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Henberson Hailg Hispatrb
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
T\V h
SEVENTH YEAR
LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1940
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
FIVE CENTS COPY
Roosevelt 'Fit' On
58th Birthday; To
Speak Over Radio
president's Physician
5avs l ie is in "Perfect
ConditionRoose
velt Will Propose Ap
propriation For Small
Hospi tals.
/an. 3>.—(AP> —
- -*8 years old
• . » • :daie" for either
: "val campaign or
-■ spectacular ca
:.i- *vill choose rc
. • y Whatever the de
. * pnvsician. Rear
- M.-Inryre. says that
- •: "perfect ron
- ■ y ,t:\ h's age cu'Id
•• - celebrating his
• t.i ;•>" in quiet and
:an:u ' Throughout the
t •. ' day was being
• • . • t' and programs
:d< : >r a campaign to
. • - of infantile paralv
t- v\;«> taking rocogni
: 4n :n a brief radio
• : (i\t 11:34 p. m. e.
-ands gathered at
; ;. y balk from coast to coast
.^'ficials announced
U r." n ..weevlt would have
ri •• . "ssage for Congress. Ao
• •• v enough, in view of the
:>* infant:le paralysis. the
r.'v e dratted a message
h;> ' iev/s on starting a ten
. n d >ilar program of construct
■ :. cvtals in communities
-spiral facilities.
Finns Get
Two Hundred
U. S. Planes
Wrw^y. l?n ^0.— (AP>
-1 warpianes >r the
•dice were landed .'-ere
United States steamers today
■ - mediately by rail t";>r
' ".d.
. « arrived on tr.e >team«
f- ;n and Monmotid".
■■eie reports here that the
. !\:d been held 30 days at
: ' contraband station in
viands.
■ h-.> denied that war sup
Firhni were bein? held
■ • c nvabnr.d control.1
n-1- ;'-ie to tell what
• phne? were as they were
.. •- • w- without identify
V." ns* - • i pp,-oval Fin
■ n prior right to pur
:• the t'nited State
• • icit'd lor the United
■ y. >
Rocsevelt
Build
Hospitals
Asks Federal Appro
priations For Erect
ing And Equipping
Hospitals in Areas
Too Poor to Build For
i hentselves.
Ji.n. :a>.—(AV) —
• '■ asked Congress
$7,300,000 to $10,
' ntai program for
'' ' fi of approximate
.eas needing such
to pay for them.
• the request in a
" — this beins| his
M Roosevelt said
.■ .d.-ition:
'i'-'.t that even this
>i\ will briny •-ub
:: the saving of lives,
workers and in
<■! vigor of the peo
• declared, does not
f-.'i -wai of any past
• oiks program using
d" method of financ
rh I have in mind."
" areas so poor that
their share of the
and equipping a
to SI0.000.000 ap
-t, ou Pa^e Four)
Britain's Ruler—If?
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
Reports from Holland state Hitier
already has picked his "Viceroy of
Britain" to rule if and when Ger
many wins the war. The man chosen
is Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, 36, British
born leader of the Reich's Auslands
(foreign) organization, which main
tains contacts with Germans abroad.
Nazis Announce De
struction of Ships on
Seventh Anniversary
Of Hitler's Rise tc
Power; Attack Dala
dier's Speech.
Berlin. -Tun. 30.—(AP)—Destruc
tion "i' nine ships in the North Se;i
by German planes was presented
today as a Nazi "birthday gift" on
The seventh anniversary of HitlerV
t i e t-> power.
S»pM:?tpno^»»>v-jv. icials an
nounced Hitler would speak to the
nation bv radio today at 2 p. m
JEST).
Authorized sources bitterlv at
tacked French Premier Daladier's
speech 1-,-t night, terming it "more
hysterical even than 'Winston)
Chur^'nllV. Thei-e sources viewed
Dal;»dicr"s rrnwk- as ;m effort t'
frighten neutrals t<> ioin '.h0 Allies
They .--.id his critici m of Ger
man treatment of conquered Pole
came with il! grace from a nation
which "showed decidedly sadistic
tendencies in treatment of German
during and after the World War.'
The official German news ageno
DNB said srvn "enemy convoyed
armed mrrchnnl ships" and tw<
patrol vessels totaling 21,378-ton:
were sunk yesterday and that ;
British plane was shot down.
All German planes returnee! safe
ly. the dispatch said.
(The British acknowledged n<
sinking of their ships, but s;iid tha
two ships «md one Latvian mer
chantman had been attacked.)
Seek Increase
In Tobacco
Service Fund
Washington, Jan. 30.—(AP>— Rep
resentative Bates, Democrat, Ken
: lucky, said today tie and other rep
resentatives from tobacco state:
would seek to increase the $425,001
recommended by the House appro
priations committee for the Agricul
tural Depart lent tobacco grading an<
inspection service for the 1941 fisca
year.
The committee's recommendatioi
■was contained in the Agriculture
tural Department tooacco gradin,
' and inspection service for the 194
fiscal year.
Bates said he would offer ai
amendment to increase the amoun
to at least $550,000 or $125,000 mor<
than the current year's appropriation
The smaller amount, he said, "i
not sufficient to meet the needs o
all the markets desiring this service
In view of the fact that the tobace
industry paid $5fi8.000.000 in taxe
; last year, our request for additiona
funds is very modest indeed."
More Snow Is
Forecast As
Cold Abates
(By The Associated Press.)
, Temperatures that have been of
! the near-zero and sub-zero variety !
I for almost a week moderated today i
| but overcast skies brought the
j threat of more snow and several
I points reported light flurries this ;
I morning.
i The snow that fell this morning
; at Charlotte, Asheville, Gastonia, :
| Salisbury and Mt. Mitchell and
; several other points followed by a
i week the heavy fall that still was j
• in evidence today.
Minimum temperature1; last night
i ranged from four to 22 degrees :
higher than those of the night be
fore.
The weather bureau predicted a
continued moderation today with ;
some precipitation.
The death from cold and exposure
of Mrs. Maude Heit/.el, 50-ycar old
unemployed saleswoman, in Mt.;
Airy brought to nine the mun
ber of deaths in North Carolina |
directly attributed to the cold wave ;
since the beginning of the wcek
tnd.
|
Talk Raising
Of Shipping
Restrictions
Washington, J a n. —(AP) — i
Lord I.othian. the British ambas«a- ,
dor, discussed with Secretary Hull
today the possibility of relaxing
British restrictions on American
shipping which had led to diplo
matic exchanges.
After his conference the ambassa
dor told reporters he had dis
cussed the possibiltv of guaranteeing
not to take American ships into
British conttol ports within the
combat area forbidden to American i
ships by the neutrality act
'•This matter is still under dis
cussion." he said, "and no decision
has been reached."
The ambassador said that he also
discussed with Hull the possibility i
of e-tablishing a control port in
Canada with the thought of ob
viating examination of American ,
: ships within ihe combat ;u-ea.
Hull later expressed to reporters j
the hope that the number of ciues- i
tions outstanding with Great Brit
ain gradually would be lessened.
He said he again brought up •
with the ambassador Britain's re
fusal to buy further American j
• tobacco but said he could not com- !
merit at this time on what turn ;
their conversation had taken.
!
Kannapohs
Officer Shot
Kannapolis, Jan. 30.—(AP>—Two j
Kannapolis policcmcn, a man they
charged defying them at gunpoint, j
1 and a woman suffering from a beat
ing were being treated in the Ca
barrus County general hospital to
day as the result of a midnight af
fray at a boarding house here.
Chief of Police Ira Chapman said 1
Policemen J. II. Davis and Albert j
Parham were shot when they went
to the boarding house to serve a j
warrant upon Crowel 1 Winceofl', 50,
who was charged by his sister, Mrs. 1
Lois Earnhardt, with beating her.
Winecofl' was badly wounded when l
the officers fired. At 1he hospital j
he was re|>orted in a critical con- j
dition from wounds in the stomach
and hip.
A bullet struck Davis in the stom- 1
ach but glunccd off ;i rib. Another i
hit Parham's wrist watch and then
j took a course through a fleshy part
i of the arm.
Grady Calls
For Vote On
Daily Dispatch I'ureati,
In the Sir Waitur Hotel. |
By HENRY AVERILL
1 Raleigh. Jan. 30.—Paul Grady's
'call for a statewide liquor reteren
) :dum, made in his formal announcc
' ment for Governor today, is as sur
prising to many politicians and com
i | petent observ ers hereabouts as is j
I | the fact that he finally decided to get
j into the race at all—and the Grady I
k 'entry has, in fact, surprised quite a j
> number of folks, including your cor- :
respondent and Dr. Ralph McDonald,
I just to name two.
Principal reason for surprise is the
t difficulty in finding any logical rea- j
t I —
; i (Continued on Page Four)
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
> Mostly cloudy; snow this af
» ternoon or tonight and in east
1 portion Wednesday. Not much
j change in temperature.
Ut&aih&Ji
Hitler, In Anniversary Radio
Address, Accuses Britain Of
Waging "Most Of The Wars"
CAROLINIANS PRACTICE NEW ART-SNOW SCULPTURE
Says Nazis
Victims Of
Versailles
I
Celebrating Seventh
Anniversary of His
Chancellorship, Hit
ler Says Allies "Set
About Chopping Eu
rope Into Small
Pieces".
A novelty for Carolinians hps been the opportunity for the first time in several years, to try out their artis
tic ability on now men and to do a bit of sledding. This attractive group is on the campus 01' the Woman's
College oi" the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Berlin, Jan. 3d.—(AP)—Adolf
Hitler, «'!ceusing England of huving
waged "most of the wars of this
world," today pictured Germany
as the principal victim of oppression
since tiie Versailles treaty was
: igned.
In u surprise address on the
seventh anniversary of his chan
cellorship, Hitler reviewed, in sar
castic tone the fruits of the 1918
:m i ii- tice.
His listeners jeered the Allies as
he .-aid that they, principally Eng
land, were repeating all the glow
ing promises they made in 1918.
"It was the treaty of Versailles
Special Term Of U. S. Court To
Try Giant Fertilizer Industry I
Finns Down
21 Russian
Airplanes !
Red Raids Over
Southern Finland
Prove Costly; Wnns
Claim T o Have
Bombed Russian Har
bor, .Motor Columns,
Troops And Stations.
Helsinki. Jan. 30.—(AP)—The
Finnish high ncr.mand announced
today 1 licit Finnish planes and -anti
aircraft batteries clowned 2! Rus
sian planes during yesterday's raid
over southern Finland.
It was declared that Finnish planes
had bombed "a certain harbor and
vessels lying there" (It was a Mim
ed that the point referred t;> was the
Russian ba. e of Kronstaedt, near
Leningrad.)
The Finnish command said only
one Finnish plane was lo. t.
(The Russian high command in
sisted, however, that seven Finnish
planes had been downed yesterday.)
A high command eommunionc de
scribed increasing sea and land
fighting estimated 200 Russian planes
(Continued nn Page Fo'ir>
Nazis Renew
Air Attacks
On Shipping
London, Jan. 30.—(AP)—Ger- j
many today renewed widespread
air attacks on shipping along the
east coast of the British Isles and i
Britain reported one of the raiders
had been shot down.
Shore watchers saw one British j
patrol vessel attacked nnd escape.
unharmed. Jets of water rose from i
either side as she zigzagged to dodge !
two bombs dropped from a Nazi
plane.
British fighters then chased the in
vader into the clouds where the
pursuit continued.
The attacks on shipping were i
(Continued on Page Four)
Federal Department
Of Justice Attorneys
Complete Extensive
Probe, Precipitated
By Complaints of
"Monopolistic Prac
tices".
Win ton-Salem. «ian. 30.— (AP)—
Attorneys of the anti-tru.-t di\'ision
of the Department of Justice were
here today winding lip an exten
sive probe into alleged monopolistic
practices of the 8200,000,000-a-year
fertilizer industry.
A special term of United Slates
district court has been eallcd for
Winston-Salem at 1 he request ol'
District Attorney Carlisle Higghn
to convene February 12 and the De
partment of .Justice lawyers are
preparing evidence to be presented
to the grand jury.
A Department of Justice state
ment said the federal investigation
was precipitated by '•continuous
complaints of monopolistic prac
tices in commercial fertilizers by
farmers' cooperatives, individual
burners, farm groups, unorganized
dealer--, ' misers and others".
The Department of .Ju.-lice has
•sent agents over a wide a'-ea to in
vestigat': the industry's practices,
fur the Hi miles distance between
Edison Wants
Crushing
Weapons
Washington. Jan. 30—(AP)—
Secretary Edison, advocating an
proval of the Navy's proposed S1
300,000.000 fleet expansion program,
told Congress today that in view of
dangerous conditions abroad he
believed in providing "crushing
weapons with our wealth to protect
our weath".
Testifying before the House
naval committee, where strong sen
tiir.mt has developed in favor of
trimming the program. Edison de
clared that even the expansion
which the Navy recommends would
provide "only a fair degree of
security".
"War is not a sporting event be
tween evenly matched opponents,"
he said. "Its aim is to crush the
enemy quickly and with minimum
loss to ourselves, so I believe in
providing crushing weapons with
our wealth to protect our wealth."
The secretary asserted that "if
we are not strong, our interests,
our treasured liberties and our.
wealth are almo t certain to be tar
gets".
Farm Prices
Highest In j
T V
lwo Years
i i
Index of Farm Prices
Advanced Three
Points Between Mid
December And Mid
I January; 99 Percent
Of 1910-1914 Level.
Washington. Jan. 3M.—fAP)—Ad
| ministration form offie:,,]s. e^n- 1
fronted by tlio iv»s«ibility ha' Con- !
gross may not appropriate funds for j
I parity payments for 194!. were1
heartened today by the disclosure
that, farm prices had started the new j
ypar at the 11ighost level in two j
years.
The Agi ieulture Department said;
that the index of farm prices ad- j
I vnnced three points belween mid-j
December and mid-January to roach
09 percent of the 1910-1914 level, i
This index was five points high- ,
er than a year earlier and the high- ,
'Continued on Page Four)
wnicn was 10 nave accompnsnoa
all of these improvements," he said.
"It was a treaty ot innumerable
clauses all of which accomplished
just nothing.''
For a long time Germany "begged
•iiul entreated" her western neigh
bors for justice, he said.
"But, after all. these entreaties
proved themselves to be in vain,
'i'hen and then only did national
socialism originate."
What happened, he said, was that
(.lie allies '.soon set about chopping
Europe into small pieces".
"A crazy system or reparations
was invented and no people ex
perienced the results more than the
Germans," Hitler said, drawing his
now familiar picture of a post-war
Germany bowed under by the Ver
sailles treaty. •
Nazi Orders
For Poland
Read In House
Washington, J a n. 30.—(AP)—
Representative Tenerowicz, Demo
crat, Michigan, read to the House
foreign affairs committee today
wnat lie said was a German police
order consigning to houses of pros
titution Polish women "who speak
to Germans or annoy them".
Tenerowicz said the ordered was
posed in both German and Polish
in German-occupied Poland on
October 27, 1939 and was smuggled
out of the country.
'J'he Michigan representative ap
pealed before the committee in con
nection with his bill to provide SJ5,
000,000 in federal funds for the re
lief of Poles.
A letter from Secretary Hull ad
vised the committee that he was in
formed that relief agencies had been
denied access to Russian-occupied
i Continued 'in Page Four)
House Committee Slashes
Farm Appropriations
Washington. Jan. 30.—(AP)—A
2') percent cut in President Roose- i
volt's I'arin appropriation estimates j
was recommended to the House to
day by its appropriations committee
raising one of the session's touchiest
political issues.
Forthe fiscal year beginning July
1, Mr. Roosevelt asked an appro
priation oi S788,929.519 for the |
agriculture department. The com- j
mittee trimmed this by S 154.530.263, |
chiefly by slashing S72.678.812 from |
the surplus commodity disposal |
item, S47,975.000 for the 1937 sugar
act, and 825,000,000 asked for farm i
tenant Joans.
These and various small cuts
added up to the largest reduction j
made in any single major appro
priation measure by the committee I
this session—despite the fact that |
sentiment for farm spending fre- j
quently is stronger than for any |
other type of expenditure.
Asserting that no appropriation
can ever be said to be wholly ade
quate, the committee said in its re
port to the House:
"The current status of federal
finances has imposed a necessity
for retrenchment and the committee
has endeavored to apply the cuts in
this bill where they would be the
least harmful to the public interest."
The committee said that it had
been advised that the regular fund
for disposal of surplus commodities
—30 percent of all tariff receipt—
would ;• mount to about SI00,000,000
in 1941 or about $7,500,000 more
than was available this year.
As forecast by farm bloc leader.-,
the committee followed President
Roosevelt's suggestion by refusing
to ask a $225,000,000 appropriation
for parity payments.
The bill contained the usual item
of $498,000,000 for soil conservation
benefit payments which have been
appropriated annual since crop con
trol programs were initiated.