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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Germany
Silent On
New Moves
British Press Acclafms
President Roosevelt's
"Mortgaged A i d "
Plan; Italians With
draw in Albania; 9th
er War News.
(By The Associated Press. }

(By The Associated PrcSSD
Sections Ct the London press hailed
the United States as Il iuil-Gledged
ally in tine wan against Germany and
Italy today. acclaiming President
RooScvclt'S "mortgagcd aid proposal
as having solved Britain'S credit Wor-
rIcS and wiped out the effects Of her
multi-billion dollar debt default from
the l9l4-l& World War.
Official Germany remained silent
but it was indicated that reaction
would not be long delayed.
Authorized naziS said they saw
progressive development in a GER
tain direction" aud persons usually IN
the know declared:
"The American presidents pro-
poSal may be technically within the
neutrality act but obviously it is nc
longer neutral.
The London Daily Mail declared
editorially that Americans had final
ly been shocked out of their snug
slumber" in which they tried to
have their guns and candy, too" by
maintaining the production Of peace
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Battleship
And Freighter
In Collision

New York, Dec. lS.--iAP)- The
United States battlcship Arkansas
and the American freightcr Melrose
collided off the New Jersey coast
early today, causing little damage to
the battleship by, springing a leak
in the frcighter.
Both vessels headed Immediately
for New York Under their own pow
CT.
Scene of the crash was about IS
miles Off Sc" Grit, n. J.
The Coast Guard cutter Ponchar-
train reached the two ships within
an hour. The cutter fell in as an
escort as the rrcighter and battlcShip
headed for port.
The Coast Guard said the Arkan-
sas apparently was all right" but
that TIC MclroSc was damaged "prct-
ty badly" oo
The Arkansas is Il 26,0OO-ton bat
tleship completed in 1912. 1t carries
q normal crew Of 1880 men. Now
attached to the Atlantic squadron,
il is destined to be replaced by the
new North Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Ford Labor
War Flares
CIOLeader Asks Fed
eral Intervention;
Ford Personnel Chief
Charges Frame-Up.

Detroit, Dec. 19-(AP)--President
Roosevelt was asked today by the
ClO United Automobile Workers to
instruct federal agencies to inter-
vene in the unions long -smoulderinss
dispute with the Ford Motor Com
pany.
Michael F. Widman, Jr.. director
of the Ford Organization drive, de-
clared in d telegram to the PrcSi-
dent that the management Of the
Ford Motor Company is attempting
TO provoke Il strike in its plants" by
''Open and arrogant violations Of the
labor laws"
Harry Bennett. Ford personnel d.
rector, said today that United Auto
mobile Workers officials were en-
gagged in "a deliberate attempt to
frame U.S." lie said he knew some
employees the union claimed were
discharged are working right now
Widman asked Mr.. Roosevelt To-
call upon the Labor department and
thc national defense advisory COM
mission TO make full use Of Their
Cancellation service to diSsuadc the
company from its provocative ef-
forts"
The CIO leader charged that the
company dismissed upwards of 100
men, yesterday at the Lincoln plant
and ten others at the tire building Of
the River Rouge plant for wearing
union buttons"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Stimson To Name Group
To Combat Bad Influences
Surrounding Army Camps

Stimson said it was highly impol =
tant that the camps where draftees
would undergo a years training be
in Il good neighborhood and if tnl
neighbC9hood were not good that II
be bettered.
He said that he had found on a
recent visit to Fort Benning that
there was great room for improve
ment in one Of the neighborlns
towns in all sorts of ways"
Just as soon as the post at Ben
ming was increased, he said, and q
lot of young officers came in look
ing for quarters nearby all the rents
in the town went up three-fold.
THAT inflicted d great hardship
upon the youngsters" the secretary
declared.
Conditions of q moral character
in one of these towns was even q
worse influence" he added.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
New Board
Considered
For Defense

Washington. Dec. 19.-(AP)-Thc
Roosevelt administration considered
today establishing q high command
for the defense program.
The White House disclosed that the
President had under consideration at
least four or five plans for injecting
speed into the defense program. one
Involves proposal to establish Il
high command" for the program
headed by Secretaries StimSon and
Knox and William S. knudSen, in
dustrial production chief of the de-
tense commission.
Stephen Early, presidential Sccre-
tary, said this suggestion had been
discussed at White House confer
cnce yesterday.
Stmson, Knox and Assistant War
Secretary Patterson and Under-Sec-
rotary ForrcstaI Of the Navy met
with the Chief Executive, and EARLY
said lie assumed they presented the
Elan to the President.
They did not leave the plan with
Continued on Page Three
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Long Posse Hunt
Results in Death

Middlesboro. XIV, Dec l9.-(AP)
Clyde William Buchanan. 4O, died
today four hours after a posse OF
Kentucky, Tennessee and VlrgIhl
officers wounded him in gun pat
tie rear Wheeler, Va, where they
found him after two and one-hali
day search Of the tri-state Cumher-
land mountain area.
Bell county Attorney Walter g.
Smith, who directed the hunt for
Buchanan, reported the capture late
last night cf Buchanan's son, Clyde.
Jr., Is. The younger Buchanan lied
into the mountains with his father
after a pistol fight in which Deputy
George w. Fisher, So, was killed ana
two other peace officers wounded
early Tuesday. Smith said.
The elder Buchanan was wound
ed. fatally, two bullets striking INN
in the head and one in the abdomen,
when he "rfeused to surrender
peacefully to so poSsemen who sur
rounded him in cedar grove.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
BardiQ Force
Is Trapped

Cairo, Dec. l9.-(APD - Italian
rear guard forces left to defend Bar
dia Libya's principal base in the
frontier region, have been trapped
and their way Of escape to Tobrlik
is under aerial bombardmcnt, Brit
ish military sources reported today.
"Advanccd clements of our troops
which have successfully contacted
numerically superior enemy forces in
Bardia are being steadily reinforced
and the position Of the remnants OF
the beaten italian army in that area
can now be regarded as precarIouS,
said a British general headquarters
communiquc.
General headquarters said that b.
SAG Italian prisoners, including j.
626 officers. had been counted al
ready as the haul Of the Libyan Of
Gcnsive and that several thousand
more were being removed from bat
tie areas.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19

Washington, Dec. l9.-(AP)-Sec-
rctarv Stimson, declaring that SOL
diers had been exploited financially
and subjected to bad moral IN
fluence in unnamed communities
near Fort Benning, Ga, announced
today that he would create an u
Ton;Zation 70 deal with such condl-
lions throughout the country.
He told his press conference there
would be a committee to work TO-
ward the Improvement Of health ana
sanitary conditions in the towns heal
Army posts and to cooperate Wilh
law enforcement and other OlIlc!el
noopcies in the communities. The aim
T1uld be to control undesirable per
sons and places" increase proper re,
|.reational f.cilities in the towns and
protect soldiers so far as we can
Irum being exploited.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Exception Taken
To japanese View
Secrecy Shrouds
Probe of Crash

Riverside Cal. Dec. l9.-(AP)-
Strict secrecy surrounded an inquiry
which March Field officials launch
ed today into the deaths Of SIX Army
fliers il the crash and explosion of Il
giant 22-ton four-engine bombing
plane on the frozen, snGw-Deaked
slopes Of nearby San Jacinto noun
tainS.
Flying high through intermittent
patches OF clouds and heavy mist
the plane which was on routine
training flight struck the 6,7OO-foot
SnoWline Of Marion mountain and
left Wreckage streWn for half a
mile along the boulder and tree
dotted slopes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Ambassador Gre w
Makes Quick Reply to
Statement That II ate
Of China Is Largely a
QUESTION of Senti-
ment".

~- &c. 10. -(AP}-Forcign
,,.-,.. .>uola pleaded with the
I..'-. - ~ today to stay out Of
-- lie world face "ArmageQ-
DIN. ~ .aeN heard United States
Addressed. Joseph c. Grew take
...cs ".-.'.au to his statement that
Is" ~-..- .. China is largely QueS-
'.- .. ointment TO Americans"
ne ambassador made several
points .n remarks after he had lis
,s.-- ''-.t.vely 10 MatSuoka's adj
-.a>- ...a.c me American-Japane>e
.c.-.. .. farewell luncheon honor
NJ ADJ .a. Nomura. recently nam
ed +....--e ambassador to the Unit
".- IT, Matsl,l,;a'S assertion
--s, . ..le Of CHA is i.rgely d
.-a-,.. .- sentiment to americans:
e.. .- . Is Il truly vital issue affect
..- ... very eXlstanCe OF Our en-
... G~"- said:
~. '..s must relieve the min
..'.r a.- Hi,-apprchenSiun that the
.....' r. AmericanS in China is
."-.E continent"
H. .. ,a.r point the foreign min
.-'s. adj we believe we have 4
-".r .a'sS.un as u civiIiZing and
......r.g forge and stand for peace
..H -,.,r We shut the door to none.
-.- r..M that desires 10 take d
.... .r rhs task is welcome
IF a ,,ad 10 learn that in the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1910, Publishers
Financial Bureau.

Philadelphia, Dec. l9.-Our people
demand more than those of any other
nation on earth. Our standards Of liv-
ing are the highest in the world. Few
OF our people will go hungry over the
holiday season. Wages and pay rolls
arc up, unemployment is decreasing.
Our dollar has been devaluated, but
it still buys more necessities and
luxuries of life than an. other cur
rency.
A Workers Paradise.
The average American factory
worker on his wage per hour can
purchase approximately rs pounds
of bread: l.6 pounds of butter; 81
pounds Of beef: 35.l pounds of po-
tatoes: 90 pounds Of coffee In Ger
many. an average workers. hourly
wage buys only % pounds Of bread;
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
ONE PERSON DIES
IN TRAIN WRECK

Tampa, Dec. 19.-(AP)--Onc per-
son was reported killed and an un-
determined number injured today
when two passenger trains crashed
at crossing half a mile south of
Zephyr Hills. % miles from Tampa.
All available Tampa ambulanccS
were sent to the scene Of the acct
dent.
The trains involved Wcr cthc Sun
beam, crack Chicago to Tampa tram
of the Seaboard, and the Atlantic
Coast Line No. 213, running from
Jacksonville to Tampa.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Western Union IS
Cleared in Court

Chicago, Dec. 49, (AP) The
Federal court today threw out an
indictment charging the Western
Union Telegraph Co., and eleven in
dividuals with conspiracy to violate
the lottery laws by sending horse
racing results over interstate boun-
diaries.
The charges were dropped when
Judge William H. Holly sustained
demurrer to the indictment re-
turned in April. Most of the indi-
vidual defendants were associates Of
Nj. O. Annenberg, former racing
news nagnate now serving prison
term for income tax evasion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Churchill Warns
Of Invasion Danger
British Prime Minis
ter Says Slackening
of Air Attacks Might
Easily Have Been in
Preparation For 9th
er Form of Activity.

London. Dec 19.-(AP) - Prime
Minister Churchill, warning his peo-
pie that German invasion still is Il
supreme danger" took note today
of q lctup in German air attacks and
declared they might easily have
slackened in preparation of some
other form Of activity against Bri-
tain"
Addressing the house Of commons,
Churchill acknowledged that the
weather might have been the chief
factor in the easing Of the aerial
siege, and said:
1T would be a disaster for anyone
to suppose that the supreme danger
Of invasion has passed"
Adolf Hitler, he asserted, has
great need to do something now or
at any rate in the next few months.
I'VE must suppose that he is MAX
ing plans which would be particular
ly directed against US"
At the same time, Churchill drop
ped a hint OF BritainS own long
range offensive planning, when he
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Contracts
Await Act
OF Congress
Morgenthau Announc-
es Roosevelt Has In
structed Him to In
form British to Pro-
coed With Negotia-
ton of Contracts.

Washington. Dec. 19.-(AP-
Secretary MOrgcntllau annOuIic-
cd today the British government
has been authorized to proceed
at once with negotiation of bill
lions of dollars worth Of war ma
terial contracts but not to sign
the contracts until Congress acts
M President ROOScvclts "leaSc-
lending" plan.
The secretary said he had been
instructed by President ROOSc-
welt to send this word TO tn:
British purchasing commission
this morning.
Morgenthau said that the first
contract in the new program
would be for 60 merchant YES
sells. The British are going to pay
cas!! for these ships, he declared.
and would not wait for approval
of the "leaSe-Icnding" plan.
From other sources it was learn
ID that the British were seeking
contracts for 10000 additional planes
It possible cost of $i,l25,000.OO
1000 to $500 more tanks and guns
md ammunition costing about ST.
70,000,000
He declined to say how much the
;cW British contracts would total or
o comment on reports that the fig
ure was S3,000,000,000.
Il have been authorized by the
President to tell them (the BritiShj
% 60 ahead up to the point of sign
ng contracts" Morgenthau said.
Except for the ship order, Nor
,enthau added, there will be no
more British contracts until Congress
las chance 10 study them
The proportions of President
9oosevelts plan for unlimited aid to
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Babson Says Americas
Standards Are Highest

O.5 Of a pound Of butter; O.9 Of
pound of beef; 205 pounds Of po-
tatoes: 0.3 of a pound Of coffee.
The American workers wage buys
9.7S pounds of these five essential
foodstuffs. The German worker Can
buy only 4.94 pounds. The bread,
butter, beef, and coffee which is US
ed in Germany, we would not rec
oghize. Potatoes are potatoes the
world over; but in Germany saw
dust is being mixed with flour; olco-
margarine is substitute for butter:
horses, dogs, cats, and foxes are
legaliZed substitutes for beef; and
chicory is the name for coffee.
Food Abundant Here.
Coffee is a drug on the U. S. mar
ket Sugar, flour, rice, and vegc-
table, are extremely cheap. There
has been rise in the cost Of meat
n,, Dana 'I'ioroal
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Objectives
Of Vetoed Bill
May Be Voted

IT,. a.ugtDn, Dec. 10. - (AP)-
,.r.d and foe alike predicted to-
a.y mat the detectives OF the Logan
"a..ns bill vetoed by President
.a-.clt WoUtd become law at the
.r@. session Of Congress with his APP
.o.aL
representative Walter, co-sponsor
e.. e.. legislation. announced that ne
-"G.G introduce the same measure
IL" INST day Of the new Congress
IN" Representative Mccormack
,...,o sat. Massachusetts, an out
,..-eu opponent of that bill Saio ac-
10 o.. leg station properly drawn
-.. only been delayed.
~.a'p.s Hatch. Democrat, New
..nE.cH, and Austin. Republican,
.sa."t, promised to renew their e.
-... 'u obtain approval, Hatch as
-'...- Dhat efforts Of the sponsors
(-y.uaIcI Oil Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
German Aid
Sent Italy
Bremen Pass Report
ed Closed; Nazi Pilots
Shuttle Italian Forces
to Albania.

Basel, Switzerland, Dec. 10
(AP)-The newspaper lie DEM
ocrat of DeIemOnt reported today
"from a good source in Zurich"
that freight and civilian traffic
has been suspended on the Bren-
ner railway line to permit the
passage of German divisions who
arc on their way to Italy.
Inquiries of reliable sources
both i'm Rome and Berlin failed
to confirm the report.
Struga, YugOSIavia cat the Al
bantam FrOnticr), Dec. 19.-(AP)
Fleets of German transport
pIancs were reported today to be
shutting Italian rcinfOrcements
across the Adriatic to the AL
bantam battlefront in an effort
to halt the Greek counter in
vaSiOn.
German pilots, because of their ex-
pcrience in this blitzkrieg method Of
moving troops, were said to be fly
ing huge planes sent after urgent
pleas from Premier Mussolini.
Military sources where the report
CT German aid originated said that
each plane carries 20 fully equipped
men on the short hop across the
Adriatic and that a crossing could be
made several times a day.
These quarters indicated that the
Italians were landed close to the
front lines and thrown into battle
Continued on Page Three.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
HtoaDoh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Increasing cloudiness followed
by rain Friday and possibly be-
ginning tonight; not quite so cold
tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19

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Smyrna times., 1940-02-08
LIE Circle Franchise Meets

The first year French Club lie
Circle Francaise) held their first
meeting of the new year on Janu-
ary 26, 1910, with Charlotte Ever
EFT presiding over the business
meeting at which it was decided
to decorate the French room. A
committee of Edna Ennis, Nancy
Fox, Wilma Blendt, and Charlotte
Everett was named for this work
After the business meeting Char
lotte Everett-the program leader
of the week, presented an interest
ing program. The singing of lie
Marsellaise" was followed by a
number of talks on French life
Betty Phillips gave an excellent
talk on THE home life of the
French peasant" John Houtman
reported on Social and farm life
of the French peasant" Ruth Now
land gave a talk about French de-
votion" After these talks a French
game called "Renverser LIE Panier
de Fruits was conducted The
Smyrna times., 1940-02-08

to this plan to the Delaware Con-
gressional delegation in letter un-
der date of January 25, stating,
"As you probably are well aware,
foresters throughout the United
States are unalterably opposed, and
for years have been opposed to any
such transfer. This is precisely my
point of view"
| THIRD CLASS POST OFFICES
On January 81 the House passed
H. R. 1865, bill providing that on
and after July 1, 1910, postmasters
of offices of the third class shall be
granted allowances for clerk hire
as provided (39 U. S. c. 81, except
the four higher grades, which shall
be as follows: An allowance of 81, :
200 per annum where the salary OF
the postmaster is $4,000 per an
mum; an allowance of ST. ,320 per
annum where the salary of the
postmaster is S2,100 per annum;
an allowance of ST, 500 per annum
where the salary of the postmaster
is $4,000 per annum; an allowance
of 81, 800 per annum where the sal
ary of the postmaster is $4,000 per
annum; Provided, that the Post
master General may increase the
allowance for clerk hire at any CT
fee by an amount not exceeding %
per centum, where the needs of the
service require, but in no case shall
the allowance provided be reduced
below the rate fixed.
AGRICULTURAL BILL After
four days of continuous debate and
consideration and after final ses-
sion eleven hours in length, at IL
last Friday night the House passed
the Department of Agriculture Ap-
preparation Bill for the fiscal year
1941. The bill as finally passed
showed nearly a sixty-seven million
dollar cut from the budget esti-
mate and a reduction of more than
five hundred million dollars under
current year farm spending.
RISE OF GOVERNMENT JOBS
Within the near future the ex-
ecutive branch of the Government
of the United States will have L.
100000 persons on the pay roll if
present upward trends continue,
which figure, except for the totals
of September and October 1888,
represents the highest number of
Federal employees in the country's
history. Yet this payroll does not
include the judicial or legislative
branches of the Government, the
military or naval forces, the people
on relief, farmers or private con-
tractors all of whom receive pay
ments from the Federal Govern
ment. To quote from Growing
Ranks of Uncle Sans Payroll
Army, an analysis of yearly pay
Smyrna times., 1940-02-08

roll figures shows the relentless,
mushroom growth of Government
functions since the establishment
of the Civil Service Commission in
1883. In the year 1884 the num-
ber of employees in the executive
branch of the Government was
131, ,208." A general increase oc-
Cured in 1916 to 1918 followed by
a general downward trend in post
war years, the low point being
reached on December 3, 1926 when
514 $40 were on the rolls. From
1926 until 1881 the trend was
downward with a sudden climb fol-
lowing between 1888 and 1889, the
all-time high mark being reached
in September 1889 at 940,130 when
war broke out in Europe In the
group of 46 Federal departments or
agencies, the Post Office has the
largest total of employees which
means that one-third of all those
working for Uncle Sam -296, ,685-
are employed in handling the mail.
Next comes the War and Navy de-
partments and at the bottom of the
list is the State Department which
employs only 6,259. In the Gov
eminent agencies which were non
existent before the New Deal, there
are now employed almost 100000
persons. And as expansion of Gov
eminent activities to new fields ex-
Smyrna times., 1940-02-08

tends the long line of paid employ
ees, the regular departments such
as the War, the Navy, and the Jus
tice are following the upward trend
| by adding substantial numbers to
their payrolls. From $4,000 en-
ployees in January 1888 to 805,000
employees in 1886, the figures grew
to the alarming number of 933 900
employees in 1910. We await the
1941 statistics.
BALANCED BUDGET seems
that on at least one thing both Big
Business and the New Deal are
agreed namely, to balance the
Federal budget. Both even agree
that the best method is to increase
the national income so that the
Governments tax receipts will au-
tomatically rise to balance its out
go. But they cannot agree on the
means of thus raising the rational
income. Big business insists that
this can best be done by releasing
and encouraging private business
enterprise. In other words, by re-
stricting Government competition
with private business, limiting the
administrative or bureaucratic"
regulation of business, checking the
rise of the public debt to restore
confidence and encouraging the
flow in investment funds into in
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
Smyrna times., 1940-02-08
Jay Wees Top Caesar Rodney

January 81, 1910 the Smyrna Jay
Wees topped Caesar Rodney with a
score of 1873.
After the game had started there
were two minutes of play before
Kenny Smith made a long shot.
The half ended "a in favor of
Smyrna. In the third quarter six
points were scored by Smyrna and
none by Caesar Rodney. After a
few minutes of play in the fourth
quarter, Coach Gebhart put in some
substitutes. Caesar Rodney scored
four points and Smyrna, four. The
final score was 1873.
Bobby Lower was high scorer for
Smyrna with eight points. Two
points was the highest score made
by any individual of Caesar Rod
ney.
Smyrna times., 1940-02-08
Latin Club Working on Assembly
Play

The tenth grade, second year
Latin class has reorganized its S.
Q. P. R. Latin club for 1889 and
1910. The officers are Bobby Low
er, president; Edith Johnson, sec
retary and treasurer; and Martha
Burrous, vice-president. The main
project for this year will be an as
sembly program enacted by the
class, all in costumes. It will be
in English and will consist of two
plays, ''Narcissus" end Echo" and
a Roman Wedding.
With the proceeds from the
monthly five cent dues, the club
members intend to buy the mater
ial for the costumes and supplies
for other needs.
Next year the 1912 S. Q. P. R.
Club will be carried on by the pres
ent Latin I class.