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ïtettîtersmt Baîlg ®tspafrf| ONLY DAILY NL λ SPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOR l H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, Ν. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNO OX, OCTOBERS, 1911 .l-bush^^ehv^kt^knoon five CENTS COPY Nazis Storm Toward Moscow ···· · # · · · · Crop Benefit Payment Budget May Be CufSeveral Re<1 High Prices Increase Farm income Agriculture Depart ment Officials Say Present Benefit Pro gra mMay Be Reduced Next Year by as Much as One-Fourth. Wail iiulon. Oct. 8.— ' M*> — With I'Τίη produits lii-ii 11 u Hi" hitrliest prices smi'T Ifl'fO and still advim inc. Agriculture 'ri ment cffîciîils said todav that the administration should b ■ in a position lo 111 <kr a s-zraUr cut in ii' ! -il·; ·» for 1*' ï'ï crop bene fit payments. Indications tver» th:>t llie eut iniRbl exceed S'!0n,fi00.«00. or more than one fourtb of tin- cost of tin· present benefit program. Λ:\ ι ·1 ; I ! 111 " ι ! prie·1 ;ir'· .nearly 15 per cent higher than ;i year ago. I)e partition' economists predict further advance tli - winter an next spring. Hecan ' the higher prices and prospect · lor the large-' food de mand in hi-lory, lite department fore cast that farm income mav approach s lli.OOO. 1)00.(11)0 next year. An income of this s>o ν uilrl li the largest since 1 *T20 and S2000,000, Oen abov the estimate for thi- vear. f'.ingre-s annropriated ah lit $760. noo.noo tor fnrni benefit navments 11 ■ ■ 11)11 ci'ons. including $500.000.000 for c Operation with soil conscrva t 11 programs. $-18.000.000 for co eι ·■ ! ι* in with the sugar production ,·.. r| ..-ι--t ί η ε c ntrol program, and οι ii). ooo for parity payments, (lieatlv improved prices for cotton " y make it possible, officials said. '■· drop parity payments for thi·; ι· n. The department lias set aside .'loo.ooo for spch payments on the If II crop at a rate of 2.75 cents a oo :ml Cotton now is bringing -light ly m re than parity prices. Tohaco. like cotton, has been bringing parity or more and conse ff'ontnned on Paee Seven.* Vireck Under $20,000 Bail Nov. Y.i. k. < >et. !!. (,\I>) <ïo.»r»;e Sy h rsli'i Viivck. .ili-yoar old jour nalist. w.. de.-enbvd by a govern ment pill t-l'll I. ■! .1 'one .>1 llic most senoii menace- in tiii- country" 111 d;iy at Ins aiT.ugnn; lit on .i charge ni withholding mlm matum win η hi ι egi.-teied Willi II.·. Stat·· department as an agent . > I a 1. ι ιι · ι v. 11 power. U S. Commi ... 111, ι I aae l'lalt held Y i reck in $20,00u bail pend ing his removal lo Wa hington t. plead In the indietn.i nt. Willi iii Ala |. iney, i. eial . ι-1. I a 11 to the attorney general, in requestim* that ι·.m in- ^Ned at $25,Out) said that the Gei man-horn delendant lo. year, had In'on tin1 chief propagand i.-t m lie German government m this country. SI Kl'KISE Ft. Kiley, Kans., Oct. ίί.—(AP) — Pvt. William Tropp wa handed $20 in bills and two half dollars—his $21 a month pay. The Tropp got a surprise. Exam illation showed one of the coins was counterfeit. Apologetically, paying ■ fiicirs ex changed it. The ydidn't know where it came from. Nash Health Board Wins Raleigh, Oct. 8. — (AP)--The slat supreme cn.rt held unconstitutional today local laws pas.-ed by the 1911 General AsscmTjly which gave the Nash county board of commissioner. u vet power in the selection of a county h.alth officer. The opinion in the case was writ ten by Associate Justice A. A. F. Sea well. Chief Just.ce W. P. Stacy and Associate Justice J. Wallace Win borne dissented on grounds that proceedings should be dismissed. As sociate Justice M V Barnhill took no part in consideration of the case. Thus the vote > f the seven-man court was 4 to 2 in favor of the plain tiff. Cowbelles in New York for Rodeo Chosen by their home states as their prettiest cowbelles, these western charmers arrived ir. New York to appear in the annual rodeo. Left to right (front row) are Marilyn Claussen, Miss Northern California; Mary Mercier, Miss Sun Valley; and Anne Goodan, Miss Southern California. Rear: Marcelliu.se HicJi, Miss Texas: Ada Let Paruer. Miss Arizona: andMariannc Kith. Miss West Texas. Money Bill To House I Committee Approves $5,985,000,000 Lease Lend Appropriation Measure. Washington, Oct. 8.—(ΛΡ)— The; House appropriations committee un (i! <i\ i-ii a U85,(i()0.(h'ii) lend-lease I ipropriat mn today with the state : ιli-iit that product inn . >1 munition: I ha- not vet reached the point when· ! defeat of axis powi-i- was assureil. 1 The committee reported to C'pi.-j ires- that almo.t all ol tlr.· huge new j lund could be obligated bv nexi March 1. and that dt liverv ol in.it»· i ι a I « ι in ! ci be completed Mot lat τ than .June 8a. 1018. And then, with ριιI lieation ol voluminous heai nig oil the approp nation, ti. ■ member.- piesented the tu.-t, overall picture ol the lend-' "ease program which began with a S 7, <100,000.000 appropriation las' spring. Tluy cried that producti >n nec essarily was slow at first; that there · had La vn no al ·: ; e in put ting 11; ■ nllar- to work; that tie new lund . wj imperatively nectssary. LEASE-Lhinu FUNDS FOR SOUTH'S GOODS Wash.ng:·-n, Oct. II.- (ΛΓ) if the .new W :·,-c-iend P. ·■ i!"uj ? r ; : 11 on. 111 ctiMiiUïl cxpt'ci ti-p ndSol. "ι DO,IKK) lor i" it » .·!ΐ<< s Γ, .ooo ono lei* t*< > 11 » > ι ï . Secretary Wiekard dis ci ι 'Μ d ti>dav. This vv ιiid be out of a $1,875,000, 000 i li-ii ι lui "ajjrn 111111 il. indu-trial, and other c<>mm"ditH\ ana articles" ί \ . t ■ Μ , I'( j . » f I Sovon ^ Cotton Crop Estimated At 11,061,000 Bales Wasli;ngtun, Oct. fi. (AI')- The Agriculture department estimated today that this year's cotton crop is 11.Mil.(100 bales t » ! ίϊΟΟ j)ounds gross weight, based on the Octobi r 1 con dition which was 04 per cent of a normal. The department reported the indi cated yield of lint c tton to be 234.2 pounds to the acre and the area for harvt.-t. 22.633,0(i() acres. A mor.th ag" 10,710.000 bales were forecast ι η the basis ot the Septem ber 1 condit "ti ο! (>."> per cent of a normal, which indicated a yield of 226.8 pounds to the acre. Production was 12,566.000 bales last year, when the Oct ber 1 condi tion was 72 per cent of a normal, the acre yield 2â2.â pounds, and the area harvested 23.861.000 acres. Average cotton production oxer the ten year, 1930-39, was 13,246.000 bales, the October 1 average crop condition 64 per cent oi a normal; tin· acre vu-Id 205. 1 pound·. and tlie average urea har\ e.· 11 li 31,1-2,OUI) a cri·.·». Tin· census bureau reported that cotton ι this year's growth ginn d to October ! totaled 4,713,227 run ning bale.-, counting 314 round bales as half bales and excluding linters, compared with 3,923,172 running bales, including 1,071 round bales, a year ago, and fi.682,066 running bale.·», including 101,179 round bales, two years ago. Details of the Agriculture depart ment'-- estimates, showing the .a : cage remaining for harvest, the October 1 condition, the indicated acre yield and the indicated pr duc tion for North Carolina were 783, 000: 71: 324 and 530.000, The census bureau ginning report showed the following quantities gin ned to October 1 wiffi comparative ligures for ginnings to that date ,i year ago: North Carolina 218,710 and 197.140. Tokyo Newspapers Begin New Attacks TROPICAL STORM PASSES OUT TO SEA Jacksc-viUe. Fla., Oct. 8.—(ΛΡ) The weather bureau today issued the following advisory on the storm which crossed northwest Florida ana Georgia yesterday and last night: ! "Advisory 9:30 a. m.: the tropical disturbance was passing out to sea this morning at S a m. near C'hai-j Ιι· ton. moving east-northeastward, ll was lauch weakened passing over ι land and high'est winds only abouti in miles per hour, but will doubtless mcrea e somewhat as it. passes over w ater and caution advi>td vessel·· | along and oil the coa-t from present] location noi'ti".'eastward beyond th-· j North Carolina cape-. Storm warn ing- ι: α di played Savannah to I : : -111 · .·. t ■. 11 will be lowered as wind ( subside.·- today." Close Vote Is Predicted In Franklin Kalcigh, Oi-'i. ίι.-(ΑΙ')—U>ually reliable sourci > lii'i't' pr dieted today Ui.it a j >!*■ 11 i 1 j i 11 ( 111 referendum t be lui'l ill Franklin eounty Saturday \vii::!d I · ! . 11 l; nut ι heavy vote, and vvuiikl be exeeedhuily elose. A dry lead j· who a.-ked not to be (| ι "'ted hv 11 ; 1111 ( · said he thought 11 m · prohibition!. ts would make a mud) 'Continued on Page Seven) Washington is Blamed for Strengthening and Spread of Encircle ment of Japan; Jap anese Situation De-1 teriorating. Tokyo, Oct. 8.—(ΛΓ)—Tokyo newspapers, striking the same chord <>t critical comment against the Cnited States, Illumed Washington today for what they called the strength ening and spread of encircle ment ul Japan and said the Pac ific situation was deteriorating. Nie!:: Nielli. a page une editorial, said : ■•.I 'pan earnestly aimed at rcmov ;nu 'he Par.! u· cancer ! y Ι'ι mi< r "i ·· · · Kmi'iyi·- personal message to Ro sevelt (delivered August 28.) "However, the Pacific sanation is ·' m" I'n 1**1 !i;.>! ti* worst* and it can n**t 1»' - ■ * I ·.· hat will liapp*. η η \t." | I! asserted that "the t'nited S':iles ■*\ id"!ill\ is s'mins to *n clud" Russian in the ABCD ( \mcrican - iiritish - Chinese - liuteh) cneireleinnit b.v sending oil and planes." "Th s 11.ι· ι . talefl til** .lapant'-'* who in**.*. 'Mil ! expect any develop meut and prepare I · τ the cunse quences." the newspaper -a tl. Ν a · 11 i Ν ·· aid i ί i 11Ί l; 11 thai .lapaie * \1 : * *n 11 ( · *_i < > t i * t * * > 11 wer* II ' pr ·.;···· oil; monthly and th* lie v, pap* *i Y1 11 a 11111 r i a (I that if Hi* talks collapsed "Japan is d t">'nuned III I·;, rrv Old 111* liich pi 11 * ■1 : > I · · ■ .-·' ι. r I h h" I he 1 r ι : ia rl i ! *· all: *ncc" o' I ii·. lierl ι η and Τ ι *k y* * •I hi outbreak of eri : i·· I ed i*.r al followed a lengthy ii'-rind of **". r\ • >1 '·οηιηι nt regarding the United Slates. Draft Exam Rule Changed Washington, ι let. Η. ( ΛΡ ι lu appar-nt <1 I * *r t to meet a niajoi ci * licisin * Ί 11: d* alt pr* i,».ram. -elei t i \ ' e service otlaaU said today tha' by ,Ianuai> 1. draftees \\ II be re C|uired to undergo only one physical examination lor induction into the Army. At present, draftees arc examin ai by selective service physicians at tached to their local board and ihen must be re-examined by Arnvy d c tors before bc.ng accepted for serv ice. In many ι m*s. men have given up their jobs *id sold their bel *ng ings only to fa.I the Army's medical examinations WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday except possibly light rain on the capes; cooler tonight and in portion Thursday. Neutrality Amendment Tomorrow Legislation to be Intro duced Following Mes sage by President;; Will be Limited to Per- j nW'ing Arming of Ships. ! ίι. ( >< I. i\. < ΛΓ ) I■ ] Ι.111 \ ι ; irli τ π ι uuled tod; y ! i :ι ■ ha I at;ιccd H at ι !' ni r:i! i< \ 110: ι In ho int rorh -rod in tin■ ] l· μ ι -t tomorrow following ;i mes at;" η .,· I'll - dent Roosevelt would Ιό imm lined in permitting Aiii'Tiian inn i"!i. ηl i ι ips to ciiri'v ;ini'\ ΊΊν· wild ati; r.ded a Wla'i Hi. c m ! π cίκ'(· said it wa · ;.g I tin.' ι. ι i.i tim roil ''i lie -ι : it thl'u i iu 11 House Ικ ' ι ii - ' tin ei id ( lit 1 \vsι k. I ; w . iiî roi i : 11 > 1 v. Imwi . ι r. tha ■ 'lit· Pre «.ut. Κ.τι i f.'il'y ■ i Stall Hull and Harry L. Hopkins, thv lease-lend chieftain, 'till were hope ful that Congress eventually would also amend the existing law to Ιιί: thv present prohibition against Amei iean hips travelling to bel ligerent ports or designated eoinbat areas. Hopkins, who had been reported taking the lead in an effort to haw th.e law revi ed to permit the arm ing ol Mi ips and to allow them to tiavel anywlure, was said to have exprci s.'d disappuintinent at the de eision at today's conference. One of those who attended tin meeting told reporters that if th» ivgislatior providing for arming ship went through the House by a substantial majority it was possible that the Senate foreign relat. n. committee would consider broaden ing the measure to eliminate the re strictions on ship movements. MORE KXFC I TIOXS Berlin, Oft. 8.— (AP)—DXB reported from Prague toni^rli t that It Czechs were hanged to day on charges of economic sabo tage. raisins the total of execu tions in the Bohemia-Moravia pr< tectorate to Î5 in three days. Bad Weather Is Forecast ('<!· t i · η, S. < » ·:. '<>. -(Λ Ρ) — Λ ! thn .il <>! I'.'d wra lh. r heavy rain | ,· ι .n!i wind -linn;* over tin Kir.M | ; ! d ; ι y as il .'>â9,0'lO <»î f icci> and ι 1 ι'Η" I in; ! pha ι\- oi l'< '!'! )S I'M'! riM'> 1 · 1 man*. uvlts in ( ; ; ι I. η η s \\"·.!γ| 1 >1 11 in 111 «ι ι*ι* ni h! ι >;κη\ι1 ; ι ι *,,·<·! 11 · l t M » ! ; ■ ! corpiî disturb-? » > panird w«M t' nu nnd·1! •ÎM-trd i>ad Edgecombe School Bus Drivers Threaten Strike T..· ■ ι . - ' ' (ΛΡ)- Thirteen > t lu it ut r : ! '1 · dru its ol south I-'iiKt r ··;.!« ··:> higli school a l I'ii. t ' 11 > i,.· t eatcned to strike unlr>.» tiu-i: η > 1.i\ wages arc boost ed ri'diii S9.."'11 ' M.i : ninthly. Ill P < ' l, L. ι ι ί.. II It I'd t1 ' W. W. Green, chu nu: : i"e county school h ai'd. and E. "D. Johnson, county school »;iper nit nd< ·.:. the thirteen boys said unies.» t· > received the demanded increase ·>■ Wednesday. October '29. their ne\: payd.iy. "the county would have ' -ivure new drivers." John»on -aid the SO in wage was established by the state -r'.iool com mission and that the county had no power to raise it. Both Johns η and Green said the demands would be turned down ii presented to the slate school com mission. . kl make nu ■ ι 'J.ι jt - bK outcome nl ! ! λ ! ι .κι. II Y : π, Μχ·11 la» y of the 1 ; 11 c.· school commission, contact ed in I .. d ' il U' · mi· >; had received a statement by the drivers a.-king i..i ,.χο ·..·:> ι· Ιπ·:η S9.50 ; SI.'· ι: 1111111 ; .·.. and t .at Bronx:·.'. :..... .... ι. it tod ι to him. (Yelton -aid that the school c m mission \\·· .Id -tudy the request tomorrow, b .t it all probably could do nothing about it. (The S9.5C ;)a.v :> supplied to every county in the state, he said. If they desire, he :d, the counties, them selves. could increase the wage by local supplement. Some e unties, par ticularly in the western part of the state, he commented, have boosted pay to as much as $35 to $40 per rnontlr:., Surprise Reunion nr.-. ι ciLLiuia liions anu uau^iucr, Elizabeth, arriving at Ntw York after an uncomfortable s 68-day ι voyage from Europe, are met by a ι must \vi Iconic surprise. Mrs. Inglis is being greeted by her husband, \ Douglas Ingiis, British submarine ι offici i·, wliom she last saw in Egypt. Ilis vessi-1 is now in Portsmouth, j Ν. II., Navy Yard being repaired, j Nazi-Turk Deal Made Turkey Agrees to Supply Chromium; Britain and United States Diplomats Ac tive. Ankara. Oct. S.—-(AIM—A Ger man diplomatic offensive aimed at breaking the British-Ameri can hold on 'ilurkey's chorm ium supply has resulted in vir tual asreement on a deal where in (li'immp will «et at least half I urke.v s es ports of this w ar vital product after 101'*. diploma tic simrecs said today. In return. (ieiinany had pnnibcd to I><■ l i!< immédiat'* de 1 s\ ι-1 \ oi 'bout S1 ι.000.000 worth m milii.it> equipment to Tur Ue\ . thev souri es declariii. If "t n. ! ( S M », toned Wh.C ! ». ' i'd tii w ι m Id le ρ vu M, Π ι tri! S \ (It ν tlu Armies Now Are Trapped Hitler's High Com mand Reports Battle of Annihilation Only 125 Miles From Mos cow; Russian Plight Desperate in South. ι H* The \ssociatcd I'ress. ) \dolf Hitler's armies lighting a giant bai>Ie of annihilation 125 mill's from Moscow have thor oughly shaken the outer dele uses ni the Russian capital, a nazi spokesman said today, with sev eral Ked armies trapped and fac ing destruction "Not detached raiding groups which forged ahead, hut a solid German Iront is within 125 miles ot Moscow,'' the spokesman said. In the south, too. the plight of the Russians appeared to be growing more desperate by the hour. Nii/.i military dispatehi s mhI the .•mire suit:h wiiik ι>Γ the Soviet army '. : ι ci I.n'en 1 !'.-«· 11 11 y ;■ Gei man drive λ Inch ha.· already engulled C's.-ip"ou l.' ι . ι. ί Mariupol. mi the Sea et Λ/.ον, aiid ι.- threatening the Dun river pur; i,t it·>.-1<>\'. gateway to tin· rich Caucasian oil fields. (ierman battle llags were re ported within 100 miles of Ros tov alter a 430-mile advance from the I'rut river boundary between Rumania and Russia where the na/.i onslaught start ed 15 weeks ago. The crisis in Russia's struggle on the central Iront was admitted by Ked Star. Soviet army newspaper, which said the Germans had driven a lient.- into Red defense lines by hurling great masses of reserves in to an all-out offensive. Soviet dispatches. however, declared that Russian counter attacks had inflicted bloody losses on the Germans in at least two salients in the battle-scarred zones of Vyazma. 125 miles west of .Moscow, and Bryansk. 220 miles southwest of Moscow. ll was tin first time the nazi high command had mentioned tin- vast new on.-laught toward Moscow, heralded last Friday by Chancellor (Continued on Page Seven) Employers Pay Heavily Daily Dispatch Bureau, in ihi· Sir Waller llotrL lî\ HI M;V AM KII.1, liai igh. < >ct. }» There ι.- a gen - r..i - |'!< mi that tin· Γη led States ■ ι ; ι 1 · p. / (U· '..ι■ greater I..ii·; i*l tin ι "in y paid nut to all >i *rt · ill l)i | irl r: ι r r- 1 >!' the \ ast so . ! in ; π i> j»r· njnui.: though of ι" I"·. ■ : y : Illy .'ill. . t'ι - to think ι >i w 11 . t v. iia'.i'vί·ι federal I unds ,. · paid lit that w.iv direct taxi !ι·\ ird mi the citizens of It w II : - ■ - · ' > I .· '. 11 ■ 11 ! · :mR til ' · ι : 111In li·.,: ii t : : a 1 I" ..m> $4«,000. i η κ ι distributed under the S. S. pro -.i.i'i .·! Ν .· :li fa ulina the largest (Cunt imui'iI mi Page Seven.) Italy's Sea Losses Mount V.i'N.iiidria. ivt. li. (ΛΡ) -Brit ain'- steady battering of Italy', sea Ι'ΐ'ΐ'ιΐ has '•tripped il duce of nearly ι Ί,ι tl 11 ril a lr- ■ .ait 1 lift, lii it lsh sources · a u I today. Sun.mai n ~ · t tin British opera tions li-t K.'il.lltlO tons ol axis lup p:·'U ;)ί> I n'l ei-ni ol it Italian - as sent to the bottom of the Mediter ranean and Hvd seas since Italy went to war. Official sources, although unable to g·, ι■ ι ι ι r ι ligures mi the ton nage damaged, said scores ol ships had been put ι nit ol iction. British reports -aid Italy's heaviest 1 ■. ·■- at si la d been during Sep tember when Itf Κ bombers and sub " ιriii« ol the Mediterranean fleet • t : uck repeatedly at convoys at tempting to strengthen the axis po sition in north Africa for a winter campaign. British sources said more than 5J per cent of Mussolini's torpedo boats and destroyers are gone, all of his 10.OOli-ton. eight-inch gun cruisers are out of action or sunk, one bat tleship is out of commission, and three others heavily damaged and undergoing repairs.
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