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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Harry Bridges Is
Freed of Charges
OF His Communism

Washington, Dec. 3O.-(AP)-A,
report by Dean James Lands, of
the Harvard Law School, today
cleared Bridges, the west coast Clio
leader, Of charges of communist
membership or affiliation.
Lands, acting as a special ex-
aminer for the Labor Department,
advised Secretary Perkins in a re-
view Of an eleven-week hearing
that while the maritime union
chieftain was Theoretically radi-
cal'', and had welcomed commu-
mist support Of his labor activities,
he was not member of nor af-
filiated with the communist party"
If the secretary accepts the re-
port, Labor Department attorneys
said, it will mean cancellation of a
warrant issued against Bridges in
March, 1888, for his deportation to
his native Australia on the ground
that he was a communist.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Roosevelt Himself In
stigates Bid to Con-
gressional Minority
Chi e f S; Promises
Non-P artisan Speech
On January 8.

Washington, Dec. 30.-(AP)-With
the approval of President Roosevelt,
the Jackson Day dinner committee
has broken precedent to invite Re-
publican congressional leaders to be
honor guests at that traditional Dem
ocratic political love feast here Jan
uary 8.
Added to this innovation, the in
Vitations to the Republicans decler-
ed that President Roosevelts speech
at the dinner would be ''non-part-
isan in character"
These disclosures today came soon
after Chairman James A. Farley
called the Democratic National Com
mittee to meet here February to
fix a time and place for the party's
presidential nominating convention.
The invitations, sent out by form
err Attorney General Cummings,
chairman of the District of Columbia
jackson Day committee, Immediate
ly provoked speculation as to Wheth-
er the President would devote his
address to a call for national unity in
solving internal and foreign prob
lens. Some observers expressed be-
lief that it meant Mr.. Roosevelt
would not disclose his intentions re-
garding a third term at that time.
Those known to have been issued
free tickets to the dinner, which will
cost Democrats 500 a plate, were
Senators McNary, Of Oregon, and
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Daily DIsDa-cn S1reau.
In tho Sir MatlPv :snfPj

Raleigh, Dec. 3o.-Come January
! and Governor Clyde r. Hoey IS
planning to issue an appeal to North
Carolina's citizeny to unite with the
rest of the South in a campaign For
Balanced Prosperity, 1940-50". =,
Some of the other executives Will
make their proclamations today, a.
mong them Governor I'd Rivers Oh
GEORGIA. but Governor HOey has de-
cided that the first Of the New Year
is . more appropriate time for his.
Action grows out Of the Southern
Governors Conference which met IN
session in Atlanta on December II.
Representing Governor Hoey at the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
1910 French
War Budget
SIS Billions

Paris, Dec. 30 (AP) France
winds up the year 1889 with plans to
spend almost S5.60O,000, 1000, all to be
raised by loans to wage war in 1910,
and with hints from her premier of
some kind Of 4 European federation
after the war is finished.
The French today reported sinking
a German submarine, with a British
bombing plane helping a French
Warship, and reported successful
forays into German territory on the
western front east of the MOselle.
Premier Daladier, in presenting the
1910 budget to the Senate yesterday,
asserted that the British eco
nomic union was "open to all" and
added
"A New Europe will have to re-
ceiVe larger organization than that
which has existed SO far, increasing
exchanges and perhaps envisaging
federate bonds among the various
states.
A clause in the military expense
bill published in today's Official
Gazette, after completion Of parlia-
mentary approval, authorized eight
ministers to contract expenditures for
war purposes during 1910 totaling
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Experienced
Troops Sent
Up To Front
Relieving Youngsters
Firms Have Beaten
Ba ok Since w ar
Started; Firms Claim
10000 Russians Are
Surrounded.

Helsinki, Dec 30.-(AP)-The
wars first major battle was immin-
ent today, many military experts
believed, as veteran red troops re-
placed callow conscripts un d er
cover of continuous artillery
bombardInent of Finland's Kare-
liam isthmus defenses
With Soviet Russian cannon
raking the woods in front of the
Mannerheim line, Finnish officers
said experienced soldiers were re-
ieVing in some sections the young
sters whom the Firms have beaten
back since the war started Novem-
Der so.
Vnpuri, largest city on the 18th
mus, and the second largest in all
Finland, continued to undergo ar
tillery fire. The coastal base Of
Koivisto also was bombarded
heavily, and active fighting was
noted along the Leningrad- Viipuri
railway in further support of the
theory that Russia was massing
strength for an attempted break
through on the isthmus.
(Reports in Copenhagen said Fin
nish ski scouts had cut off 10000
Russian troops from communjca-
tons with their base near Salla, on
the eastern front. These dispatches
indicated the Firms were gathering
force to surround the Russians
and push them into a decisive en-
cOunter)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Says Germa any Is
Fighting For "New
Europe; Says That
Cannot Be Achieved
By Outmoded West
ern Powers; Calls on
Army.

Berlin, Dec. 30.-(AP)-Adolf
Hitler expressed today his convic-
ton that 1910 would bring victory
to Germany, and declared the Reich
was fighting for ''the construction
OF a new Europe"
Ir year-end message to the
Nazi party, the fuehrer stated Ger
many's "clear, precise war aim:
Germany and beyond that Europe
must be liberated from the oppres-
sion and constant threats which to-
day, as in the past, originate in
England
The "new Europe, Hitler de-
clared, cannot be shaped by the
outmoded forces of a decaying
World" the western powers" but
"only those peoples and forces are
called upon which in their conduct
and their achievements can be
spoken Of as young and productive"
Hitler said in message to his
army:
"Soldiers: The year 1889 was a
year Of a proud test for the great
German army. You VIGOROUSLY
used the weapons entrusted you by
the German people in the struggle
forced upon us. 1t was possible in
hardly 18 days, through the CO.
operation Of every one, to re-estab-
lish the security of the Reich in the
east, and to set aside the Versailles
injustice.
at the end of this historical
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
State Taxes
Up IA Prct.
In December

Raleigh, Dec. 80. lap
North Carolina tax receipts tnis
December tOtaled $6,756,131.82,
or 1894 percent above receipts
for the month last year, Revenue
Commissioner A. j. Maxwell re-
ported today.
For the last six months of this
year, returns were S33, 125, 16O.35,
or 1859 percent above the same
period in 1888.
Major increases were made in
the revenue division, which COL
lected Sl,862,621.63 this month,
or 36.03 percent above Deem
Der, 1888.
Sales tax collections this
month increased over December,
1888, from $945,014.18 to ST.
132,595.23, and the gasoline tax
from S2,O79,172.O5 to S2,16O,138.-
81.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Net0 7remors HeightenHoror
Of Creat Turkish Earthquake
Late Estimate Put
Dead at 10000 in
One Province; Air
planes Drop F God
And Clothing to Suf-
ferers in Sub-Zero
Weather.

Ankara; Turkey, Dec. 30-(AP)
New violent earth tremors in the
vicinity of Tokat, in northern Ana
tolla, brought fears today of an
additional disaster as officials re-
ported direct from ErZincan prov
lnce that deaths there would total
at least 100000
New quakes were accompanied
by deep underground rumblings,
but the extent Of damage was not
determined Immediately.
The first trainload of injured
from the great earthquake of We'd
neSday was enroute to Ankara. The
victims, all in need Of surgical at
tentiOn, included number of nigh
ranking Turkish officers and one
general.
Military planes flew over Erin
can, dropping bundles of food and
clothing to survivors, who huddled,
half naked, in snoW-covered fields.
Rescue OF many persons in the
Isolated districts appeared hope
less as snow continued to block
highway and rail communications.
Oiticiais SAID children and women
particularly were falling victims to
ti7e continued bitter cold, IS and
80 degrees below zero.
The entire Turkish nation was
modified for relief and help was
sent from other countries.
Thousands Of wounded were
brought into Anlara by train today
from the area Of Wednesdays dis
astrous shocks and told grim stories
Of horror and suffering.
Their accounts were strikingly
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Hitler Predicts Victory
For Reich Arms In 1910
Forty Are Killed
In Italian Wreck

Naples, Italy, Dec. 30.-(AP)-
At least 40 persons were killed
and 150 injured today when an
express train crashed into the
rear of troop train at the Tore
Annunziata station, Is miles
south Of here. ReScuers searched
the Wreckasc for more bodies.
The fast passenger ira in
plunged into the rear of the
train carrying soldiers. which
was standing on siding at the
station. The passenger train had
the right of way, investigators
said, and was to have passed, but
a switch apparently failed to
function.
The express plunged onto the
siding and plowed into the cars
full of troops, including high
ranking officers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Republican Leaders Are
Asked To jackson Feast
Train Wreck In
Texas Injuries p

Orange. Texas, Dec. 30.-(AP)
Five coaches of a Southern
Pacific passenger train piled up
in a drainage ditch on the out
~kirts of Orange today, injuring
Il persons. The injured, first re-
ports said, included two white
persons and 10 Negroes. Most of
them were riding in the first
day coach of the fast New Or
leans San Antonio Flyer.
4 section worker said he be-
lieved a broken rail was re-
>pGnsible for the derailment.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
Eioey To Boost Campaign
For Balanced Prosperity

session were President Frank P. Ora
ham of the University of North Car
DINA and Dr. Clarence Poe, editor
of the Progressive Farmer. They,
along with others present prepared
details of a program which they be-
lieve will prove supreme blasting
to the South and result in its econo-
mic salvation if successfully carried
through.
The desire is for "Decade of Pro-
gress" growing out OF a balanced pro-
gram, in which ten main points are
emphasized.
Even at the risk Of some antipathy
because of its similarity in sound to
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

e9I The State Department doeSn
rc. Of course Indeed, its spokes-
snip doesn't deny that the Unit
FL States attitude toward the Mos
cDlites' expulsion from the league IS
cry sympathetic However, that
Uncle Sam had anything actively to
do With it is referred to as perfect
y ridiculous idea.
AS every one knows, we don't be-
lalg 10 the league. We've no vote in
rs decisions
The Moscow press naturally is as
well aware Of this as the rest Of the
world Its story, though, is that
Washington, as the biggest Of the
'an-American republics, controlled
ihe ballots of the smaller fry, thus
oaranteeing the leagues anti-Rus-
san unanimity.
Stalinists Badly Stung.
1T hadn't been surmised in Wash
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
j. S. Blamed
By Russia For
League Action
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Tashington, Dec 3O.-Washington
- smile at MoscoW's account that
United States was mainly respon-
l. R1Icci q e
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

- ~ ~ ~
expulsion from the
League of Nations,
because 0 f t h e
S0viets' attack on
Finland.
The talin gov
eminent h a s n t
made this assertion
officially but the
COmmunistic pres:
has made it, and
the Russian press
is so completely
g 0 V G rnmentally
controlled that it
is, in effect, Off
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
WEEKLY WEATHER

WEEKLY WEATHER
South Atlantic States: Fair
at beginning, then somewhat
warmer, possibly some rain
about Tuesday or Wednesday,
with colder over northern sec
ton; another rainy period in
latter part OF week, with colder
at close.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30
GiodthQA
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair might; Sunday
partly cloudy, possibly light snow
or rain in extreme north portion;
continued cold, followed by cold
Sunday night.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-30

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Evening star., 1939-05-19

the map will show. Indeed, from
an international standpoint, Yugo-
slavia is chiefly interesting as one
of the regions where Italian and
German interests are liable to clash,
and there are credible reports that
this is one of the reasons for the
delay in the ratification of the Italo-
German alliance.
Not only it's geographic position
and the fact that Germany and,
to lesser degree, Italy, are Yugo-
| Slavias natural markets for sale and
purchase have influenced Yugosla-
Was swing away from France and
the Little Entente and toward the
axis. YugoSlavia is strongly anti
Bolshevik, but the late King Alex
ander was sufficiently realist and
pro-French to refuse to let that
prejudice interfere with his policies
or his reliance upon French Foreign
Minister Barthou, who was the spir-
ltual father of the Franco-Soviet
pact.
But his brother, Paul, who has
been the regent since King Alex
ander and Barthou, were slain to-
gether at Marseille, Is the bitter
enemy of the Red usurpers," as he
regards those who murdered" the
family of his mother, Princess Demi-
diof. The former Czarist minister,
Boris Brandtman, still occupies the
Russian legation in Belgrade and ap-
pears on the diplomatic list issued
by the Yugoslav foreign Office with
the title of extraordinary delegate
for the Russian emigration"
100000 Emigre Russians.
The emigre Russians in Yugosla-
via probably total 100000, although
many have now adopted Yugoslav
citizenship, which makes an accu-
rate estimate difficult. Last but not
least, Brandtman's residence is the
sole spot in the world over which
the imperial double eagle flag still
waves on state occasions.
1t is said that the YugoSlav for
eign minister, Cincar Markevitch,
was asked on a recent visit to Ber-
lin whether Yugoslavia would like
to join the anti-Comintern pact.
He replied, boldly, I'VE have never
recognized the Soviets and never
made treaty of friendship with
them Qike Germany at Rapallo) =.
This policy still remains in force.
Therefore, we see no necessity to
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Serb-Croat Dispute
keutraiizes Nation
As Factor in War
Yueosloviu Is Important
As Point of Possible
lto!o- German Split
By WALTER DURANTY.

BELGRADE. May 10 (NANAD.-
1t is curious paradox that Yugo-
slavia is almost the only small coun-
try in Europe whose dominant fac
ton. Serbia, is by no means unwill-
ing to fight, and yet it is also almost
the only country which looks very
much like staying neutral.
While the other small powers are
worrying their heads gray, either
about how to stay out of war or
on which side to fight, YugoSlavia
has worry of its own-the Squabble
between the Serbs and the Croats,
which is growing daily more acute
and will probably soon cause the
downfall of the present makeshift
cabinet.
Contrary to what is generally sup
posed abroad, the best-informed
foreign opinion in Belgrade does
not believe that this internal con-
f1ict is due to the Vaccinations of
the axis powers, although they nat
urally take advantage of it. as Ger
many tried TO profit by AngloIrish
hostility during the World War.
Best Jobs Given to Serbs.
Like the Irish, the CroatS want
home rule, which the Serbs are now
willing to give them with the eXcep-
ton of control of the army, foreign
affairs and finance. Which is a
greater concession than it appears
to be, because hitherto all the best
government jobs in Croatia, and a
lot of smaller jobs, were in Serb
hands.
Whether, as the Serbs say, the
Croat appetite grows with eating, or,
as the CroatS say, the Serbs make
promises which they do not intend to
fulfill, the relations between the two
parties have become so strained
that a civil war might have ensued
we're it not that the Serbian army,
which is the best in the Balkans,
would make mincemeat of the Croat
levies, although the Croats outrank
the Serbs in culture and civilization.
Nevertheless, it is probable that a
compromise will be reached, per-
haps through Italian mediation. In
two weeks ago, but the Yugoslav re-
gent, Prince Paul, refused to &C
cept all the Croat demands. which
included plebiscites in areas that had
scarcely any Croat population,
Whereupon the Croat leader, Mat
chek, called the deal off
Oppose Rule of Serbs.
Whether on this account or for
more deep-seated reasons. the Croats
are now said to be showing opposi-
ton to the rule of the Serb royal
family and it is even reported in
some quarters that DR.. Matchek has
begun to contemplate either full in
dependence or an appeal for an Ital-
ian protectorate.
On the other hand Prince Paul
mas just visited Italy. where he evl-
dently hoped to utilize the good
Offices of his personal friend, Count
Ciano, Italian foreign minister.
Whether the Italians are playing
a subtle game or not, the fact re-
mains that the internal conflict has
effectually neutralized Yugoslavia as
factor if war should occur. The
German occupation of Austria and
the Hungarian friendship
tie Serbia's hands, as glance at
Evening star., 1939-05-19

The officer said they fired at Mrs.
Della Kraus of 315 @ street NV.
when robbing her of $120 in a store
last September 27, and also at Lee
Poy, $50 N street NV, when taking
$40 from him New Year Eve night.
None of the shots took effect.
The youths gave their names as
Robert James Neal, 10, 1400 block of
Fifth street NV; Julius Lee jack
son, 18. 1900 block of Eighth street
NV; Chester Walker, 81, 1000 block
of Fourth street. NV; James How
ard, 10, 1900 block of Fourth street
NV, and James R. Mathews, 20, TOO
block of Euclid street NV. All have
juvenile records, the officer said.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

above the surface and Mary be-
meath the water, trying to get her
friend to safety. Norman Pittman,
Springhill College student, Jumped
into the pool and pushed them
ashore.
Mary Frances, unconscious, was
revived by artificial respiration.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Armed Robbery Suspects
Held for Grand Jury

Five colored youths that police
said have committed a score of
armed robberies in the last six
months were ordered held for grand
jury action under bonds totaling
$4,000 when arraigned in Police
Court today.
Detective Paul E. Ambrose told
Judge Hobart Newman that evidence
in charges of assault with a dan
gerous weapon will be placed against
two of the boys when the cases are
taken to the grand Jury.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Girl, 9, Saves Chum
From Death in Pool
Nv the As.oc,at.d pr.s.

By the Associated Press.
MOBILE. Ala, May 19-Mary
.Austill, aged 8, yesterday risked her
life to save her 8-year-old chum,
Mary F.ances McCrary, from
drowning in municipal pool.
Mary Frances, unable to swim,
ventured too far into deep water
and sank from sight. Mary rushed
to her aid and was seized around
the neck. For several minutes the
children struggled, Mary Frances
Evening star., 1939-05-19
THE STAR, WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY MAY 49, 1880

demonstrate our attitude further" !"
In reality Cincar Markevitch may
well have doubted whether joining
the anti-Comintern pact would be
popular with the Serb masses,
which still have strong senti-
mental and racial feeling for Rus
sia as the great Slav power which
helped them against Turkey and
Austria. That is one more reason
why Yugoslavia is unlikely to take
sides if war should come, and it
may be the one minor power in the
Balkans which will actually main
tain its neutrality.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Eiaht in Choir Strike

Eight adult members of the choir
of Newcastle Cathedral in New
castle, England, went on strike fol-
lowing the dismissal of three Choir
iSterS
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Poet Honored

All Russia celebrated the 125th
anniversary of the birth of Taras
Shevchenko, the Ukrainian poet
and revolutionist.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

Streets are just as dangerous when
the policeman is out of sight.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-11

The young man told her Of Elgen-
field and Kurt Schroier's farm FL
genfeld, he explained, was not a tourist
resort. There was no accommodation
for them. She would be as isloated as
she could wish. The Schroders asked
for only one guest. He said he would
arrange 1t for her and send her word
Peace took possession of christina
soul. She bought some gayly cOlOred
cotton dresses and a pair Of leather
walking sandals before she went back
to her hotel.
The Schroders' chalet was high above
Elgenfeld. the alp meadows falling
away from II into the lake jeWelled
valley. and rising again In a majestic
sweep beyond. 1t was a white two
stored house with a gabled roof and
carved wooden balconies. The only
house above EIgenfeld that stood high
er was the Wendthof, modernistic
building shining with glass Kurt
Schroeder had a flock of white goats
that grazed on the lush mountain pas
lures He supplied the Wendthof with
milk.
There was little she could exchange
with the blond friendly Schroders but
smile. Her German was inadequate and
their English was non-existent. II
suited her detached impersonal mood
She did not have to tell them about
her life at home, why she had come to
Austria or in any way explain her
SELF
She set out that first morning over
the meadows. onward and up, feeling
like disembodied spirit In the world,
but not Of II. The immediate past
seemed as remote as If 1t had happened
a thousand years ago, but her mind
stopped short at any conception OF the
future. She knew that II she could die
and be conscious of 1t she would feel
exactly this way.
She walked up the gently rising /