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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

Films disable Russian cruiser with ooo
Russians capture Finnish port.
New cabinet takes ever Finnish govern
nent. .
2-FHn.r', ~~'-' rosime codes territory to
Regular Finnish government orders
evacuation of all southern towns
Sweden tightens its detenseS.
3-Rritish planes attack German naval
base and score hits on German war
ships.
League of nations summoned to hear
Finnish appeal for aid.
Britain puts blockade against German
4-German pocket battleship sinks British
steamer Doric Star in south Atlantic
5-Fmnish flyers inhict heavy casualties
on Soviet troop concentration: ooo am
6-FinnS repulSe Russian army OF zUO,UUO
on three fronts.
7-Russians to blockade Finnish coast;
warn shipping.
s-Finns repel offensive on Karelian
lo-Finns report Russian attacks repealed
l1-League of Nations requests Russia to
cease hostil!tieS against Finland
PRUSSIA rejects league of nations pro-
posal to mediate conflict with Finland
German liner Bremen runs British
blockade to home port.
l3-British Slips disable and chase Ger
man raider Graf Spec into South Amer
lean port.
expelled from league of nations
Uruguay gives Graf Spec 70 hours to
make repairs.
16-Finn coast artillery sinks Russian de-
1s-Germans scuttle Graf Spec outside
Montevideo harbor rather than risk
fight with British ships waiting outside
19-Huge Red forces storm Firms noun
tain positions.
Germans claim "a out of "a British
planes shot down in battle over Heligo-
land.
and damage to two others.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
DECEMBER

3-Alfred Granger, prominent architect.
Princess Louise, duchess of Argyle, old
est living child of Queen Victoria.
4-Marsnal WI Pei-fu poet-soldier OF Re-
publican China.
J. Butler Wright. American ambassa-
dor to Cuba.
9-Col. John S. Hammond, sportsman and
soldier.
11-Douglas Fairbanks ST., stage and screen
star.
Charles R. Walgreen, chain drug store
head.
18-Heywood Broun, columnist.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Germans InUode Poland
3l-Germany opens war on Poland.
SEPTEMBER

3Britain and France declare war on
Germany.
British Ship Athena torpedoed off coast
of Ireland 400 aboard. 13 lost.
Germany blOckaded by British navy.
5-Germans she'll Warsaw; government and
citizens fee.
President Roosevelt proclaims U. S.
neutrality.
6-Poles appeal to Britain to rush aid.
7-NaZi torpedOes sink five ships.
8-French planes bomb Siegfried line.
10-Gernan cOunterattack haltS French on
western front
Russia rushes reserves to Polish border
13-Big British army lands in France with
out loss
Polish defense cracks; Nazis move east
ward.
1e-Russian troops invade Poland to PRO.
tect minorities."
7-Warsaw decides to fight on after truce
talk fails.
Poiand's defenses collapse under Nazi
pressure.
Russian army drives so miles into Po-
land.
2O-Rcnort Red purge of former officials in
Polish Ukraine.
23-Frerch renUlse wave after wave of Nazi
shc.l. troor3
25-Frcnch defeat Germans in two big air
battles; lombard whole length Of Sieg-
fried line bomb Zeppelin works.
N-War5aW surrenders to Germans after
20day siege.
2S-Britain defes warning by foes to stop
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
MARCH

college of cardinals convenes in Rome
to elect a pope.
2-Franco requests Mussolini to withdraw
Italian troops from SPAIN
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli elected pope on
third ballot takes name of Plus XII.
5-Leader of Spanish loyalist army seizes
control of Madrid government.
6-Communist leaders flee Madrid zone:
General Miaja, new loyalist chief. asks
worthy peace
7-Gandhi won political victory for democ.
racy in India, forced by fOur-day fast:
accepts invitation for consultation with
viceroy.
Loyalist planes bomb centers of commu.
mist revolt in Madrid.
8-Franco's fleet blockades all Spanish 10y.
aliSt coast
12-5O0, 900 witness coronation Of Pope Plus
XII
21-Lithuania returns Memel to Germany.
S2-Rumanla and Germany sign trade pact
z5-Madrld offers to surrender to General
Franco.
27-Japanese capture Nanchang.
29-t'rance fatty refuses MuSsolini's colonial
demands.
5U-RusSia rejects British plea to Join front
against aggreSsor nations
Madrid surrenderS. ending Spanish civil
war. ~
APRIL
2-Britain offers to protect Rumania.
Japanese kill 5000 Chinese in three bat.
Turkey. asks for part of Syria: French
dispatch warship
o-Albert Lebrup se-elected president of
france. u
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

6-Italian troops invade Albania
8-NIussolini sets up puppet government In
Albania.
9-Britsh and French fleets reported
masscd off coast of Greece.
l3-AIassing of troops near Gibraltar causes
ALARM British barricade road to Spain.
l8-lIitler appoints Franz Won Papen amtSs-
sador to Turkey.
Russia faces famine; 80 per cent of
grain crop destroyed.
23-General Franco orders return of prop
former King Alfonso
24-President of Bolivia assumes dictatorial
powers.
27-Selbans sign pact with Croats, ending
JugOSlavias biggest internal problem.
30-Faraguay elects General EstgarriIia,
Chaco war hero. president.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
OCTOBER

1--Britain calls ESQ 900 more troops.
4-Da ledier says France will fight until
-. victorious.
7-E;tler makes peace proposals to Britain
anG France; seeks armistice. 80
e-Hitler sets aside area in Poland for
Germ ans to be transplanted from other
countries.
1o-French premier spurns Hitlers peace
terms
Finnish civilians ordered to leave dan.
ger zone near Soviet frontier.
1z-Britain refuses peace based on NaZi
conCuests.
14-British battleship Royal Oak sunk by
sub 1876 lost
l6-Nazi raid navy base in Scotland: 1e
killed.
H. German planes raid scapa Flow: Iron
Duke, training Ship damaged
zO-British repel another Nazi air raid
over Edinburgh.
23-British report three U.boats sunk
Germans capture American ship CITY of
Flint and take it to Soviet port.
2NFour British. one Greek ship sunk by
Germans.
Nazi sea raiders slip through blockade;
prey on shipping
BelglanS demand British ease blockade
Z6-Amerlcan ship City Of Flint. turned over
to Germany by Russia, sails from Rus.
STA. go 800
B-Cermans claim lis foreign ships sunk
since war began.
Sl-Soviet demands raise new crisis in Fin.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
NEUROLOGY

POPE SUCCUMBS-The deuout
kneel in prayer before casket con-
tanning the body Of Pope Plus XII.
JANUARY
11-Prof Herman Oliphant, treasury de.
partment counsel, in Washington.
13-Col. Jacob Rupert. owner Of the New
York Yankees.
26-Former Sen. Joseph ]. France of Mary.
land. in Baltimore.
29-William B. Yeats. Irish poet and play.
wright. in France.
FEBRUARY ''aaas
13-Rt: Rev: J.. M. Francis. Episcopalian
bishop of Indianapolis.
15-Char1es r. Crane, former diplomat
16-Dr. Clarence True Wilson. prohibition
MARCH
&Howard Carter. who found King Tut's
s-Former U. S. Attorney General John G.
g. Frank w. stearns. close adviser to Pres.
2s-Gerardo Machado. former dictator Of
Cuba.
APRIL
2-George F. Harding. Republican national
committeeman for Illinois.
6-Premier Joseph Lyons Of Australia.
9-James Hamilton Lewis. U. S. senator
from Illinois.
lis. S. Van Dine, mystery-story writer.
real name Willard H. Wright.
MAY
26-Dr. Charles Mayo. famous surgeon.
JUNE
6-George Peabody Gardner. fnancier. In
Boston.
19-Miss Grace Abbott, noted welfare work.
err and University of Chicago professor.
26-Ford Maddox Ford. British author.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
FEBRUARY

4-Britain increases plane orders in U. S.
to $50.
5-Spanish loyalst army of 200. 900 fees to
France to escape trap.
6-Japan refuses to give up inundated is
lands Germany lost in war.
12-TWo hundred thousand move past bier
of Pope Plus in ST. Peters.
14-Pope Plus buried in tomb beneath St.
Peters cathedral
18-Spanish loyalists offer to surrender.
France occupies African area once
coded to Italy
20-1talys moves to place colony Libya on
war footing
23-General Franco hands Britain final
terms for peace with Spanish loyalists.
24-Britain and France decide to recognize
Franco government in Spain.
Polish students attack German embassy
in Warsaw.
28-Commons approves Chamberlain's o. K.
of Franco
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
OCTOBER

2-Debate on repeal of neutrality act begins
in senate.
Army places an order for 1923 high
5-Grover c. Bergdoll, draft dodger. SEN
fenced to 7l2 years in prison.
7-Bishop AblcWhite sent to prison for fund
shortage.
1O-War department orders G5, 900 seni-auto-
matte rifles.
Former Gov A. B. Chandler sworn in
as senator from Kentucky, succeeding
the late M. NJ. Logan.
12-William Green elected president of A.
F. of l.. for sixteenth time
H-Brazil orders $5,d7C,000 rail equipment
from America.
hour administrator, succeeded by Col.
Philip Fleming.
18-President closes American i-orts to sub
marines of warning nations.
19--NeW house bill bans financial aid to
warning nations.
2O-Roosevclt sets three-mile limit for sub
marines.
23-Indiana endurance flyers descend after
535 hours; new record.
Earl BroWder, head of Communists in
U. S., indicted on bogus passport.
24-Senate adopts cash and carry amend
ments to neutrality bill
25-Covernment sues 236 railroads under
Sherman antitrust act.
Dies committee reveals 539 government
officials and employees linked to Reds.
27-Senate votes, 60 to &c. to repeal arms
embargo provision of neutrality act. Bill
goes to house.
28-Carl Bevins, Missouri flyer, kidnapped
and slain in his own plane by Ernest
Pletch, arrested.
29-California flyers land after 726 hours in
3O-U. s. assesses Germany so millions for
Black Tom and Kingsland blasts during
World war.
31-United Mine Workers raise So, 900 900 for
political fight in 1910.
President asks 276 million for added
defense.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
NOVEMBER

2-House votes against embargo on arms:
bill goes to conference.
3-Congress passes neutrality repeal bill
and adiourns.
4-President signs repeal bill and bars war
zones to American shipping
Hole mortgages.
Told age pension plans defeated in Ohio
and California.
AAA will make loans to cotton growers
9-Navy sends marines to Hawaii to
Str fngt Pacific elf Defense D..
Panamanian registry.
9-Roosevelt demands Lewis, head of c. l.
O., resume peace negotiations with A.
12-Dr. Smith former president of L. S. u,
given to "a years for university scan
das.
14-Louis Levy, New York lawyer, disbarred
in Manton scandal.
16-Al Capone, gang leader. released from
federal prison; enters Baltimore hospi-
21-Proportion of civil service employees
reduced under President Roosevelt.
22-U. S. court upholdS Wage-hour law IN
Montgomery Ward case.
Supreme court voids cities ban on hand
bills.
27-Morgenthau declares next congress must
lift legal debt limit.
29-Chrysler company and c. I. o. agree on
basis of peace after auto plants are tied
up SO days.
29-Jury finds German-American buno lead
er Fritz Kuhn guilty on forgery and
theft charges.
30-Roosevelt sends sharp note to Russia
asking that bombing of cities stop.
DECEMBER
2-Curtiss plants speed building of war
planes.
3-Winnie Ruth Judd, insane slayer. again
escapes from prison in Arizona.
5-Fritz Kuhn, bund leader, sentenced to
prison for two and half years.
Upward trend seen in several lines of
business
8-Secretary Hull protests British blockade
trict in Caribbean.
11-RFC grants $40, O0O, 600 loan to Finland
U. S. Supreme court bars evidence
gained by wire tapping.
13-TWelve naval captains promoted to be
rear admiralS.
A-ICC approves trainload rail rate re-
ductiOn.
18-Garner announces candidacy for Demo-
cratic presidential nomination.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
SPORTS

IRON MAN STRIKES OUT
Lou Cehrig, ''iron man Of base
ball." retires from Ne,v York Yam
KEGS rUith paralysis infection after
hanging up all-time record for
games played.
JANUARY
2-Southern California football team de.
feats Duke in Rose Bowl.
,3$Rdddge defeats Vines in Pro tennis debut
- tIa Aa u v Barr9w elected president of
25-Joe Louis, heavyweight champion.
stopped John Hen-s' Lewis in first round
in New York.
FEBRUARY
5-Ken Bartholomew wins national skating
9-National Professional Football league
rejects Joseph Carr president for 10
23-Tony Galento scores technical knock.
out over Abe Feldman.
MARCH
2O-Charles Bowser named head football
coach at Pitt
APRIL
2-REa1l ld3o G4ldahl wins Masters golf title at
1e--Boston wins Stanley cup. defeating To.
ronto in hockey playoffs.
H-Joe Louis, heavyweight champion,
- knocks out lack Roper in first round.
lo-Joey archibald wins featherweight title
from Leo Kodak in Is rounds.
MAY
o66-Johnstown won Kentucky derby.
president dies
23-Davy Day. weIterweight. stopped Pedro
Montanez in the eighth round.
Armstrong, Welterweighf defes+e
Ernie Roderick. British champion. in is
wins indianapolis auto race av.
eSri;a1glng ll5.035 miles per our. Roberts
JUNE
6-Giants make five home runs in one in.
20 nnlng Tor record; rout Reds.
birthday of baseball cele.
6 6rated at Cooperstown. N. Y, where it
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
NOVEMBER

4Norway frees City of Flint and interns
German prize crew. Finland defies So.
vet threat; ready to fight.
T-Belglum and Holland offer to mediata
peace between warning nations.
0-H1tler escapes plot blast in Munich
beer cellar kills and Injuries en-
S-Dutch open defense bikes: clash AZ hor
der with Germans. a. oo1
!CErencn repulse two German attarks
15-Four more merchantmen sunk in sea
warfare. -N ~ eSd
H-Germans shoot nine Czech Students
years. III LII &C
Ia-Dutch liner hits German mine IN North
sea; sinks with 40 lives. " 'o' I'll
19-Four more ships sunk by German mines
off England. 'oh niiiies
s0-Germans extend war at sea. IN vessa,r
sunk since November is; l33 dead or
missing. oeou VI
N-Germany charges Munich man with be.r
cellar explosion; arrests two british
agents. WV oii'iSn
Britain declares unrestricted blockade
of Germany in reprisal for iIIeoaj ne 1e
warfare; forbids neutral nations fo trade
with Germany. ~ idue
s@British destroyer sunk, 40 MISSING
NaZ1 bombers raid Shetlands ne dan,
= age done. 'io odh-
French report torpedo boat sank t,,,
BAshs, SanN TWO
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
DOMESTIC

u. S. GUARDS NEUTRALITY
Special congressional session insti.
tutes "cash-and-carry" neutrality as
americans rush home from Europe,
alcay from lcdr zone.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
OCTOBER

2-George Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop
of Chicago.
Sen. M. M. Logan OF Kentucky.
3-Fay Templeton. actress
6-Count Won BernstolT. German envoy to
u. S. in 1917.
13-Ford Sterling, movie comedian.
23-Zane Grey. noted writer of western
stories.
29-Alice Brady. stage and screen star.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
JUNE

1-Senate passes bill lifting long term bond.
ed national debt limit above $50. 0OO.-
000, 900.
2-Contract for "a warships costing $3.50.
000, 900 awarded by navy department.
3-Former Judge Manton found guilty of
bribery.
home a memorial to President Roose-
welt.
king George and Queen Elizabeth of
Niagara Falls; officially welcomed by
Secretary of State Hull.
8-King and queen of Great Britain vel
coined to Washington by President
Roosevelt; attend state dinner at White
House.
toulouse votes big slash in payroll taxes;
benefits are increased.
liking and queen end U. S. visit
12-Senate votes 1925, 900 to department of
commerce to employ experts. -
u S. monetary gold stock passes l6
13-House votes drastic a5t limitations Qe future
operations of IVA.
liking and queen sail for home.
19-HOuSe passes tax bill of 1874 millions;
retains nuisance taxes, but revises lev
les on corporations.
20-Senate committee boosts pork barrel bill
from $83 .848, 100, as passed by the house,
to $407 ,855 600.
21-Widespread WPA graft charged in Lou
isiana; Governor Leche resigns.
F. Ryan Duffy nominated for federal
bench in Milwaukee.
25-Fraud barred at Louisiana university.
Ex-Governor Leche steps down and Lieu
tenant Governor Long is sworn in in
100000 fraud laid to President Smith
of the louisiana university.
28-Senate adds 70 million to relief bill and
passes it.
29-House hands administration defeat of
neutrality bill; endorses embargo on
arms shipments.
30-Senate lets Roosevelt's money rule die
by preventing legislation to extend.
House passes neutrality bill barring
arms shipments.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
SEPTEMBER

2-Liner Bremen allowed to depart from
New York.
5-Stocks soar ! to q points in boiling war
market.
6-Roosevelt establishes naval patrol along
Atlantic coast.
11-President lifts quota on sugar to curb
prices.
12-Steel plants and railroads call back their
workers.
13-Congress called for September 81.
14-Borah opposes repeal of arms embargo
as likely to put America into war.
Louisiana's big political bosses found
guilty of mail fraud.
18-Soviet purchasing agent tells of pay.
ments to persons connected with Demo.
cratic national committee.
20-At conference of Republican and Dem.
ocratic leaders Roosevelt urges repeal
of neutrality act.
21-Congress convenes in special session;
Roosevelt urges early repeal of arms
embargo provision of neutrality act.
25-American Legion convenes in annual
session In Chicago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

III. S. Supreme court denies appeal of
miners convicted of Illinois bomb out
RACES.
11-Coal conferees agree on new contract
with operators.
Senate passed record-breaking $1,2l8,-
666 572 farm bill.
12-PreSident names Admiral Leahy COVER
nor of Puerto Rico.
15-Kentucky coal mines open under protec-
ton of troops.
16-House votes each congressman another
clerk at annual cost of 1888, 500 without
roll call.
17-Senate kills New Deal Florida canal bill
l8-Senate passes $773, 600. 0C0 naval appro-
priation bill.
Jerome Frank elected chairman of SEC.
19-President dominates o. John ROgge TO
succeed Mcmahon as assistant attorney
general.
20-Yankee Clipper flies from Long Island
to Europe, opening transatlantic air
mail service
22-Boss Pendergast of Kansas City given
Is months in federal prison for income
tax evasion.
23-House approves farm appropriation bill
as passed by senate.
25-FritZ Kuhn, NaZi bund leader indicted
in New York on theft charges.
Draft Dodger Bergdoll returns to the
United States from Germany and is
made military prisoner.
26-Presbyterian assembly approves joint
committee accord looking to merger
with Protestant Episcopal church.
27-Yankee Clipper returns from Europe.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
DECEMBER

eddie Anderson awarded nlacu.
football coach of year. F'04u' as
10-Green Bay Packers Whip Nav yor,,
Giants to win professional football tt ,9s
11-Nile Kinnick, Iowa football star, named med
No l athlete OF all sports in annual
13-New York Yankees voted best team N
any sport. - "a
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
OCTOBER

8-Yankees win WORLDS baseball .ar,.a >.
four straight games. Vs m
17-Bucky Walters, Cincinnati pitCbe~ ,,o4.,
most valuable player in Nationai 1es sg,eo
l9-Chicago, White Sox defeat CUBS IN M c IT,;
baseball series. - Guy
24-Joe DiMaggio wins American Ieagu.
most valuable player award S'suS
29-Harry Thomas. heavyweight fighter
VealS fixed fghtS. -., ~
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
JUNE

5-Attempt made on life of Marina Ouch.
ess of Kent: man who fired shotgun
seized by police.
8-German police round up Polish Jews for
deportation.
10-Bombs in mail in England injure seven
persons.
l2-Plot to assassinate the British ambas-
sador to China discovered.
14-Japan presents Britain with new de-
mands as troops tighten blockade at
TientSin.
17-Attempt to assassinate King Carol of
Rumania frustrated.
Atlantic Clipper flies 80 to Europe in %
hours and so minutes.
22-King and queen given tremendous re-
ception on their return to England.
24-Bombs in heart of London injure 20.
26-Soviets repulse Jap air attack on Mon
col border shoot down IS planes.
27-Japs report shooting down SO Soviet
planes in battle over Outer Mongolia.
Moscow fights bread riots and strikes as
food shortage grows.
29-German war council hastens military
preparations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
NOVEMBER

AL Davis stops Tony Canzoneri IN th,rA
round - Wiro
H-Billy Conn, light heavvwejgbt oh.s.
pion, successfully defends tjfle nam cnain:
Lesnevitch in Is rounds 'salh"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

7-Claude A. Swanson. secretary of the
navy.
8-HaVeock Ellis, scientist and philoso-
pher.
1l-Rep Sam D. McReynolds of Tennessee.
18-J. Louis Comiskey. owner of Chicago
White Sox baseball team.
28-Dr. William j. Mayo co-founder with
his brother Of the Mayo clinic.
Federal Judge F. A. Ce1ger OF
Milwaukee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
DISASTERS

SQU4LUS SINKS-U. S. nasy,
diving bell gets first real test rcscu
ing 80 suruiuors from Surken sub.
marine. Twenty.Sir others de-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

5-Roscoe Turner wins Thompson troo,,
l5--Iony Galento stops Nova In "a ro,,.s.
l6-Bobby Riggs. Alice Marble Vim 1 Il g
net titles. w. T.
7-Yankees cinch American leasue Der,
2o-Joe Louis knocks out Bob Pastor in :,
rounds ~ II
25-Bily Conn. light heavyweight cta,oc,..
defended his title against Mel5 Bettinna,
in Is rounds. Ne''lna
20-Cincinnati Reds win National lie que neo.
nant. peh'
3o-Frankie Frisch appointed ma,assr -.
the Pittsburgh Pirates. se1
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
MAY

3-Litvinov dismissed as foreign commissar
of Russia.
6-King and queen of Great Britain sail
for Canada.
14-Moscow short of food army ordered to
save on motor fuel
16-TWenty million dollars reported paid to
Hitler to release Baron Louis Rothschild.
liking and queen of Great Britain vel
coined at Quebec
l8--King and queen start on tour of Canada.
One hundred Jewish youths injured in
clashes with police in Jerusalem.
22-Donne quintuplets greet queen with hug
and kiss as British soveregns visit
Toronto.
24AGerman troops in Spain leave for home.
25-Bil setting up dictatorship over industry
introduced in British parliament.
27-Spain rushes plans for reform
29-NeW border war develops between Japan
and Russia in ManchukuO.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
AUGUST

1-Army's flying fortress flies coast to
coast in ga hours.
House kills Presidents lending-spending
bill
House slashes s161 900 from final
spending BILL
3-House again refuses to consider housing
bill and economy bloc cuts near 3 billion
mark.
Sen Robert A. Taft announces his can
didacy for Republican nomination for
President.
Senate passes third deficiency bill of
189 millions.
Agreement reached on social security
amendment cutting pay roll tax $9OO,-
600, 900 in next three years
5-CongreSS adjOurns after appropriating
more than $4,000 100000.
Moody brothers break all airplane en-.
durance records by remaining in air IA
days at Springfield Ill:
7-FOrmer Governor Leche OF Louisiana
:. and two others indicted in hot oil quiz.
14-President advances Thanksgiving day
one week, naming November %.
15-WPA raises pay of 100000 workers
$5,000000 month. New York fair asks
bondholders for 81, 800. 900 to meet debts.
16-Mayor of Waterbury, Conn.,, among 20
guilty in ST. 1000, 600 graft
18-U. S. and Canada sign new pact for
air service.
20--Louisiana oil car, DR.. J. A. Shaw. wit
ness against ex-Gov. R. w. Leche. kills
self.
Army prepares for reorganization with
small, hard-hitting divisions OF IL 1886
men.
24-President pleads for peace; cables Hit
Ter, Poles. and king of Italy
29-German liner Bremen held up at New
York for search.