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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNOR'l H CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
vtv-seventh year
a^iatI5VpbIs?f HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 2, 1940
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTEItNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
FIVE CENTS COPY
Three-Fold Economic
War On Nazis Opens;
neutrals Are Warned
; i::h N avy Takes
. l : t a i n Practical
v ;p - to Interfere With
of German
C3 r f. ° Ships From
< • • >»
czinciHtavia .
Apt ! -CAP)—Great
■a . c! her economic war
y .1 a three-fold drive
::r:icd neutral na
i t > the Reich might
•• .ble to the hideo-is
< • rtaken previous vic
: an policy."
\ Chamberlain de
wanvng to neutrals
•• ont in the house o'' com
: .ch he announced thai
stranglehold on German;.
-• lengthened with the fol
rr'i.'l of the sea. with the
. "iy having taken "certain
a-. - to interfere with pas..
Germau cargo ship.- from
' and halting Russian
Far Eastern waters.
_—ide agreements with neu-j
round, ng Germany under
outbid Germany for
. ; i nducts.
-A w arning to neutral- that
: i'rotn the empire wo»«l-i
; >wn unless they limit thei:
Germany.
:-rlain disclosed to the .
Commons a series of trad'
. ts with neutral nations sur
4 Germany and warned that
. were "determined to pro -
the economic war to the ut
their power."
::-.e mini.-tcr outlined step
• .in German supplies and
that lie looked forward to art,
• T: n" of the blockade,
t. ginning his statement on
I jet of the war. Chamberlain. !
-v.er to a question, said that ;
••.-Russian cooperation ap
* i hp "most marked in the
:v.ic sphere.
Wage Rate is
Upheld
•jrlcan.?, April 2— (AO—
cut at court of appeals
• at fired an order of the
division of the depart
labor fixing a minimum
: :j2 ! -2 cents an hour for
t workers.
-rder was contested by t.ie
•■■n Mills, Inc.. of Opp. Ala
. iV Southern Manufactur
i- ition, which declared it
.v-ucd upon recommenda
r- 'lustry Committee No. I
• xtile trade last September
i'j effective on October 24,
ijwiss Call
Out Reserves
Nation Close to Gen
e r a 1 Mobilization
With New Units to Re
port This Month
a< Switzerland, April 2. (AP>
• Swiss general staff today cail
i t-ol thousands ei soldiers
April 15 and 22. putting the na
to general mobilization.
: i .• order said that the variou
ricalled for duty had been
::rd to replace other- recently
• •:»! zed It was noted, however,
• few units nad been released and
•.otal Of ;i units of varying size
■ .i. been recalled. _ ,
T; * high command said it v.as cte
"d to kfcep the Swiss mihtuiy
r . 'a as nearly as poss.ble on a
with the number 0• troop
.< :i ,i;.\ one belligerent had >ta
i.-.i n»*ar the frontier.
Flooded Scranion Takes To Boats
Swolh n I y driv ing rnlr... the Lackawanna River swept over its Dunks,
flooding I: v ce »i: ut the city of Scranton. Pa., driving hundreds of
familk> lieu the::- he and n:ai owning hundreds of other-;. Above,
soi:'.e of the fluou vie?:. return to their homes !.y boat after a shopping
voyage to > i t food. Floods in Pennsylvania, upper New York. California
anil i>;:rt. of I.'ew England threaten to do millions of dollars worth of
damage.
Newton Claims
Earliest Start
On Census Work
Vi'ishin rlon. April 2.—(AP) —
Fired by civic pride, ihe town of
Newton. X. claimed today the
cailicst stiv-t on the 1940 popu
lation census.
Newton's enumerators set out
at midnight last night and were
well along on the job twelve
hours later. A message from
Newton to Washington head
quarters at first indicated flic
count had brcn completed but a
chcckback disclosed this was er
roneous.
in tlir town had a popula
tion of 4,3yt.
British And
Nazi Planes
In Sea Fights
l.or.rfnn. April -( \i'; Biiti: I
.-1f.ri ' r< i war pian*\ . roaming tin
mm. engaged hi a .series *>i
brief. aoarp l.r.'its in the p-i.st
(k??1! u'J.ich reaciiet1 a climax thi.
oft*-, no* i a German raid on Brit
ish . which the admiralty
announced had been driven off.
Although at leait ten bombs wen
dr-'pp.-u. t!r- admiralty said, the Naz
raiders were repulsed without d:mi
i
) Tiie air ministry announced lirit
• Continued on page two)
!
Communities Along
Susquehanna River
Watch Anxiously As
Crest of Flood Begins
Rising For Second
Time.
Wilke:-Barre, Pa., April 2.—(AP'«
, —Fearful of fresh devastation, com
! munities along one hundred miles of
j Pennsylvania's flnod-chokcd Susque
hanna river watched anxiously to
day as the crest rolled southward
with thousands homeless and others
j ready to flee.
Flood-ravished towns drew some
! encouragement from a prediction by
j federal and state forecasters thai
' although the n >rmal!y plnr:d stream
still was rising at some points "sta
tionary or killing st.ag«-s will pre
! vail" throughout the en'ire system.
The fiv; r began dropping here
!a t night after remaining station
■ :>ry at nine leet above '.load level
for sevu*a! ho:i"s, b:it early today il
' }>< gnn rising agan slowly. Observ
! ers warned of ;; double crc. i such as
j ui the I!>:><) Ilood when the stream
I began k> fall only to rise an addi
I tional t"i\ e feet later.
n :tream at Sunbury, where
■ the north anil we t branehe- of !!if
riv r meet, the !"ve! Iie?,an reced
ing after backwaters from creeks
ll.iM'P-fl two square mil'.s. The
♦own'.-. inhabitants, half ot
whom fled to higher grounds. pre
dicted '.I ' . e i af)-50 chance t!;-1
i worst of the flood i:; uvcr.
I Cms and oUnv re!i"f ag°n
eie-- hurriedly set up aliens to aid
thousands of refugee; hou-ed i:i
churches, school* ami other larg
1 buildings. Coast guarr' men from
neighboring i\rew Jcr. ' i ,:ud stale
troupe:"v! \oluntcrs in evacuat
! i;ig families.
University Has Radio Setup
Giving It $100,000 Worth
Of Time For Only $2,500
Daily Dispatch ftureau.
In tlie Sir Walter Hot^L f
Ti; ioicrh. Aorii 2.—The University;
i
oi' N >;;h Carolina's radio setup, I
unique in mrnv respect*. gives it an
estimated $1.K).000 worth of timr? an
nually for not to exceed $2,500, Dr. i
I>lph W. McDonald. .-ssociate direc
tor of the University Extension ser
vice. believes.
Dr. McDonald has been primarily,
responsible for development of the
setup, which has come into being
v. !?hm t;se last few months and has
growii to the point where a program
a week is broadcast from the Chape!
Hiil studio over natknai network,
o!' the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Last September the University'had
no radio setup whrt^ver. Now it bus
its own studio (built at an estimat
ed cost ol' S2.500), and broadcasts
five half-hour programs weekly from
this studio, over ten North Carolina
stations. As mentioned. one of these
programs, put on by the Carolina
Playmakers. goes out to several mil
lion listeners once a week over
Mutual.
The really remarkable feature of
the setup is that the rodin station?
not only do not charge the Univer
sity for time, 'out they have even
(Continued on Page Two)
Wisconsin In
With Lewis
Presidential Primary
Today Brings Major
Test of Political Fac
tions; Lewis Threat
ens To Form Third
Party.
(By The Associated Press.)
The Wisconsin presidential primary
tool: top place on the national poli
tical program today beside John L.
Lewis' threat to organize a third
party movement unless Democrats
choose a candidate and platform ac
ceptable to l:tbor and the common
people.
The nat'on looked to the Wiscon
sin vote for some inkling on how
l>; i)in!"ats l""i about the third term
question and on how Senator Ar
thur Vanden'wrK, Republican, Mich
igan, and Thomas E. Dewey, New
York pro. ecu tor, shape up as Repub
lican presidential contenders.
both parlies .'elected si; tes of
24 delegate for their national con
. vit.-, the Democrat ;c side offer
ed the first l< <t of sentiivs nt between
President Ui.osevelt and Vive-, resi
dent Garner. The issue was not as
j ciear cut as it might be, iiowcver,
I be c:uise there were two rival Roose
velt slates 11 tie field against the one
i Garner ticket.
A big que lion was where sup
porters of the LaFollette progres
j five party would throv. men
| strength. The law lets them vote in
either the Democratic or Republican
primary.
While politicians watched to i.ce
| which way the political straws would
blow in the Wisconsin winds, they
speculated over John L. Lewis' state*
• ment yesterday that he would sum
mon-labor. youth, old ago, Negro and
j fanners organizations to a conven
! tion of his own in the event that the
| Democrats failed to meet the con
ditions he laid down lor action at
i their convention.
~
Weed Meet
Tomorrow
North Carolina Leat
Growers Confer In
Washington on Pro
posed Changes.
Washington. April 2.—(AP)—E. F.
Arnold, secretary of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau Federation, i
brought reports here today that a
'"sizeable number" of flue-cured to
bacco farmers from North Carolina
would attend a conference tomor
row on proposed changes in the to
bacco marketing control act.
Arnold conferred with J*cprc\sen- j
tative Cooley, Democrat, North Caro
lina, who called the meeting.
Members of Congress from tobac
co growing districts and agriculture
department officials also will attend
the conference.
Chief among the changes proposed
in the act is one to permit farmers
to vote on whether they desire a
marketing quota program which
jould be extended over three years.
Anderson Reports
Cordial Reception and
Much Interest Evi
denced In North.
r»Tilv Di«r)}»trh
In the Sir Walter HotH.
Raleigh. April 2.—Industrialist of
New York and the north, in general,
are keenly interested in North Car
olina as a possible site for new onrra
tions. J. T. Anderson, chief "1 'he
division of commerce and industry.
Department of Conservation and De
velopment. said op his return from
a tr'p to New York.
While away. Mr. Andeivon con
i foired v:th nearlv n score oi" indus
tries with regard to the possibility
they might estabii.-h new industrial
plants in thi.- state.
Ke reported his reception more
/Continued on Page Two)
USsxriJuih
. FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and unsettled, with fog:
and possibly lisrht showers in
west and north central portions
tonight and Wednesday. No de
cided change in temperature.
Reynolds W ants State
DepartmentT o Explain
Welles' European Trip
New York Dedicates Trans-Atlantic Tenninal
This airview of LaGuardia Pield, New Y« :!:. ihow- t':c Y^nko;' Clipper
heading oi:l to :i;; on the 41-ton pbiv's tiikc» lor i.i bon. !»rl■.'J4:«I. in
aufeimning llif lir.t ;vgi l;ir lrun.--Alh.niic ;iir btivice Jlrvtl 'in :. Now
York. Tlii-i in nds o!' spc clatoi.s eiowd ti.e ;.irport m, the International Air
Marine Terminal is dedicated. Foinicrly, the field was ior land planes only.
Changes In Wagner
Act Recommended
i
House Labor Commit
tee Will Ask House to
Consider Its Proposals
Only; Senate Debates
Trade Agreements
Washington. April 2.—(AP)—The
Hnu.sc labor committee approved to
day two amendments to the Wagner J
Act. intended to protect AFL craft
unions and to give employers the
:*;/. hi to a Is the labor board for col-!
kvtlve barf,.,:nins elections.
Chairman Xorton, Democrat, New
J'-rsey, said the committee probably
would complete consideration of all
|/l IM').-".I I I.' in Hie act lomor- |
; .ir! would ask the House to j
con id< r no oth< r revision' than those
it will siigycst.
Previously the commit tec had de- I
cidr d t! at iho present thi c( -man la-i
I■« i i *»ard v/o ilfl be inci va.-'-d 1o j i\»■
meinot i';.
?vTr . Koifon -aid that the com-;
I. '.) to 'i. i'<I ;
»si* •;; |>y i. ' illative Wood, IJein
*.t to jvvi •• one sec
tion t'je aci .,<» that when a ma-'
j'u My "i employees ii|' craft in a t
;»!.-• t;t M.iil . •> ri'fi'tc ijir hoard : hall
d*' i•:i.■ ' 1 ('ii era!)" is a proper col
I >li c ha; " tilling illiit.
i'," ;.n I!-?'.— ) v't a* iftv committeej
'i ''i writ ■ mto tii" l.iw per
mi .i'l'i ! »r ' mp! y ! . "c:r ij«h? in
n, ix iv.'.ci: two unions to a.,k!
J i ■ !' ; : 1;«;■.»d 10- j
- a a.l:i|ij 'I j I -1;j: • nc .• al
I • .0 i hi:! « nipi ycr to 111ii:o sucll
i ,-t ((ucst.
'■'■imc ' !i' i'ivf W' lcli. b'cpub.'iean,
< '• i f. i"ii.i. on appt a I. II to 4, j
II I I: ! !Oj.o ;;| t;• ,» Mis. Morion '
a: !• iianl:':cafi • i perm >
» !• **1 1,1 * iI UP ill-' C ir imW'i'V
j-mendmcnis uruter y.pcci. I Hou.-:c i
arouse I'd on I1; •i Sr-"'n '
Two Marines Face
Murder Charges
Richmond, April 2.—(AP)—A fed
eral grand jury indicted two United
States marines yesterday lor .slay
ing Sidney M. Little. Fredericksburg,
V'a., tobacco salesman. 011 the Fort
Hunt reservation January 7.
William Joseph Palmer and Alex
ander J. Stevenson, the marines,
were charged villi using an iron
grate to kill Little.
News Men Are
Shown File:
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ice.
I ;'it i I;> i'.'ci e (• ■.tl'.i'*t'"l
:i,e !'I 'i /<• u/iP. pibii: hed la: t
i 1 irlay. .iagrnly 'looting 1 mu.-ii
SJa!.- Am ' 1 • 1 \ViI':::> 11 ('. li'ij
i!* 1 nd •' ph P Kennedy on
i \ f lit p'i'i l'i tiit' <•'-i1 1''•'•!•: fil \v» 1
'l In- III" . 11 <!:i 1 .• 'i alfi'.it < igh! 0/
t. I• laig: t: oej< l»iad.-. V. Te f>i'jii»h'
l> i'.i 1 lin ; nd -t«.r:d in 1 i.*• for
eign office.
Ccai! Man AH.,if M'.Ili:'
• if! 11::f* !.'• had directed •• doz'-n
lan:;iia,v e- j^ii io ;> •< p;,i .jig fv
fhi! 1 / • < 11 I'it onhlie;i* on.
,'ic ..-id that mat'r.:.l ; .i addi
""■•rt?in-ifil ».n Psif»»
/
mr* '3
Washington. Apiil 2.— fAP)— On
horse aiid foot. Ly bout and plane,
the et n u- r.-n'Jiir t'.rs went culling
on :Tr. and Mr . America today while
Sori'itor Tobey, Republican. Xcw
H iv.pshiro. peppered away at their
ht-l.s v.iih another oratorical bla.-t.
S< :r»e 120.000'strong, the legion of
enumerators set out on the long trek
wh:ch will take them a total of 25.
000.000 miles, produce the answers
to mere than 2.000.000.000 questions,
an i tr1! !he nat>n how far it ha»
cone !nee cm nv n made the first
tabulation in 1"9'!.
"'here was no "godspeed", how
ever, fro::; ToLey. who Ivjs been
v.,jgin^ war ;i;^. n-: tJ.• • eer.so: que.s
i.i.ri- on per- .11 <! income.
Again coun eling people to refu e
answers to ilic income question.-. on
the ground 1: ;:l 'he;. violate (>riaey.
Tobey announced that i.e had intro
duced a biil to rescind the f>0-da>
ail pen: ity which may be imposec
f.-.r failure to supp'y cen us infor
mation. Previously h'* tried to have
ti e :nc m<- question -trick'n from
'! f -chedules. but S< na'e in-.ction
frustrated tho attempt.
Regard If • o! 'J 'bey'- eitorN. try
crnsu: army was on the march.
Asks Probe
Of 'White
North Carolina Sena
tor W o u ) d Have
Welles Give Views to
Senate Foreign Rela
tion? Committee; Bul
litt Meet:* Senators.
Washington. Auril '.I (AIM Sen
ator Reynold.;. I )<*i»m1. North Car
<>!in;i. pp.nosed t>»day 1 !i:it the State
department explain why Undersec
ret;>ry <>' State Sumner Welles w;is
s^nl to F'iion«' recentlv and to sun
nly what information it has on tin1
"white hook" recently issued by (ier
nianv.
Reynolds offered a resolution
which would also request Welles to
give the foreign relations committee
hi-- vie\v: "with resnect to the pur
poses and accomplishments of such a
vi it 'f compatible with the public
interesl."
William C. Bullitl. amhas.ador to
France and one of the central lig
ures in the German "white bonk"
controversy, was asked to lunch at
flu* Capitol today with several sena
tors who may help determine wheth
er there will be an investigation of
Nazi-published statements involving
Bullitt.
The luncheon was arranged by
Senator Rarkley of Kentucky, the
Democratic lender. The group of col
leagues Bark ley invited included
some members of the Senate foreign
relations committee.
Plot Charge
NamesPelley
Silver Shirts Leader
Charged With Plotting
Overthrow of U, S.
Government.
Washington. April 2. (AC) A
blond swrH si/'ont I'll" a former
|i 11 •»• in V I Ml''! i'li! •■••Milllitltf tes
tified tod.iy 1h;i1 Will'am Dudley I'**1 -
Icy, thf Si! « !' Shirts lender, loiri bet
he to l< ;ifI ri in.ii'cli on Wash
ington :i ! i i< i ic the "v/hil" king"
o| the country
The v. it'i« s. \7i.Dorothy Win ing
'.! r:-w Yolk. . |)jic;i:i"l before the
i)< '•> i-111■.11» '• with !{< .j'eseiitat ive
i):c! i< n. v.'ii" I* ill *' 'i tii;it J'eiiey
(Continned on page two)
Sinking Brings to 303,
C Tons Germany's
Losses By Capture and
Sinking.
London. April 2. — (AP)—Th*?
J'.riti h :«H-r!ir;«lty announeed today
that the German freighter Mfime
Horn, «<:it ol C'nraeao, Xetherland ■
Wf ' Indies. 1 .ifi been, intercepted in
northern waters" by Hritih n.'-n
of-war and then fired ;jnrl rcuttled
by her own crow.
The admiralty announcement s;<id
the .-inking brought to '.I'W tons
Germany's merchant ship los.se by
c.v ' ik- and . ink'.'ig.
Losses to allied and neutral hip
ping for H." week ending !;ist Sm
d?«y midnipht wa- 13.901 Ion , the
fourth lowest wekly figure sin'-"
the tart of the war and the lowest
inc" the fir t w*ek of 194fl.
An informed source laid th"
r-rea e in allied and neutral ship
ping looses to the work of HriM h
mine sweepers and to th" fact th;.l
German submarines "think it un
wi-c to att-ick convoys."
The 'iking of a German subma
rine v hich had to-pedo"d n neiitr*«f
hi', i-; nvoy "some we'-ks ag""
was d" cribed in an eve witness ac
-I'lnt riado public by the Ministry of
'.formation.

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