Itettiteranu Bathj 9tapatri| THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER^, 1940 FIVE CENTS COPY CI Kin TUCin CHILD WITH NURSE nw iswe^^sMfawia MISSING FOR FOUR DAYS, three-year-old Madeline is greeted joyously (left) by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tobias, of Kansas City, Mo., who flew to Tcrre Haute, Ind., when notified the child had been located there with her nurse (right), Mildred Everett. Police authorities stated the nurse admitted taking the child i away to satisfy a "mother complex." The child had been well cared for. (International Soundvhoto) vv U. S. Renounces All Claims To War Damages From Italy BRINGS BACK A TALE OF 'MUTINY' am???? muvit aiAK jsrrot nynn, his wire Nora, and artist John Decker (right) were in perfect harmony as they left Hollywood a month ago on their scientific expedition aboard Flynn's yacht Znco. A talc of "mutiny" aboard was unfolded by Decker as he and several others jumped ship at Acapulco, Mexico, explaining that Nora "took over everything" and wanted to keep right on sailing to foreign ports. (International) U. S. Won't Allow Rome To Be Used As Transfer Point Taris. Sot. 11.??,'!*??Tlie U. S. renounced today any claims t?? ro laiaiit in from Italy "in the interest >f inlornati< nal l iability,'' but its pukesmnn in Hie lt'ilian economic ? '>mmir..vi( n said tin United stale did not pr? |joso to pour help into llnly only t<> lrive it go out as ic paralic n.i to other nations. the spokesman. Willard Thorp, estimated that SSO.OOII.Olltl.'itm of if. S. Iclul war co..ts of in >re tlrin $335. nott.noh.onn could he attributed to the Italian campaign. yyr, the 1J. S. has sent more than civ billion dollars worth >f credit into Italy to help ils civil an ecoii' my. iie :aid. a: well as pay nR the Italian government more thru $100,000,000 for army of oe upatinn cost:, which it might have demanded that Italy pay. Transfrr Point. Thorp said iie realized some coun tries could not afford to be as gen nr.ur. a- the United Stater, in repar ations, but he insisted that Italy not be ".i temporary transfer point" through which American assistance i to Italy would merely pas:, to other i ?ountric.. ' W'c bctil every effort in provid- ! in ' supplies during the war I > our ' allies," ho said, "lint we are not at ! all interested in paying reparations | for our ex-enemies." The U. S. also asked the peace conference to demilitarize Bulgaria's , border facing Greece. A statement was read by Jefferson Caffcry. U. S. I ambassador to Paris, in the Bul garian political and territorial coni .111.,:. II II. ENLISTMENT POLICY CHANGES BY MARINES Raleigh, Sept. 11.?It was an-' nounced today by the Raleigh Ma rine Recruiting Office that enlist ments for duty with the Marine Air Corps units will be discontinued on October 1st, The office also an nounced that the two year enlist-; ment periods will be discontinued on September 30th and commencing on , ! October 1st enlistments will only be accepted for three or four years. Therefore men between the ages of 17 and 29. who arc interested in en listing in the Marine Corps for a period of two years, are urged to contact their nearest Marine Re cruiting Station for more detailed information. The other change of policies for enlistments in the near future, as j announced by the office, is the cli- 1 gibility for the benefits of the G. I. Bill of Rights. Men who are inter- | csted in enlisting to be eligible for | the benefits of the G. I. Bill must enlist before October 5th. Men en listing after this date will not bo eligible for thepe benefits. $2,500,000 In Army, Navy! German I^oot [\ r I^oes Is Uncovered * /-t? i ? Are Lheered Frankfurt <3r.nl II int. t3.,r- I prise raids throughout the American and British occupation zones of Ger many have uncovered millions of dollars worth of precious stones and metals hidden by the Nazis shortly before Germany surrendered, Unit ed States Army headquarters an nounced today. The diamonds, gold, silver and platinum found in th craids were dis persed in nuiiiVj p.aces by the Nazi government agency "ficichastelle Fuer Edelmetallc'' (Reich agency for precious metals) in an attempt to keep them from falling into Al lied hands. A spokesman for the U. S. Army intelligence service said it was "con jectural but conceivable" that the hoard might have been designed to finance "a resurgence of the Ger man nationalist movement." About $2,500,000 worth of pre cious stones and metals were found in less than a fourth of the total number of places raided. A total of 367 different places were raided in the two zones, and the $2,500,000 yield came from the first 79 places to tabulate results. Hughes Protests Slap At 'Outlaw1 Culver C'lly. Calif.. Sept. II ?oV ?Howard Hughes, still bearing the scars of his fiery crash in an experi mental plane July 7, took off today in a converted 11-23 transport foi New York "to challenge the revoca tion of the seal of approval" an nounced yesterday by the Motim Picture Producers Association for hi.< movie "The Outlaw." Piloting the twin cngincd crafl himself, Hughes was accompanier only by a mechanic and a passen I?r, John Sleeter. I Truman Abandons Executive Order Unification Idea Washington, Sept. 1 ?Army- j ; navy merger Iocs were cheered to- i day by a. hint that President Tru- | man lias shoved aside suggestions for beginning unification by execu tive order rather than waiting for congressional action. The ranking civilian and uniform I cd heads of the two departments? War Secretary Patterson and Navy ; Secretary Fcrrcstal. General Dwight ; Eisenhower and Adm. Chester ft. Nimitz ? were summoned to the j White House for an hour's confer I cnce with Mr. Truman yesterday. Later Presidential Press Secretary ! Charles Ross announced there had ; been "a broad discussion with a view to working out the unification legislative program to be presented to the next Congress." Some of those keenly interested in 1 the merger (picstion raid they In terpreted that to mean Mr. Tru man has turned down the proposal advanced by C h a i r rn a n Elbert I Herns (D) of t'tnh. of the Senate 1 Military Committee. Thomas last month disclosed that li? had written Mr. Truman urging him to use his i power of cxc 'utlve order to set up ? a "council of comn.an defense," on* ? of the features of the merger hill ' worked out by Thomas and other ? senators. However, army officials in a po ? sitioii to know raid they believe a i 1 number of policy making leaders in ; the department are cold toward the executive rtrdor idea. Their thought t is that a firm legal foundation such I as would be provided by legislative ? [ adoption of a merger bill is desir able. Cost Of Service To Yets Very High, nv LYNN NISBKT, Dally Dispatch Bureau Raleigh, Sept. II. In addition In I lie very large sum ? of federal iivm- v and comparable impact on stale treasuries the amounts apprnpriat * try to. negotiate 1 ?t":;,i Without one the gov enin ent ruui.l no' '.urn the pits 1 ao' their "Wm s without'risking an >th< slv'ke. "r"o r nit-act, n-), work', is t .? miners' traditional cry. ~~ , Si-vr' r rikrit ra"t. 'I iie : V hut 'own endc I l;;s \ av \ In- 1 i cwi-s sgr-.l an agzee een' "i ll Pert' liry of Interior l I A. Kn Trrir ' r fr*"" that he would make new e'eir tnris. I.c.vis himself gave n" Yn! in advance of ih" session. The producers don't like all the p:: 'isioas of the Krng-Lswls pacl ?iraielv there paying the way fo unionizing si porvisrry workers, and for a five-rent a ton royalty for a miners' welfare fend. Dog Racing Issue Is Up In N.C. Again 2V LYNN NISBET, Daily Dispatch Bureau Raleigh. Sept. It.?Dos raring Dark:; may bo o tablishecl at on? <>i more po-ntr. ali us the coast if ten lativo pipns of promoters materiaI / ^ m act <>f the 10'}U general as sembly legalized dog pacing in Car teret and Cnslow counties if approv al by a majority of the voters in an clcetic u held on the question. It is learned that plan; arc in the making for the calling of such an election in Carteret, preliminary to setting up race tracks on or near the beaches. Tlur. special acl is what legislative observers call an "honest" law as distinguished from come which seek to Intie the main purpose behind a misleading title. Old-timers recall a j bill some years ago titled something I ike "An art to improve and develop ) agriculture in North Carolina." Text j of the hill provided for operating j agricultural fairs for Die display of j livestock, and it was provided t'/;'. | in display of animals they might be < placed in competition with each other and to further "promote agri- i culture" and interest in horses par ! mutual betting machines might lie j installed. This was a lefthanded at- | tempt to legalize horse racing and ! betting, but some alert legislators j caught the joker and the bill was killed. Just how far prospective sponsors I of dog racing plan to go with fiic project, whether it may become one of the high class race tracks or one of less respectability in operation cannot be learned. At any rate n > races can legally be held until the people of the county have voted ap proval. There was the same objec tion to this act and has been often raised against the county ABC sy:;- I tern. Although in many respects dis tinctly local, opponents have argued that liquor stores or race tracks In any county unavoidably affect ad- j joining counties and that the iss'.t; i is really statewide rather than local. I With respect to liquor sales the local : idea has prevailed for a good many ! years with little prospect it will be , changed anv time soon. i Weather FOK NORTH CAROLINA. t'cnsidcreHc cloudiness with scattered showers or thunder showers 'his af'ernoon on I to night. rlc.irlns west portion and cooler north portion tonight. Tt 'rsdav fa?~ and eonlcr. TRUCKMEN DEFIANT AS NEW YORK FACES CRISIS ' s.- ? * DEFYING THEIR LEADERS by refusing to vote on Mayor O'Dwyer's wage settlement proposal, striking AFL truck drivers whoop it up after a scsfJjui in the G9th Regiment Armory in New York. Major food chains were re ported in danger of closing dowflpnd Now Yorkers were fearful that rank-and-file drivers, who have been delivering some essential food products, would join the strikers who are already out. (International) New York Bloodshed j <2> Mayor Makes Plea To Daniel Tobin, Head Of Truckers New Y:>rk. Sept. 11.?(.1'??Mayor William O'Dwycr prcdi.ling the possibility of violence if the paralyz ing strike of 25,0,>o truck drivers cor.'in uerj. appealed to Daniel J. Tobin. president of the AFL-Teain stors Unic i, to assume control of the striking local and negotiate an | end to the walkout . Declaring that striking local 507 j wis "completely out of the hands t of the officers," the mayor said in : telegram: , "Unless yc-u or an authorized rep- , rescntativc of the International brotherhood resume responsibility , ami take control of this union and ( negotiate terms for the settlement , ot the strike, it is very possible that , .bloodshed and injury will result." "Failure of the International to , act will lay all future consequences at your doorstep." ' ?-] O'Dwycr later told newsmen thdt , Communists were ruminating the | local, but emphasized that the elect ed union officers were not includ ed in his Communist charges. I The mayor's demand for inter- , vent ion by Tobin came as the 11- . day-old strike afY led even greater stricture in the city's economic lite. . bringing widespread indu-dral lav- ; offs. emptying many drug stores of j supplies, halting all beer deliveries , and resulting in an embargo on rail- } way express shipments into New Y -rk. I The Brn-.kl.vi chamber of crra- f n-eree t?l? :r: nhr-1 "r- Mont Tvle'.e stoppage of industrial pro duction in that horough by me ?nc of the week if the strike rontin ics It suggested irr. rediate intervention t by John It. Stcclmnn. director o' War Mnbili/ati a and Hen aversion. Deliveries ?>f real to the city al ready were (!') per cent br'.ow nor mal. Herbert K. Pfaf. regional rep resent ilive of the Solid Fuels Ad- i ministration, reported. A wave of buying stripped grocery store shelves of canned goads and other staples. Board Is Given AFL Wage Case < Washing!* n. Sent. It. ? (fl'i -The J AFL t ;!;iv formally ; kc I a reversal . rf the Wa;r Stabilization Hoard's . ruling that t< iiehc.1 off the AFL. maritime strike ? but pi- ports n' ending the vast shipping tie-up by board action appeared sis dark as j ever. The six-iran grano root behind : closed doors to debate the decision | of it: lifetime. As the members filed . into the con'crcn-e room. Walter |: W.ason. AFL alternate member, sub stituting for Hubert Watt, reiterated . that he \v< ild in*mediately make a motion for reversal. No other mem ber would comment. The board had to decide: 1. Whether to accede to union anrl ship owners' presnre and approve a higher than pattern pay boost, or ( 2. To stand by its Aug. 23 ruling t that AFI. sailors must be content 11 with a smaller raise won by the CIO I seamen. i Tugs Resume Work; Feared By O'Dwyer j Stabilization Board Seeking Solution To Great Tie-Up New V?:rk. Scut. It.? (AP) ? The joint strike committee for the AM seaman's strike today in telegrams to William Green, president of 'lie AFL an I Phil ip Murray, president of the CIO. asked for a national 21-hour stoppage if the Ware Stabiliza tion Board re.'er'- the union's wage demands. New York, Sept. 11.?i/P)?Tug boats in New York harbor resumed .owing barges carrying food and uel for the city's 7,500,000 resi '.cnts today for the first time since tow boat union members struck I Saturday in a sympathy move with ; the nationwide strike of AFL sea men. Permission to operate some of the 1C0 tug boats?manned by approxi ' rnately 3.500 men?was granted last I night by leaders of the striking AFL maritime unions. , As the greatest maritime strike in I history tightened its grip on the na | ticn's economy, the Wage Stabiliza j ion board met in Washington to de sr.te behind closed doors whether to accede t-? union and ship owners' ! pressure and approve a higher-than pattern pay boost, or to stand by its August 23 ruling that AFL seamen must be content with the smaller raise won by the CIO sailors. W. Willinrd Wirts, board chair man, said tim decision may come to day o tomorrow. The announcement of the tug boat's action came last night after a conference of striking leaders. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the AFL - International Longshoremen's Association declared, however, that the action did not mean a general relaxation of strike policy and said , continued operation of the harbor ! craft luir'.o ; "in future events." "'I his decision I" allow tugs to re : nine operations," the announcement .?-aid. vv.i reached so as to prevent any hardships or suffering for the people of New York City." Hospital Intruder Slays One Nurse, Injures Another Indianapolis. Sept. II. i/Pt?Miss Alberta Gren. 20. of Mount Carmel, 111., nurse :i1 the Robert W. Gong hospital. \v.:.s Mugged fatally and an< ther nurse. Miss Bet'.y Overdeer. 20. of Indianapolis, w?s injured seriously by a man who broke into the hospital early today. .John VV. VanNuys, director of the hospital, said a maid told him she encountered the assailant when she left her roam after hearing a scream. She said the man was a Negro. i Market Regains One To 6 Points New York. Sept. II.?(/Pi?The sickest slock market in a number of years exhibited signs of '.'anvalcaccnce today as I' sders retrieved one to six points of their recent sharp declines, j f-'omr broke" were not too im ? j pressed by the rally, attributing it t<> bargain hunter buying based on (he idea thai the list had been drns | tieally over old. , Heavy bidding put the ticker tape 1 as much as f< ur minutes late. I Steels, motors, rails, rubbers, oils, , and utilities were in the forefront of the advance. Dealings slowed V before mid-day and extreme gains | were reduced. NI.W YORK COTTON. New York, Scot. 11.?(/pj?Cotton ? | futures opened 75 ':en*s a bale high : : er to 51.15 a bate t.v.vtr. Noon prices ? I were 15 cents to $2.60 a bale higher. ? October 56.00, December 36.00, and 1 March 35.72. Britain Hands OusterNotices To Squatters London, Sept. 11.? i/l')?A process server in black '.?al and striped rousers climbed through a ground rioor window of Duchess of Bed ford House today and serve eviction lotk-es on 1,000 squatters barricaded i.o wiia'.'imi. a luxury apart ment blr.ck in London's fashionable west end. Stanley Hcndcrt n, rccrctrry o" liie squatters corr; nit too and a lead er of the Ccn-.rr mist - sponsored movement to commandeer unused dwellings, said lie had been sum moned to appear in court next Tuesday. 'dt is between us and the Min istry cf Works." he added. "I don't fully understand; 1 am now going lo get legal advice." Sentries I'cs'rd. The squatters had posted sentries behind barred doors to resisl evic tion efforts of the labor govern ment. Court action to evict squatters ll.-o was taken a' Birmingham, where Sam Blatkwell. secretary if he Midlands distv t Cur. n :nist iarty. said "we will fight the squat ers' case tc the la t ditch." The seven-story Duchess of Bcd brd House, in a secluded portion if gentile Kensington, was vacant vheti the suqatters moved in as a 'direct action" rr.ave in the British ?o.siug ;norL.ge. Similar siege con itions were developing at. the 25 or nore vacant buildings vhi h squat ers seized in widely separated areas f Li ndon. Jury Is Given Ewing Case Faycttevillo, Sept. 11.? A')?The ?asc of Wall C. Swing. prominent 'uir.bcrland county politician and (irnicr legislator. charged with mui ior in connection with the death of its socially prominent wife, went to he jury at 1 :28 m. today. Judge R. Hunt I'arlter started his ?harge at 0:4a. As the jury took the ?ase, the jurist discharged the 13th uror. John 14. Strickland. Judge packer instn tod the jury t could return .? nc of four verdicts: Guilty of murder in the fir*t de ;ree. guilty in the second decree, manslaughter or not guilty. Maritime Strike By CIO F orecast Washington. Se|)l. 11.?(/!*??T're-i lent Joseph Curran of the CIO Na ional Maritime Union said today hat his un:on will go < n strike un css the higher pay soueht by A Ft, maritime strikers is applied "to the vh( !c industry." Curran inside this stair ?unit to a reporter as the ClO-dominatcd Com mittee for Maritime Unity began a strategy session at whb b, the NMU rhief said the current all-coa-t mari time strike is "the No. I t >pic." Gen. Kiscnhowcr's Mother, 84, Dies Ahlliene, Kan., Sept. tt.? (AIM?Mrs. Ida Stover Eisen hower, Rt, mother of General liwicht l>. Elsenhower, died ear ly today at her home here. BANK OPENS BOORS. Hazclwood, Srj.t 11. ? i/l*|?Thf recently organized First State Bank of Hazelwcod opened its dorrs to day with a paid-in capital of $25, 000 and o surplus of $12,500.