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ïtenîtersmt ïBmhj Β tapai rl^ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Τ \\ LNTY-EIGHTH YEAR ' τ it κ M ssnr'Tr κ ij.hp rf.sh(. 'F HENDERSON, N. CM MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1!) Il pubijshkl. kv^hy ^a^i-kknuon FIVE CENTS COPY British Report ****» Balkan Victory Reaction Τ ο Russo-Jap Accord Differs In World's Capitals Neutrality Pact Signed Yesterday j In Washington, Two Schools of Thought Arc Expressed; Ber lin Says Effect on United States Will Be Pronounced. ■ λ . April 14. — (ΛΡ)—For * ■ : tunc .-me·· the Π Lshevie 11 ' η 21 ye.tr> ago, Soviet Rus- : Ί were bound together : »> ι : m .< neutrality pact regarded orvcrs here ;h tile most ini I nt diplomatie stroke since the lU rlin accord of 1939 which I ;i il the German march into I· i.i'iii. I ι·, i-tci Sinday accord, which each nation t remain neu iii the event lue other is made • ■ inject of hostilities on the part c or several third powers," was .mi prize of Japanese Foreign .Mu ter Yosuke Matsuoka's three- I . Kuropcan tour to Moscow, j Κ . 11 and Home. 1*-ii ka left for Tokyo only a 1 m alter signing th« pact. Stalm saw him off, the first St. lin ever has been known to 1 .· ' Ii a tribute to a \ isiting stales- ι licl.v different reactions came from the world capitals, chools of thought expressed • i'. cs in Washington—-one tak ' c view that the pact l'ore i <1 far Ka-te; ;: developments iilc t American-British i: the Orient and the other ; .ling th>.t it might bring deve in line with British-Ameri vre.-ts in Kurope. c -unices felt that since Japan ι < 111 i red what the Japanese gency called "back door" pro -hc would feel free to go ■ u tli her heralded southern expansion. Others said Russia had gained the same kind of "back door" prntccti η and therefore was relieved of any fears ; he might have ol taking a -tiffer stand against Adolf Hitler in the Balkans Sources in Berlin, viewing the pact with unsurprised calmness and '•satisfaction", said the agreement took Russia out of the picture as a diplomatic question mark, and said it would have a pronounced influence m 4he United States. service Establishments Pay Third Of Receipts In Wages Daily Dispatch bureau. I In till· Sir Κ alter Hotel. I5\ IIKNKY ΛλΈΚΙΙΧ ■ ".;Ιι. April 14. Employees of t1 · :r tli,hi ten thousand "service 1 · .11 ••ni.-»" "I North Carolina re 1 i'l in ~,tlai ie> anil wages prac 1' 1 . >'tie third of all receipts el '!> ' liii ine-se-. in 1 . according ' Γί,ιπι ni the U. S. Census liu 1 ( ι Γ <. Ιι· ·'■ l.iit:. and figures are ptob • · l.\ ι ι · ·■ t than (irdiuary interest ι .. ni the contention repeatedly | !< η ugiinienl ovei necessity lor ι ' '· «.iw hour law that employee:. Ί ,· il. nr e.-tabli .luncnts are the | ■ ■ ι in need >>t legaI salcguards [ ■· I' '..age i.ites and hours ol labor. 1' · c n>u-., ol course, makes ne j rftot to I igure a\erage wages, lior l become partisan in the quar " ι .nil ..itempt in any way to say I 11-»t ilie proportion ol receipts paid ' a;e^ and salaries is either more 1,1 I' than social justice demands. Ί '■ ■· tact . which your reporter ' !'i tile census bureau) will make I '· Ml.n i t.. interpret are that in li)i!'J • '"'..I .if 21.791 employees in 10, ' ' tablishments received $13.770. | «««» m wages and salaries while the I • ίι-ίιιι·· .... were grossing S42.121.00;) | 111 receipt .. On a percentage basi.· | v"i:;c run above 32 per cent of re- j ipts. clo e enough to one-third to! <■'-11 it that. 1'M.jjloyees and pay roll figures in elude paid executives of corporations •■'it ii. t the number and compensa- ' "I proprietors of unincorporat 1 ' f, businesses. This item is not in considerable, as there were, in ad-1 fl'ion, 1.259 proprietors who devoted; Oie major part of their time lo op- i dation of their business. Mo>t important in the service field, '■"in the standpoint ol volume ol ' h mes.·, done, were power laundries which alone accounted for approxi ') ately one-fifth of the total receipts all service establishments m the i,t;lt( The .'1 oli'i e.-tabli.· iimenl cI.ι. ι' :· I il 11\ t' knul cil lu.! mi·. ( |ui\\ ei laundries barber . imp?. 11 i ι : < ι il <i <h r· ι - ,,tul < i f·)li 11 <>ru■ clc.nijng .nul dyeing plant*. and «imht.iI auto., i l.'ili· repair shops) reported n'cripi • I Silî2,— î.'i.OOO which repre nit ! >οι· rent i.l ι lie ι eceipt I η un .11 .·,ι·ι ICO (- .I II llishmellt ■ The i ι vc ; K'ciiii 11 ted lor .hi ι·\ · ι higher j ιιί'ι'ι-lit ι: ; I » .1 el < ι pl.., ιι.. ι, ' :nid pay r· >11 . with I I .IKiti employι ( a\ οι age l ui tlκ' ye r ι u I .■ e >·■ u ι · >».·ιι . · ! ι· ·ι ι amounted t·· i ,ιιιμι, ι· - inventing .'ι per cent "Γ lia· .ι.· age employment and fill II per cent ni the ρ iv l ull ni .ill er\ ic e t.,Ij lishment:·; and 3,372, or nearly on·· ihird i.l the active proprietor·. (Juilford county, inelud'ng Hi·· •Mies ol Greensboro and High l'oint, .vas the leading county in die state η η : 11:11 .ι ι ot establishment πρ..; ι •d (âl2) luit ranked second in vol ' II11· o! lecoipts < $3.t;23.l"ll) ). ΛI ■ ,1'iihuii; county, including the city :'harlotte, . anked I'll t in \ olumi· o. ι eceipts ( $4.398,000ïi· and Forsyth .·. κ ι η t including Winston-Salem, ranked third. The c.imh.ncd totals of the cities ..I Charlotte, Win-ton-Salem. Durban, (Jreeii-11· ί ο A-hcxille. Raleigh, High roint. Wilmington. and liocky Mutin* represented 21.9 per cent οΓ tin1 total number ol service establishments in tile state, while their combined π - <cipts represented 44.8 per cent of 'he state's total. Average receipts per establishment for these nine cities was $8,211 as compared with Î2.K35 for the balance et the state, reflecting the larger es tablishments common only to sin η kinds of business us power laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants, and cer tain business services, which are lo cated for the most part only in citie. . Average compensation per em ployee for these citifs was $759 as compared with S541 for the balance ui the Σ ta le. Bonds to Finance Defense First of the treasury department's defense financing bonds are exam ined as they roll off the press in Washington. The bonds range from ten cents to ? in,000 in denomination. I.el t to right, tire Harford Powel, director of information of the defense savings staff; Alvku W. Hall, of the Bureau of Engraving and Naomi Dumingus, printer's assistant. U. S. Navy To Arm Merchant Vessels Roosevelt's Action In Opening Red Sea To American Shipping Stirs Conjecture as to Immediate Arming of Merchantmen. Washington, April 14.— (AP)—The *';ivv w:is liiidiTstnod t < > cl ; ι y lu ho irepiiring l'or the swift arminR of ly-owncd merchant \ c<s"ls should uch action become necessary. In addition, Congress h..s provid ed funds ίο enable the Navy to ac quire equipment to protect such ves sels againu.st magnetic mines. President Ko sevcit's action last wed; m opening the Ked Sea to Λι· eric. η shipping stirred conjecture ι11 whether United States merch lit \T,. el carrying supplies to Λ;· lean P", ts would be armed in ν : ι ·\ν oi Viol I Hitler's threat to tor pedo .ill hip· carrying supplies for '■·■ ISriti h. No word has come from the ad ΐΊ'ΐι tration a to whether such a ■ leo has ben c nsidered, but in loimeil source expressed belief that ( ( 'on I mi lof I on Page Six) Roosevelt Weds Today li-werly Mills. Λρι il 11. (ΛΡ) Tin ι .limniv Roi» e>.elt's wedding <Ι.·\ his Ρ·πη"]· nurse lo become his bride. I'he ceremony which would make Koinelle Therase Schneider a Hoose \"|i was to be conducted this after noon about 1 p. Ill PST) by Mu nicipal .Judge Arthur S. Gut ι tin at tiie home of George P. Converge and Mrs. Converse, the former actress Anita Stewart In addition to members nl the two families- -Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, mother of James; and Mr. and Mr-. John Doettiger of Seattle, his broth er-in-law and sister, and the bride's mother, brother and two sistc s on ly 15 or 2(1 friends ol the couple were invited. (For another prominent wedding this week, when Actress Deanna Dur bin becomes Mrs. Vaughn Paul next Friday, the guest list numbers H5(l.f Miss Schneider is a Catholic. James has been divorced, from the former Betsey Cushing of Boston. Roosevelt said lie regretted that the divorce made it impossible for him to be married by a piitst. New Rebuff To Germany Is Expected Secretary Hull Be lieved Ready to An nounce Flat Rejection of Recall of Henrik de Kauffmann, Danish Minister. W.i l.ingtcin, n;>. . I. (.ii') -A HL'W U i JJiOii itl liC 1 ν V i l l MJ II V appeared to be in the making here today witli mdicati ms that Minister de Kauilii'.i.i.i. a. 1er a con 101' Hi . VVltil St-cl L Uli ,* liuli, V.'lKllLl announce his flat rejection ol his recall lu nazi-duiiiiiatiHi Copen hagen. Both the State department and the legation intimated that the diplomat would call on the secre tary nl State during the day to apprize him officially of the recall message which Kaiilunann received Saturday three days after the sign ing of an agreement permitting the establishment of United States bases on the island of Greenland. The summons, it was disclosed, was signed only "foreign office," and a legation spokesman said it was ob viously sent by the Danish foreign office "under dure.s" and that "the minister feels it is his duty to re main here." Diplomatic quarters here were in clined to look upon the order to de Kauffmann as a German inspired effort to discredit him because of the Greenland agreement, and the United State.- counter move was ex pected to be an assertion that the government would continue to rec ognize the minister as representative of the people >: Denmark. Alien Laws Inadequate Attorney General Jackson Urges Revi sion to Cope With Changed Conditions. a? CIIARI/KS P. STEW AST CVnti.il !' ·■-·.- Columnist W" ; ι -11 i 1 IUt ■ m. April 14. -1 >c|ioit;i tinii nl Allien .llt'giilly entered into the l'inteil S;.ili-s. was a simple enough method Ί dealing with en: •it the lime ι ill r inn law was enact <1 Thev weren I -n very numerous lion or Γ r a mini >or of years alter .vard. We didn't lave any compunc ions, oilier, about leportin.» the com •arative lew win» lid slip in surrepti lously. And wlien ΛΌ shipped 'em Robert uaiksoii UiH'K lu Ulf r ni iai nom l' ninine;·. said countrie.- had no particular ob jections to recri\ iilg 'cm back again. The situation - entirely d fièrent η w. Illustratively, ssumc the ease of an anti-communistic refugee from Russia, or an anti-nazi refugee or a poor, unfortunate Jew from Ger many or an anti-tascist refugee from Italy. In the first place, we don't like to deny the privilege of n.-ylum to such an individual In the second place, Russia or Germany it Italy may re fuse to receive the unhappy exile if we do return him. In the third place, if Russia or Germany or Italy does consent to receive him. it may do so on?/ because it wants to murder him as soon as the commun ists, nazis or fascists get their hands on him. Naturally we shy away in.in tlit idea υί deli\t;;:ie hin; -ver * Adolf Hitler Division ' Met And Hurled Back In Northern Greece, London Report Says Named to New War Posts Those two mon are expected to speed the preparedness program of the United States. Named to the positions of Assistant Secretary of War and Assistant Secretary of War for Air respectively, they are lief* tu ^*îht) John J. McCloy and Robert A. Lovett. Axis Will Attack Ships, Gay da Warns Spring Snow Queen The costume worn by lovely Eileen ι Hilton of Sun Valley, Idaho, may ι seem incongruous for skiing, but I the spring sun is warm, although the snow remains ideal for skiing. Eileen was chosen to reign over the annual sports meet, which cum bims winter sports on the moun tain with the summer sports in the valley. (Central Pre»») to tin η· > re. : tines-. « >1 ι ; 1 ' :;·· guy is .1 genuinely bad e l .· ci Η·> .unlive kind is glad tu be rid < ■ ! " In that case its in clination say to Uncle San . "You can't " - 't him back onto us You've.got ht:. Keep him." And, if he'- Mici .ι tough nut. no other country's a h:t Wkeh to accept him. S we're stuck with him. Thousands ol' Cases It seems we have hard onto lu.OUI) ol these chaps' eases hanging fire. Legally they re deportable, but we either can't deport 'em or we hate to do it. That's why Attorney General 1 lÎobfcit H. Jackson, v.h ^ lia» the piob Authoritative Fascist Editor Says "African Waters Still Are En gaged by Italy in War;" Warns Against Convoys. Hume. Λ ι >:j 1 14.—(AI')—Virgmio fjayda. authoritative fascist editonal ■ !. notified tin- United States today :hai the .ιχι- eoii.-idered itself Iree :o attack any or .ill ships bearing aid for Britain in Alrican waters. Referring 1o Prc.-ident Koo.-evclt's if ting of the ban on American ships ■ntering the Red At rican w ater.- .--1:11 :taly in w ar. Whati 'iieiny service ■> Vg ittacked by Italian ,·ι>t vhich are ever inc. cut. "It is well that tn η time." Gay da said Λ1 lot venture to a: he liquidation \ 1 '. ι. American ■ ... Gayda said, arc engaged by i" p.ι -ses in the ■ g. t ■ niately be .·!<! axis force.·. <ide cle; i; I . I'tly to Egypt . .a thr lied sea. He also warned ag. lu', coin . yam . ii "The axis putt i· vai t nit· ι in 1 hi· all" h is form of X· >: t ■ Λ s useless to .-ay thc> t as international I. is has been tixed l.y lai'ed eounter-blockadi ish eonvovs " . > lt. could that, with in east '•mid pass ■ Balkans ' American Bi itam. .ιid, "are . 11 :. ι r.uly for :.· ι m aid. It will deal with ."'i mils and tin· duly de against Bi'i en to deal win». .·■ asking congress •1 rev ι- '· oui m η ,m at η law . t.< •liable hia· t· meet existing eondi ι1 Mis They didn't prevail when the w was passed. Since then the de elopment of communism, nay.i-ism i'.d fascism lias created 'cut, and, of ate. ol co1 se they A e !> >·η aeci lit u ited by the democratic totalitarian \ ar. .lack-en tavors legislation to let lice, decent aliens in if they can .rove their respectability F.ven if hey -nu ρ m illegally, he wouldn't ock 'em up, provided they're "de >er\ ing " Instead, he'd parole 'em, nid finally he'd grant "em citizenship t they stayed satistaetory. But as tor sure-enough undesir Yugoslav Army, Re ported by Germans to be "Destroyed", De clared by British to Be Counter - Attacking in Mountains. (By Τ hp Associated I'm·.- ) British infantry have met and hurled hack the "Adoll Hitlci > 11 - vision" in northern Gre< it, i1 vi. announced in London today, while the allied Yugoslav ;intiy w;i:- repoit <d counter-attacking na/.i I>lit7krn*j» invaders in the mountain mil mil'·. -"Utheast ut captured Bclgr.ale. It was this same Yugoslav army v. Iiich the German ΙιίκΙι con·:: and of ficially listed a- "destroyed' la t week, and again today a nazi com munique asserted: "In Yugo.· lavia. the 111,1-.- oi enemy iorces which opposed the German | troops are destroyed. I "Remnant.- of the Serbian an y ! are retreating in the lace ol Geria .·ι and Italian troop.s into the mountain country along the Adriatic." ! Countering this nazi claim, the London ministry of information de clared there was "good re.·,-on to i,.· ' lieve that the Yugoslav's have ca;.. tured Durazzo." big Adriatic .-en,·. : 25 mill's west ol' Tirana, the capital ot Albania. The German yHi ι re|)orted 1h .t the British commis.-ion "which j ganized the glorious retreat Iroie ; Dunkerque" last June had n r 11 \ · 11 I in Athens. ι On the north African battlel ron'. I the German high command said . ι χ ι ) columns driv ing toward the Suez ι canal had crossed the frontier in I Egypt to take Salum aftei Saturday.· ι (apture of Bardia. ten miles m id - ! j abya. j Premier Mussolini'; high command j acknowledged, however, that tli" i British garrison at Tohruk. Hi> miles west ot Bardia, was -till re-istmg j tiercely against encircling German \ and Italian forces. British military observers in Cairo -aid it was likely that the Briti-h ' army ot the Nile skeletonized i>;·* lhe shifting of strong Iorces to Gretv .vould fall back as far as Matruli, 1311 miles ea.-t ol the Egyptian Libyan frontier, before digg.ng in loi a decisix e stand. ; It w as at Matruh that the British halted the fascist advance last year and launched the winter counter el tensive which pushed the Italian hack more than (Util mile.- into Libya. Low Grade Fertilizers To Be Tagged Daily Dispatch ""'c.iu In lh·· Sir IVnltcr HoteL R> III.MM W I Kil l. lialci^h. Λ ρ : il l'hère' noth ing much thai ι 111 be done 11 ·· >ιι t it ΙΙιι- γι, ,ι hill Mu- S t. 111 · 1 >< · 11.1 ri ι η· Mit ι1 ! Agriculture people \\ι!Ι bav'c ■< line chance lu say "1 tuld vou .-n" In any farmers wliu put poor lei tilizci 1.11 their land and don't yet the 0 op they expected. Review ing the 1lew I'crt I : ,ί·γ law today. I> S Cult! Hie. assistant In t he c< iinin 1 mer · >f agriculture, pointed out that, effective December 1. Χ ι u t h Ι'.ιι I i 11 a ν . Τ ! h.. e . 1111:11 . ' ■ j r 1 >\' ; s i ι .11 el' its statute wlreli w !l pel in!1 undi ι-.· 1 ! it igth !i"'ili/.e| Id le -old, hut will require that every Ii.il; ol such inferior fertz shall literally tell mi it-elt with a warning nil label which will fairly shout: • ! Inn't buy 11 e. Γι η· g n id Acta; liy the tag will carry a warn ing that the lertjlizcr 1- low 111 avail able 1 > 111. ρ 111 ί ■ ι c icid and polish, 111 the following wnrds which the law . ι Is out \erbat ; . "This is a low grade 1'ertilizei It costs too much per unit of nitrngéjj - available phosphoric acid and pnt . sh beca ise it contains only 1-1 11, 15 units (a.- the case may be) ot thesi plant foods. You arc paying ton much for bagging, freight, labor, etc.. nr. too much inert material.' It's really a strange and unusual law. llow any company could so i ; any product labelled like that has not been explained, but it was at the insistence of tcrtilizer companies that it was adopted as a compromise, al'tei* it had been proposed absolutely to prohibit the sale of 14 and 15 unit fertz. Evidently there is still an as sumption that Barnum was right and I that some suckers will buy anything. But if they do. the Department of Agriculture can surely en.ioy a bit ...1 ι . Hd .· >u iO." l^onunuea on i^age £>ix > WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and continued uann and Ιιι<·,ι!.\>.
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