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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Campaign
Tempo Rises
Leading Republican
Contend ers Plan
Speeches; Farley To
South Next Week.

Washington, March 22.-(AP)--
The tempo of the campaign for the
Republican presidential nomination
quickened today with Senators Taft
of Ohio and Bridges of New Hamp-
shire embarking on fresh speaking
tours and Thomas E. Dewey of New
York preparing to visit Illinois and
Wisconsin next week.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
who said Wednesday that the Re-
publican nomination should not re-
suit from the transient impulse OF
campaign tour" will make a radio
speech here.
On the Democratic side Postmaster
General Farley will leave next week
on an extensive southern tour. 1t is
billed as a round of post office dedl-
cations, but since Farley is an avoW-
ed candidate for national hCnors the
trip will have more than ordinary
interest to politicians.
Senator Taft, who has appeared
in IS states thus far, would not COM
ment on Vandenberg's statement
about campaigning but by announc-
ing additional speaking dates indl-
Gated that he was Ignoring it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
BY ROGER w. BA%SOS,
Copyright 1910, Publis ..crs
Financial Bureau.

Babson Park, Fla, March 22.-Fu-
ture historians may well discuss the
conflict now raging between homes
and automobiles. This coniilct IS
changing the manners, modes, and
morals of America. Whether these
vart enn'al and economic trends will
eventually turn out for the better o.
...~ .JUrse, only tne historians will
be able to say. But without waiting
for the judgment of Father Time We
can safely predict that he will point
10 this genera tion as the Wastrels Of
some of Americas most precious re-
sourccs-particularly oil
Few of us comprehend the vast
changes the auto has brought in our
social, economic, and spiritual life.
It has been an evolution that has en-
comprised hundreds of industries,
thousands of communities, millions
of people. From oat-eating horses to
gasoline-using machines is a change
so startling, so widespread, so far
reaching, that we have just begun to
realize it ourselves. One Of Amer
ica's most vital problems is the gap
between farm product prices Oh the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Refund OF Old
Ginning Taxes
Is Opposed

Washington, March 22.-(AP)-
Secretary Wallace opposed today a
bill authorizing return OF more than
S5O,OO0,C00 to cotton producers who
participated in the l934-25 federal
crop control program.
He told a Senate agriculture sub
committee in a statement that the
legislation introduced by Senator
Russell, Democrat, Georgia. was
mot in accord with President Roose-
velt's program"
there is mo equitable moral or
legal ground for the government
making these refunds to more than
100000 individual cotton produc-
ers, Wallace said.
Advocates Of the legislation con-
tend that farmers seeking the re-
funds paid the money to the gov
eminent in the form Of cotton gin
ming taxes before the old 8ankhead-
icnes act was repealed by Congress
as the result of a Supreme court de-
cision.
Walter Randolph, assistant federal
farm administrator for the south
ern region, testified it would be
very difficult job to trace all these
individual transactions of five and
six years ago because many of the
producers were tenants and share
CHOPPERS who since have moved.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Cash Working Fund
Cannot Be Used For
F arm Expenditures
Income Tax
Collections
Vary Widely

Washington, March 22.-(AP)-
State-by-slate figures showed To-Day
that income tax collections in the
tlrSt ~ Gays oi March varied from
increases OF 81 percent in Michigan
10 small decreases in Texas, Maine
and Oklahoma.
The comparisons were with the
corresponding period OF last year
The average national gain was 81
percent.
The 20-day period representing the
bulk of first quarter federal income
tax inStallmentS produced S6l1 AL, =
6l6 tins year, compared with S473,-
122,052 last year.
The variation in collections APP
parently bore no sectional charac-
teriSticS. Thus states showing the
largest increases included Michigan,
Rhode Island II percent; Delaware
IS percent; Ohio 81 percent.
New York state easily maintained
its first rank with Sl56,298,903.
Collection in Nor~>. Carolina for
the period were 1925 i,749, as COM
pared with S5,9GO,773 last year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22

London, March 22--tAP)--Thc
first torpedoing Of German mer-
chairman by British submarine
and the increase OF six Of tho DAN
ish merchantmen sunk by German
submarines in the last two days, to-
day marked the ceaseless sea war,
while Good Friday brought lull in
on land and in the air.
The British submarines victim
was the 4.97O-ton Hedderheim, which
the admiraltv announced went down
off the Danish coast last night or
the 36-man crew, 35 were rescued by
a Danish coast guard cutter and one
man was saved by the submarine.
Newest Danish losses announced
by the British to have been caused
by German submarines were:
The 1.929-ton Christiansborg, re-
ported torpedoed without warning.
whereabouts Of the crew was I'M
known.
The 1.2O6-ton Charkow, sunk off
the Scottish coast with the where
abouts of her crew unknown.
The other Danish losses which
brought to Is the number of British
or neutral ships sunk or damaged
in the last three days were reported
yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
New Premier
In Address
To Deputies
France ls Engaged
In a Complete War"
Against G e r m a ny,
Which Is "Aided By
The Treachery of The
Soviets", r e y n a u d
Says.

Paris, March 22.-(AP)-Paul
Ecynaud. in his first appearance as
premier before the chamber of depu-
ties today, pledged in ministerial
declaration "tO direct all French
energies TO fight and to win" the war
against Germany, which, he said,
was "aided by the treachery of the
Soviets."
His government had only one rea-
son for existence, he said-"to win
the war"
''To win is to save everything he
said. "TO lose is to lose all"
In short, blunt statement of
rolicy. the new premier declared
that France is engaged in complete
war"
Reynaud faced the chamber of
deputies less than "a hours after the
rapid completion Of his government,
renlacine that of Edouard Daladier.
The text of the premier-foreign
minister's statement follows, in part:
France is engaged in a complete
war.
"a powerful enemy is transform
ing and concentrating all its human
activity into warfare in order to
triumph.
aided by the treachery of the
Soviets, it is carrying the fight into
oil quarters and working out all the
blows which it is giving with a sort
of genius for destruction that we
certainly do not fail to recognize as
not only aWe-inspiring blt at the
same time hateful Xxx
"Thus the government which pre-
scnts Itself before you has not Other
reason for existence and wants no
other than this: to raise and direct
all FRENCH energies to fight and win
and to crush treason from whatever
angle it comes"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Candidates
Hit High Gear
In Organizing
Daily DIspatrn 6ursa::,
In the Sir Waller Hotel.

Raleigh, March 22.-CommiSsioner
Of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell today
harkcd back 10 his 1882 campaign for
governor to name d county manager
who eight years ago gave him a big
lead in his bailiWick.
Meanwhile headquarters Of both J.
NJ. Broughton and Lieutenant Gov
clnor ". p. Horton, like Maxwelps,
continued to function in high gear in
Lie matter of lining up their or
CARNATIONS in all sections of the
state. Broughton came through with
something Of an innovation by an
nouncing that tWelve-man COM
mittee will have active charge of his
Caldwell county campaign.
The Maxwell manager who will
do a. repeat performance of his 1882
act is DR.. o. c. McFayden of Fay
etteville, who put the Commissioners
in front in Cumberland eight years
ago and will try to repeat this time.
Other Maxwell managers named
today were George NJ. Fountain,
prominent Tarboro attorney, for
EGgecombe, and P. c. Froneberger,
Continued on Page TWO)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Cromwell Is
Repriirraa1,ded
Secretary Hull Ad-
monishes Millionaire
Diplomat Not To Re-
peat Breach

Washington, Marcn 22-(AP)-
Secretary Hull indicated al his press
con ference today that his reprImand
of Minister James H. R. Cromwell
for making a pro-ally and anti
German speech in Canada closed
the matter-unless Cromwell does
it again. .
Should the millionaire diplomat OF
two months service repeat the Of
mense, it was made apparent that
disciplinary measures of a severe
type will follow.
The secretary used straightforward
language last night in taking to task
the husband of Doris Duke, worlds
richest girl". Cromwell was ad-
monished not to repeat the breach
of regulations.
Cromwell was expected here either
today or tomorrow on a visit He has
refused all comment on the roper
cussions from his speech, but when
he delivered it he announced his
readiness to "risk my official head
on its contents.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Secretary Morgenthau
Saws Estimated Work
ING Balance in Treas
ury On June 30 Will
Be As Low AS Would
Be Safe.

.,r:uGtcn, March 22--(AP)-
S.....rr Norgeutnau took the po-
....- .oaay N d letter to Senator
7... hat additional farm eXpen-
.-.sS approved by the Senate could
.... .. .nauCed from the treaSury'S
lis. ..nrN.na balance.
..ai senators have contcndcd
-.. appropriations could be met
.-.~ the fund.
.t took the opposite view and
-....>.sU opinions from the general
........l.us office and from Norgen-
... ..e former reported that unin-
...~.vryd funds IN the working bal
.-.e u,JlG total $514225,114 when
e.. "sca. year ends June 80.
L,..-yUtnau Wruie Byrd that 1T
-, III. that the estimated working
a...-ra Of the treasury on June 80,
.g-.. Us contemplated by the :resi-
s..,.> budget will be ABOUT as low
&, p. can Oe permitted to GO
The treasury secretary has argued
c...~-~ -t..t1E l13' & SNNOSlaiIlLeti NOAN-
~ balance should be maintained to
nee >oy emergency which might de-
...ag nor. war conditions abroad.
l.. me Senate floor the S822.000,-
90" .a.w bill was delayed by d Wran-
- u.e. sugar benefits. but leaders
81. Were confident the measure
"ru.G De approved this afternoon.
re House committee investigating
80 a5o. board released a contiden-
la. .eport prepared by board Of
-y.-.> last fall which spoke of in
effective administration.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Murder Case
To High Court
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
IN the Sir Walter IInirt

Raleigh, March 22.-Attorncys for
Homer McManus, Cabarrus man I'M
der death sentence for killing the
man WHO had been his bunkmatc Tor
three months, will next week seek
a new trial for their client on the
grounds that the sheriff OF CaOarrus
county selected the jury after having
paid a $500 reward out of his own
beckett for McManus's arrest.
The McManuS case is the only
capital felony conviction from which
an appeal will be heard by the Su-
prcme Court when it takes up cases
from the Sixth and Fifteenth judi
cial districts next week.
On the calendar is one other GRIM
inal appeal, in addition to nine ap-
peals in civil actionS-one Of them
from a decision by Judge Z. Hunt
Parker refusing to halt the City of
Kinstcn from proceeding with its
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Thousands Attend
Holy Land Rites

Jerusalem, March 22.-(AP) -
Pealing church bells and sunny
weather invited thousands OF Holy
Land natives and pilgrims to Wor-
ship today on the day of Christ's
passion.
In the early hours Of the morning,
Christians of many nationalitieS
gathered at Pontius Pilates court for
devotional professions along the Via
Dolorosa the saddest street in the
world"
With the wars concentration Of
thousands of British troops, Holy
Land disorders between Arabs and
Jews have almost disappeared and
the air of dignity and orderliness here
where the Nazarene burdened with
the Cross walked to Calvary was
typical of all Palestine.
The ancient shrine of the Church
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Two "Molls''
Questioned

New York, March 22--(AP)-
District Attorney William ODwyer
said today he was OBTAINING two
young women whom he described
as holding the key to at least three
new murders" by the Brooklyn
murder for cash syndicate.
The Kings county prosecutor SAD
the two women, both in their POS
had given him considerable intor-
nation during an all night question:
ing and showed they were familiar
with many of the gangs secrets"
He withheld their Identities, COM
mcnting merely that they might be
typed as gang molls."
The three new unspeciried murd-
ers, he said, were in addition to the
80 as=assinations already linked
with the crime syndicate and re-
yt;lting so far in eight murder indict-
tn~ntS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
ConHictBetween Homes And
Autos Caused Economic And
Social Change, Babson Says

farm and factory product prices on
the retsi! counter. But l fear only
d spiritual revival will again bring
our people to buy milk for the baby
rather than gas for the car.
Farmers Dilemma.
Thirty years ago, there were 25,-
100000 horses and mules in the Unit
ed States. Every one had to be fed,
stabbed, and harnessed. Each year
they ate billions OF bushels of feed.
Today, there are only 100000
draught animals. In 1910, the small
farmer raised mis- own feed. But the
1910 farmer can not raise gasoline
for his tractor, auto, or truck. So he
has to market cash" crop to buy
gasoline. Production Of farm pro-
ducts has increased, consumption de-
creased. Naturally, farm produce
prices have fallen far behind factory
goods prices.
Three decades ago, the average
working man had savings account.
If he was not putting the cash into
the bank he was buying a home The
country's savings backlog was grow
ing, the number of home owners were
increasing. Few people owned their
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, March 22.-North Caro-
lina's farmers do not intend to plant
principal crops of the state on all the
acreage which will be taken out of
tobacco production this season; al
though Trey do intend to increase the
acreage of all other crops except
sweet potatoes il is indicated by the
Federal-State Crop Reporting Ser
vices retrospective Paintings for
1870, just released.
The report gives tentative csti-
mates on ten main Tar Heel crops,
with the figures showing that total
paintings in these ten will be l39, 800
acres less this year than in 1910.
Total tobacco paintings of this year
are estimated at $4,000, a decrease
Of PSI 500 from 1895 total OF 815,-
800 acres planted.
Thus it appears that Tar Heel far
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22

OF the Holy Sepulchrc was an ami
mated scene of devotion, reflecting
the abiding faith Of Christianity in
the permanance of the principles of
Christ.
Germany Quiet.
Berlin, March 22.-(AP)- Ger
many observed Good Friday today
in quiet deepened by the war. Of
fices and stores were closed.
Sermons were not specially in
fluenced by the war, although the
tone in many Nazified German
Christian churches in the last few
weeks has been fight to victory.
French Prayers.
Paris, March 22.-(AP)-Prayers
for peace-but only after victory over
Germany-Were offered today in
Good Friday services throughout pre-
dominantly Catholic France.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Grand Dam
Gates Closed

..'aaoma City. March 22.-(AP)
fs.-crror Leon G. Phillips, who
.-'e.; out the national guard last
.az 20 Drerent completion OF tn"
..ard river dam, disclosed today
'.@' Inc dams gates were closed
r.ng the night.
'n.IiipS Withdrew the guardsmen
..'.. Il civil suit was Instituted to
."crute the states claims against
..r p"A.
Tire gc"crnrr said he learned tho
..' zap in the mile and a quarter
ing dam he'd been closed and that
Yates. had ,tarted backing up IN
'.r -2L3D aero reservoir.
The governor. ardent advocate OF
a.rs rights. called out the nation
-u-rd March 13 to establish mill
'.''. r-'l" over the la~t uHclnT"d sa1
". '." 81" nOO 600 hy1ro-oloctric pro-
',. He rcliuuuiShcd military con-
90. 'Wn DAYS later after state
"a.' sued d restraining order
,-s."-t the guard.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
States Principal Crops
To Claim Less Acreage

mers intend to replace ll2,GO0 acres
OF the tobacco land with one or an
other Of the other main crops.
The total acreage which will be
put in these crops this year is cSti-
mated at $780,, 900 acres against s.
52l,8)3 last year.
Division Of the intended planting
is: corn 2,49l ,G00; oats 266,000; barley
125,0O0; tame hay l,l5l 900; Irish po-
tatoes $4,000; sweet potatoes $4,000;
tobacco 564,nO0; coWpcas $4,000;
soybeans $4,000 and peanuts u.s.
900.
The heaviest percentage of pro-
posed increase is in the comparative
ly small barley crop, which will in
crease 25 per cent in acreage over
1899. Increases Of ) per cent are in
dictated for oats and peanuts; of 4
per cent for Soybeans and tame hay:
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Reynaud Pledges All
French Energies To
Winning OF The War
Reynaud Considers
Dropping Reins OF
French Government

Paris, March 22.-(AP-Pre-
mier Paul Reynaud won one
vote majority OF confidence in
the chamber of dcpu les today
and inIne diatcly announced a
cabinet meeting TO determine
". ether &c would drop the reiDs
of government which he las
held .Or ~ hours.
The official vote was 1853 for
and 15G against his cabinet, with
Ill ahstc rti0nS.
There were reports ti:at R"y-
maud, seven radical socialist
ministers. including Minister Of
Defen,c E,douard nalalicr, whom
Rcyraud euccccd"d az PR mier,
would resign from the govern
ment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Alice Faye
Gets Divorce

Los Angeles, March 2? --(hP)--
Alice Faye, blond film actress, wa.
granted divorce today from Tony
Martin, handsome screen and radl
crooner, on her testimony that h"
had been guilty Of mental cruelty.
Martin suggested she should have
married somebody clSe--"omcbody
''morc settled" than hlm"clI, the
actress told judge Samuel r. Blake
There was no request for a'lmo1H
or approval Of property settlement
Il was under TODD 2 property agree
ment had been reached.
The couple was married S"ntrm-
hcr 4, 1887, after IN clOpfmcnt to
Yuma, hriZ.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22

Lifts.
Sand dunes at the southern
end Of the island pittcd with bomb
craters. Officers estimated that
about 40 bombs fell on airports in
tie south.
A building which Germans
identified as an infirmary with It's
roof blown off.
5-A small structure, identified as
a target range. extensively damaged.
6.-Evidence that an Incendlary
bomb had struck a great steel crane
used to lift seaplanes from the wat
er but had sputtered out on the iron
platform. =,
Authorities said that three civil
ians were struck by bomb splinterS!S
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
Newspaper Men Fail To
md Much Damage To Sylt
Hv ALVIN j. STEINKOI 7

Hy ALVIN j. STEINKOI
Naruulg, Island of Syit, Germany.
.ra 22-(AP)-Tnrae American
p: perACn, including this cor
.ardeat. toured this island out
.' III Gcrmany's aerial front and
-., re were able to see tends 70
.f.E out the German version that
"a.iy seven hours of British bonn
.a.ament had little if any military
"c'NcneSS."
This is what we found:
.-Svlrs lifeline railway across
.." causeway apparently undamag-
&C.
Shattered windows Of airplane
'~"4cr> out no evidence oil direct
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
BLAZE AT
THE BAXTER HOME

j -Jot fire at the home of Dr.. J.
Z. Baxter on North Chestnut street
called i.remen out this afternoon at
5.5t o'clock, and Fire Chief Cooper
Ellis estimated the damage done as
&. mail for report.
Several shingles on the big, two
sorry house. scene of several alarms,
we've burned, while others were pull
ed .r0n, the roof as the firemen put
II some effective work.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
BRITISH PLANE is
DOWNED BY GERMANS

London, March o. (AP) - A
Reuters British news agency dis
patch from Amsterdam reported that
British fighting plane was shot
down at noon today in battle with
two German planes over German
territOrV
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
16 DIE IN TRAIN
WRECK IN BRAZIL

Rio de Janeiro, March 22.-(AP)
Sixteen persons were killed and
more than iUU were injured touay
in Il collision between two passenger
train; crowded with Easter weekend
pa scngcrs. The accident, at a rail-
way junction, was tentatively at
tributcd TO confusion over Signals.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
JAPAN KEEPS ALOOF
FROM WAR IN EUROPE

Tokyo March 22.-(AP)-Foreign
Minister Arita told the japanese par
--ent today that Japan will not
81. any obstacles in Germany'S way
re- Joining hands with Britain and
,.oer.ca" during the European war.
Mia added that Japan was Ger
~" Of the ultimate outcome of the
conflict but declared the matter was
=, delicate to explain further.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
FOUNTAIN JOINS
MAXWELL FORCES

Raleigh, March 22.-(AP)---A. }.
Maxwell announced today the APP
pointmcnt of George NJ. Fountain,
Tarboro lawyer, to manage his
gubernatoriaI campaign in Edge
conbc county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22

Mrs. Z d I e n e,
Cal | a h a n, %,
and her hus-
band, Emory, 50,
i n set. accepted
p h il osophicall.v
the news that
the birth they
expect w i t h i n
two months will
b c Il normal
birth Of one
child, rat h c +
than tn a t Of
1uin u pl c IS
which, thew said,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
GiQahQA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair, much colder, with frost
freezing nearly to the coast to-
night. Saturday, increasing
cloudiness, becoming unsettled in
the mountains.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22
British Sub
Sinks Nazii
Steamer

German Vessel Sunk
Off Danish Coast;
L anis h Merchant
Ships Sunk By Ger
mans In Three Days
Increased To Six
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-22

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