The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 18, 1940, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTOW^S. C.
State Damage
Not So Serious
[Crops Art Badly Hurt In Scnne
Sections, But Not Over State
As A Whole.
Washington
Norwegian Amy
Ready To Stri^
Nazis In H ills
Special to The Chriinicle.
Washington. April 16. — The
I Colulmbia, April 15. — Frank O.
I Black, agricultural statistician of the
U. S. department of agriculture, said
today that low temperatures of the
Some of Invaders Reported Be-
inc: Interned As They Hit
Swedish Borders.
Stockholm, April 15.
reported taking serious strict precau
tionary measures to guard against
any surprises, according to informa
tion reaching London and Berlin.
(The German radio broadcast a
warning that all lighthouses and sig
nal fires on Sweden’s southern coast
had been extinguished. There was
considerable speculation in Berlin
diplomatic circles which said such a
precaution would be taken only un-
Ider extraordinary circumstances).
Norwegian! ^ preparedness
'was ordered effective at noon.Tues-
here said British bcmbing of Narvick
had done comparatively Utile harm.
A Norwegian army communique
said German ti^ps were encircled
north and west of Narvick and were
in no condition to make stout resist
ance “after their hasty retreat” from
that ore-shipping port which they
seized Tuesday morning.
The cotoununique “confirmed” ear-
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lier British reports that all German !f i
an
warships in Naryick had been de-i —
stroyed by the British squadron that i
troops are ready to attack German ^ Sw^en Provinces" bi^VdeiSg I h^’IH'iSwietimM over-
two!'®®^ wwk had seriously damag^j forces driven into the mountains | Norway and in parts of southern and
waMiuigiuii, IV.— rrnns in sections of the state
phases of greatest political interest m Pd^ge to the state Narvick by British
[warships whose guns now command
Washington at this stage of the pres- j
‘drafrRwTev^e^ m^ven^Sirl^d thej He said the peach crop had beenjtha^ Arctic port^said an official Nor-
“stop Dewey” movement.. 'severely damaged in Laurens and|wegian statement received here to
western Sweden as well.
Wednesday.
A British news agency, Exchange
Telegraph, said all traffic over the
Norwegian-Swedish border also had
lui, j-.v,Yvtj ii.v...- - i - been stoppqd. i . . , . - — ——
The politicians of both parties are? York counties and had been dam-jjay^ amid indications that neutral | The Swedish bureau of informa- to hinder any new German I pound is for sale and recommended
.night—splendid results are obtained.
_ „ ... - ! If the pains do not quickly leave and
The Norwegian high command an- if you do not feel better, Ru-Ex wlU
nounced that mobilization in north- [ cost you nothing to try as it is sold
em Norway was complete and that,by your druggist under an absolute
i forces there were regarded as suf- [ money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex Corn-
divided, in each case. The draft! aged to some extent in Granville gweden herself was taking stem pre- i tion put up posters warning the pub-
Roosevelt movement .s tensed en- to«t„ ' 'S ‘"ai^ cautions to avoid involvement in the [ |i= f*""®* runtoi^ or be-
tirely in Washington and is being 2>aiuaa, L«xingion ana Aixen Uieving unconfirmed reports, and
conducted by administration officials,,counties had suffered heavily. . [Norwegian conflict,
most of whom stand to lose their jobs ■ The cucumber crop in the Lake' The Norwegian commander at
if any Democrat except Mr. Roose-.City area, he reported, had been|Bodo. 70 miles south of Narvick, re-
velt, or any Republican at all, be-'badly damaged, but other crops had j ported by wireless to Norwegian
comes the tenant of the White House not been hurt to any appreciable ex-. army headquarters that a British
qext January. [tent. As a while, he said, the peach{landing force had occupied Narvick.
It is led by the secretary of the | crop was not badly damaged. For the i (A British broadcast, heard in New
landing attempts.
by SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY.
interoir, Harold Ickes, who was a Re
publican until President Roosevelt
state as a whole there was still the ^ York, quoted Swedish sources as say
prospect of a reasonably good crop. , ing Germans at Narvick had fallen
similar admonitions were addressed
to theater-goers and radio listeners, j
In line with the campaign to pre- {
serve normal conditions, regular airj
service still was being maintained
between Stockholm and Berlin, the
Baltic countries and Moscow at noon
today.
A German Junkers plane with a
made him a member of his cabinet. Roosevelt should decide, at the last [into the hands of the Noi^wegian I crew of five landed today at Marie
Thi.« movement has been going on [.minute, to seek a third term, Tom army. Some of the Germans fled as stand, 90 miles from the Swedish
for months, and shrewd observers! Dewey is the only Republican with a [far as the Swedish border where they! west coast, having exhausted its gas
here think they see signs that it is
waning.
The best opinion among Washing
ton soothsayers today is that Mr.
Farley and Mr. Garner have succeed
ed in demonstrating to the president’s
satisfaction that it vvould be. ruinous
to his party for him to run for a third to himself,
term.
The same prophets are predicting
that Mr. Roosevelt’s influence will be
thrown to Secretary of State Hull for
the presidency and Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson for second place
on the ticket. Such a ticket would go
far to avert a serious split in the
party, since both Mr. Hull and Mr.
"T^sbh are Wetl-ttlRsranff-
by almost .all factions of Democrats.
Eligibiltty Increased
Mr. Hull’s eligibility is regarded as
having been increased by his victory
In ’congress in obtaining a majority
vote in both houses for the extension
for three years of executive author
ity to continue to negotiate recipro
cal trade agreements with other na
tions without having to submit themi
to the senate for confirmation. It hadi
a close squeeze in the senate, several
Democratic senators from the agri
cultural states voting against it. j
The belief here is that the-Repub-
licans will make these trade agree-[
ments a major campaign issue in the
agricultural regions of the Mississippi
valley. The farm vote may easily de
cide next fall’s election, and there is
a strong element of farmers wlio be
lieve that Mr. Hull’s trade agiw-|
ments opened the door to foreign;
competition with American fann pro
ducts.
District Attorney Thomas E. Dew
ey of New York made himself many
friends in the agricultural states of
the Middle West by his speeches on
the farm situation, in which he took
exception to the Hull policies. But
Mr. Dewey did more than that, He
ga\’e the leaders of his party the
surprise of their lives by his success
in the primary elections oT delegates
to the Republican national conven
tion.
E\erybody in Washington almost
was certain that Senator Vandenberg
would get at least two-thirds of the
Wisconsin voters. But Mr. Dewey got
the whole twenty-four of them. This
clean sweep was the most convincing
demonstration Washin^bn has had
yet of young Mr. Dewey’s popularity
with the voters of his own party.
Added to his other primary victories,
it has given his party leaders some
thing to think about seriously.
- Regarded As Outsider
In Washington where Senators
Vandenberg and Taft are familiar
figures the tendency has been to re
gard Mr. Dewey as an outsider who
might be good enough for second
place but whose youth — he is 38 —
and alleged inexperience in the ad
ministration of public affairs ruled
him out as the nominee for the head
of the ticket.
But political leaders in presidential
years are prone to take a realistic
view of circumstances as they are.
The realistic view in this case is that
the Republicans, facing the handicap
of being opfiosed to a party which
has been in power for eight years,
must nominate the best vote-getter
they have, regardless of other con-
"siderations. And so far as tests of
vote-getting power have gone, Mr.
Dewey has demonstrated that he has
more of it than either of his two
chief rivals. ' .
So the Republican leaders are be
ginning to study Mr. Dewey’s other
qualifications much more seriously.
In international affairs he recently
talked like an isolationist, but he
still believes that congress was right
in repealing the arms embargo. In'
strong enough personal appeal to [ were disarmed and interned, it was
, declared.
have a chance against him. But the | (Official quarters in Berlin said na
conventions are still more than two 1 Allied force had landed at any Nor-
oline after dropping pamphlets _jn
Norway. Swedish policy calls for in
ternment. 4
Swedish news agencies reported
nothing was to be seen of big fires
believed to have a very large number [ mans and stressed that the Nazi oc- which had been reported raging in
o‘f delegates already safely pledged}cupation was proceeding steadily. [Narvick after the British landing
(Meanwhile, Sweden hersilf was there. Norwegian reports 'received
months away, and Senator Taft is j wegian port occupied by the Ger-
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agricultural matters he has satisfied!
the Republican spokesman of thej
farm group, Senator McNary, that hefi
is the friend of the faixper and un
derstands farm problems.
Mr. Dewey’s friends are vigorously
promoting the proposition that when
it comes to administrative experience,
neither Mr, Taff nor Mr, Vandenberg
'has anji*' record to compare with that
of Mr. Dewey in administering the
office of district attorney in the na
tion’s largest and most corrupt city
and winning his war against politi
cally protected crime.
Democrats Active
It is significant that some promi
nent Democrats, as well as Republi
can backers, of other candidate^, are
taking a more or less active part in
the effort to “stop Dewey.” Whether
he is regarded as the most dangerous
opponent, from the Democratic point
of view, is not quite clear.
There are some who say that, if Mr.
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MwwipoHfaa pnaaoci ia Busioaii Bapoct fw jmt
1939. do accoc^anca with
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ASSETS WHICH ASSURI PULPILUIIiNT OF OtUOATIONS
MaWssal GovsnisiMt SsesriHet
U. S. Govsmmsnt . .
■ Canadian Oovaramsot . •
Other lends .....
U. S. State A Munictpel
Canedian Provindsl A Municipal
Railroad
Public Utilities
Industrial A Miscellaneous.
.$94S.0I2A69J4
. 67AS6.044.76
ILOISAIMIMI
OIUOATIOIIS TO FOUCYHOLPIRS, tllllFtCiAIIIS, ANt OTNIlf
fPMay lassrvas reiairad by law. .. |4,493A33,20SJP
Amount which, with
and future iwemiunu, will assure
110,055,727J7
103,823,959.71
573.665,903,41
689.740,113.l|
405,09341«A|
LM3>MfytlMf
Set aside ferpaymaat durteg the year 1940.
Faysati aa SapplemeatarY Ceetreets
112,999,631.00
112.9B6,146JS
22,931,579.79
ladodiiig
aufaMag completion of proof and estimated
-AU but $22461.13 are Preferred or Ouarsnteed.
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Othar propstty • • • ~
Leeei ea Feifeies . • •
Real Istute Owaed .
76A904IIJS
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4247744347
Inrhidfaig
left whh
ftir Accident and Health Insurance, divi-
r, premiums paid in sdvaocs, aCc.
Includes real esUta for Company uSh, and housing piojscta.
S1S,49S4S946
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TOTAL OMUGATtONS $4432,201,01440
300,71740040
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TOTAL
$5,141,906.18140
TOTAL
|f.l414MUOI40
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1939.
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1939
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