike Settlements Bethlehem Workers Return to Jobs; Mid land Strike Ends; Other Strikes Feared. ( |{\ The Associated Press) CIO strikt ν at the huge pi «ut ol tin· Bethlehi in Steel Company at Iiethlehcm. 1 unanimously voted! at 111 >i >ii ti.di.y ti· end a lour day 1 strike and ti.e I.'mted Automobile I \V rker.· announced an informal I'Sro-rnu; to end an lii-d i.v stoppage | at the Midland Steel Products Cor p ration .it Detroit At Milwaukee. the ike-closed Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Com- ; pany plant re-opened".in response to a ed<·. ■ i! j;i'\ er! 'nent request. Offi cial· -a d 1 ,!)(i2 v.1 ·ι·!.»·! - of the ι 'ι ι1 . il ihiit .-ι C.omi reported. Ou lin uthei .-ιde "i the strike' I (Continued on Page Seven) FOUR SHIPS SUNK OR BADLY DAMAGED BY NAZI BOMBERS l'r-hu. Mari1: :!8. · (AP)—Four j •I ίι ■ havi bee: nk or damaged b\ C< m b " . ■ today, ΠΝΒ, the oil:* ,11 new - taucy. reported. Γί',ο.ν were hud thus. I West ol the I!· . des, « ΙΓι,ϋΟΟ toll ship sunk b\ U reel bomb hit on j the pol l side. I In the Mil.-·. Uannel, a 1,001) | 11»ιι ι eerehanli a- link. ( )tΓ the soute ·■ t Kngli li coast, two .ships totaling 3,000 tons damag ed evcrcly. I Explosion Aboard Ship Unexplained Captain of Tanker Sunk off North Caro lina Coast Tells Board of Inquiry He Cannot Give Cause for Blast Monday Might. New York. Man·!! :'K (Λ Ρ) Captain John S:· η master of the 16-ton tanker Cities Service· Den ' it, s ; ι ici today he could not explain the explosion 11, ·l blasted his ship 80 mile·; oil Cap' I<ookout last Sun (lay with ;i loss ·.· :>') live . Testifying bel. ■ ·ι Γ. S Bureau oi Inspection and Navigation board oi inquiry, he : ni the vessel wa. tarrying 11)4,500 barrels οΓ east Texas crude oil from Port Arthur when the blast occurred in Ihe for ward part of the ship, buckling the decks and shooting a r.ia-s of flames over the vessel. "1 was silting in my cabin, under the pilot house, reading, when 1 heard something that sounded like an explosion," he testified. "The light and port glasses in my quar ters were broken. 1 stepped out on deck but could not see anything. 1 then went on the bridge and found the glass in the pilot house was broken." Saxon said the third mate, then on duty, sounded a general alarm when flames shot toward the bridge, and that he telephoned the engineer to turn on steam lo light the fire, oniy to find that the explo .ion had broken the fire lines Λ radio alarm was sent on an emergency -et -the main one was destroyed and the crew fought the lire for Ma minutes before abandon ing ship, he said. Seventeen men got away in one lileboat .aid live in another, he said. Nineteen others apparently were trapped in their bunks. Another died on land from injuries. In answer to a question he -.-πα that -elation.·, between e.a . and (rev. were "good" and th, ι lie had p.rve: noticed any "un-American ac t : it if-** among the mcp. Farm Bill Is Approved \\ .ι-hinglon, March 28 (API A tfe·.r<l breaking farm hill. · nrymg •ι··· than $ I.,1411.im'i,000, won speedy approval today from the Senate ap , o,>riation.-, committee. \ceenting scores ol mere.·; ,e . pie viou.-ly approved hv a sub commit tor. including $4.">n,000.000 for parity payments lo l.nmer eompiyaig w;iii administration program.·-. the full committee recommended pa ,age ι a part of the effort by a powerful group of senator.· demanding t ! ι a tanners share more largely in Hie prosperity promised by tin· defen .e i.rogram. Majority Leader liarkley -a; I tin· Senate would act oil the farm lull Monday. It then nri-t g<> hack tu the House, which voted ^ΗίΙΟ,ΟΟΟ,ΟΟιι lur agricultural arte ities. RAF Raids Nazi Cities Overnight Raids Ex tend From Rhineland To "Invasion Ports;" London Has Alarm London. M.uch 28.— (Λ1Ί Th. royal air force pounded tile German :ndu.-'irial centers of Cologne and IJtte.sseldorl with "many heavy bombs" m overnight raids ο·;;ι·ικ1ίη^ Irom tiie Hhineland to the "nivasio.· i;oi !-' 111 Dunkerquc. Β re ι an C'alai- on the nazi-held French coa the air ministry announced t(nlay In t}·<· war at sea. the admi::.!'· announced that the submarine l\.s tiiian had t· rpedoed a β,ΟΟΟ-toi; piy or ti■■>•1,1 ship and a 10.Hoe · t ι ·π Italian-escorted · - MV . · .'I, ,,| Italy Geimnti dnylighi raiders touched ι ·: I an a ! · ι ii in I.· >ndi >n t his nmnriv. tin· ! : : 1 in· ! hnight ol Mnrel ι 1 hot ii η plain headed I ir the cap - ι .; tin 11.■ 1 11 1 ' appareil!ly with· · fii ■ ipi ■. 11 ij any I · a lis Τ!»·* ν wen · :'· port <■! lull·.· 111'e n't IV ι ly I · · Engl and di ο :ng ! lie nigi ι TI a In Λ I ι ulil · in!!. a c >·"" municjue iifl, ft>J lutyed up dayiigi ' brmb ·Ι 'ha··· · ι · ■ all its · Gcrpisn ηav.Ί .iD.i upply -hips from llio I : 1 · a ι I · > · ' ■ > tile eoa ,f Γ I ; " ■ · ■ ι ";;ood it U11 I)· ; a '.· , I. ■ · ·· Iifl Ii are. pill II ..I the ι - mil W.'IV «le I la red to ■ . ■ I aal lieu I ;,·· a! <. "· · i ■ ι »· ■ ι ί ■ 1 ι· ·Ίθ·.!, ι a Γ 11. ι ■ a 11· 1 ' ·ι aiiiiin^ I ai ί "l ie . I'd : , Ir· .1 .· ι Tva. especially large l ire·, were ob -.el · ed a ι < · ' ·. ιu·. :. ·' i 11 ning pi lot - 1 ela I· 'd. a 'id Ί Hue eldorl 11 a - h · ■ I nun bar -1 η I ·· : ; : \v ere declared "clearly visible m ihe (factory area lo t he I t · KI.'Mi· aid la I t'11 ■ ι. am railro, Ί -t. !ion." 50 CIVILIANS DIE FOR EACH SOLDIER KILLED BY BOMBS London. March l!f! (ΛΡ)- About 50 civilian- have been killed lor eaea militai y fatality in Cicrman air raid on Britan · n· the war' st.a I. ' was disclosed today in an official statement which placed the civ iha;· dead at and the seriously wounded at 4(1,1 «>0 The exact military total was nui given. WIATHtR FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday: slightly colder tonight. Extended weather forecast for period from March 18 to \pril ί; Fair weather except showers near end of period: temperatures slightl.v below normal first of period, rising to normal Sunda> and Monday, cooler end of pc- > tiod. Un Y ugoslavian bpot King Peter II Seventeen-ycar-old Kin? Peter II was left in control of "the Yugo slavian government when the cab inet resigned en ma??e as a result of tierce rioting in Belgrade in pro test- against adherence to the Axis. Prince Paul, re:.· ι · · pending Peter's asi'i'ii- ·, tn tin Γ: ι one on his ISth birthday next Si |>ieniber, also quit his post. Frenchmen Demonstrate Marseille, i tin ι Watch *'.N ι \Ι*ι shmiliiiu imu live \ tKosl.lv la, an estimated Itl.tHMI inhabitants i>l tin-. < m m t rem It itlilttCH's [imit'il spontaneously into tlli· 1 I h 1 i!r l i Κ urse »·· (lay, where the late luui \lc\ antler ol \ u^n-l.i\la was jv>a>it natetl m 1981. The uiiM lietltil d demnnstra t i 111:. which : 11 · w in volume fwrj hour. rame .titer word vas whis pered through tin· ι it*· that a new anli axis Vu«osla\ govrrn meiit had been formed. I trl\ this morning the people licgan to drop houuuets at the scene ol \le\anders assassina tion and at the monument of the father ol > ugosla\ ia's young king. I'eter II. As the heaps ol flowers mount ed "i00 police were called out to halt the procedure and crowds began to scatter. I'lte crowds sane the Marseil laise and applauded each time someone evaded the police and succeeded in adding to the floral offerings. 8,000 CASUALTIES IN RAID ON BREMEN London. March 28.—(ΛΡ)—'The an· ministty news service declared tonight tii.it m the recent series nf royal an force raids on Bremen 1. 000 persons were killed and another 7.000 injured. Bremen is a great seaport, m north west Germany, en the V.'esei river. Troops Rush To Battle Positions Events Move Swiftly In Balkans; Axis Al liance Termed "Con trary to Wiî! of the Yugoslav People;" Prince Paul Flees. (By Tt e Λ- '.(· ated !>,.·. . I Willi ;i pledge <jl full United Stales Ί. Kiit I V'e II ·. i 111 a ι ν u gime Vi ι - reported to I . ι \ « · infon "f! ( ί ( ΠΊ : : π ι y t'ld·· y tl .1 Villi·.-; Γ ia'- I.·: I erence t.. t :n !!■ · : e-L ; :η-Ί'· ' y . liiance v. .«> Ί.·Γι[ΐηί .l> 1<·" and ru ! - cd l.liOO.uhO troops t. battle po lions. Events ι:-.·· ed -w;ftly. Turkey r portedly proposed a mutual assist iinrr ). Ί with Yiigos!n\ ia tl r" Tuii;Nh minister conferred \ th Vi.«·>·:;.% . ι'.- new premier li. Budapest. the thief nl the lluii ; g ·: ·π general ^tali and army head, (■ι ηίι ι red with the nazi-dominaten lh.nganan government hi "cur; "lit j problems". Informed quarters said if was "not a war coulieil". howevei German sources in Belgrade s.n'1 j most nt the 3,000 na/i eeonomir e\ jiert.-. new.-paper m-n and trad.· de | legate- in Yugoslavia were racing fin the frontier or [jacking lor a quit Q \ i t. High Balkan diploi-tit- (i i.olei. s; d the cabinet decided in an all night session to return Yfig· >.-la - .a to "full and absolute neutrality" be cause cooperation with the axis pov. - j ers wa> "contrary t. the will ol the Yugoslav ρ··· ι · As forecast by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London yestci - day, this was reported to be Y.igo >la\ ia's blunt answer t.. an "urgent request"—a virtual ultimatum— by nazi Germany demanding an ex planation of the coup which o r - ' threw Regent Prince Paul's pro-axis government. Sv. tl'tly toll..wing t!i develop men* tl·· t'. S gove· 11 .· : .en; deliver ed a η ' to 17-vear-old King Peter' new g \ crnn.ent pron.i. ng ! .11 aid. Ge · ,aiy -ent an olficial protest I. Vug" .,· ι pi arently based, I .-we·, ei. on the alleged beating of i C'ontn ied η Page Seven ) Severe Storm Off Hatteras \V . .'il' \ I ' ι A turn vvl ··< **ii1 ···!·) «aid will hk< \ ι < ιw->. ·· Ί " I ■ < . · II..ltd .1. : ■ .ill il ' . ' The Inn. .ι I Si i-dili.il ., ; ι ll III.' ■ I'll ,1 <>i ( 11 >» · II.lit.·,,. . moving ι ;i ι < ι « U ν oast ,,i 1 lie., ι ·.'. .h (Ι Λ : " ! ι !. h 111 y ill . :·. , ill iiiti'h ·> . "I'h ■ t.i.m \\ III , 1.1 ·■■■». ι ■ t ν ι Ι V ■ · I'll ,, Mil it will In- . I ti" ni. 11 .y ! : ι ,ιΐί; I ! 11 ItTlU K·' If ■ , , I · I III!, 'ill ! .,1)1.· : I I ■., .IS |1 ΓΙ1ΙΙ tmui s tu πι..ν ι· e.i>t ni)rlltoaslwai'(l. Caution advised vessels within tlu; storm aiea." Author Faces Deportation Washington. March (AIM ! i;,' ,Jii>t:cc department s;mi today Richard .luliu- Herman Kri'bs. who wrote thr best seller "Out of thu Night" under the name η I .Ian Val Τιιι. had been arrested m New York tu l'ace depnrtatii.il proceedings. Κ robs was arrested in the im migration · .ffices in New York and being held at Ellis Island undci S.i.ooo bail. Ki-ebs .- a German cilj/.en who de :■ cri bed hi> experiences as a com munist agitator both in German;, and among sailors in this country, in his lengthy autobiographical work, which became a best seller. Only last Wednesday night Kreb: . introduced on the radio from "an unnamed spot in America", told of Ms experiences at the hands of the German gestapo and said "there i> hardly anyone in Germany now whu does not have some horrible memory." Yugoslavs Reject Treaty Wiih Axis Head New Yugoslav Government Ornerai Richard Dusàn Simovich (left ·. chief of the Yugi-1 . air lores was named Premier, and Momell Νittéicι(right). chosen as foreign minister ι fo lie wing the coup d'etat which overthrew the government oi the regency i in Yugoslavia. Simovich and Nineic, both friends of the Allied powers. : fought adherence to thr lim r Iierlin-Tokyi Babson Discusses Production, Employment, Social Problems I5.\ KOGKK U. B.\i5SO\ C'upyright 19-ti, I1 ill ι·ι·ι· r'mancial DtU'eaJ, Inc. liabson Park. Fu . March 2B.--To day I am leav ing Florida and du not expect to be back again until next January. As 1 am cleaning up my desk, I Imd three clippings which 1 have been sav ing to comment upon. Let mc do so now. Florida Growers Sad. A short time ago the following editorial appeared in a prominent Florida paper: "There will not be much com fort for Florida growers in the Department of Agriculture's re cent estimate of the nation's citrus crop. The federal crop reporting board estimates an all-time rec ord orange crop of 81.000.00(1 boxes this season; grapefruit pro duction is pu' at 40.000,000 boxes, a total mere ise of about 10 per cent o.ti last reason- Florida orange production, including tan gerine-. put al 2U.000,000 boxe»·. That's about the same as i last year. The estimate on grape fruit ι- .· Florida headacne. Fed era! experts forecast the Florida 1 production at 21,000,000 boxe-, compared with a 1939-1940 crip of 19110,000 boxes." In reply a reader sends the paper 1 a quotal.on from Robert Inger.-oll; '•There i< something wrong with a government when those who prod ce all have nothing, while tllo-e who produce nothing have it all." As 1 have watched the growers of oranges and grapefruit sweat in their groves to pay interest and taxes and get almost nothing therefrom, i cannot help but be sympathetic with the farmers What is wrong? It is not the law of supply and demand, it must be something else. Let us look at the record. Whether the fruit growers get auy (C'-ntinued on Fags Three.)
Henderson Daily Dispatch (Henderson, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 28, 1941, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75