I g RIDDLE will take w. POST silion, However WINSTON-SALEM, March 17. ' j Bennett Riddle, Jr., of Mor LT'" who was endorsed here two ^"kTa&o by a sr°UP °f Piedmont "eC‘ Carolina republicans to sue a Rrownlow Jackson, of Char ’eed as secretary to the North otte'. republican executive com » has indicated he will accept nli K 'st if it is offered to him, ll1! is not disposed to make a mili bUV fight for it, L. L. Wall, Spokesman for the group, has an "waif released a letter written ' him by Riddle in which the u r"anton' man expressed willing ■"/to assume the heavy duties of ne5f ‘nh if the republicans of the the Juu . =tate desired it. [tave no ambition to be state retary." Riddle said, “and I would * be relieved of the responsi / _ . However, It is impera • e that we lay aside our personal Ling' in matters that pertain to ' furtherance of the cause and oiiow ourselves to be used in what ,-er capacity it appears that we lUt be of service . . .” Riddle mentioned the fact that in ,Jg -here was a definite trend to ward the republican party. It was "efiected. he said, in the returns [ -he elections all over the from 111 north and west. t ■phe state of Virginia doubled its membership in the legislature and the state of Tennessee showed a considerable increase in strength,” ppijjl'e said in his letter. “North Carolina was the only state of j can learn where we ac •ua]!y lost ground and hit an all ,me low in representatives elected t0 the legislature . . .” R;ddle made it clear in his com muiiication that in expressing his willingness to accept the place as a successor to Jackson, veteran GOP worker, he was not disposed to in iare the feelings of the incumbent -■retary or to minimize his record achievement in the party. famous priest killed LONE PINE, Calif., March 17.— p_Xh.e Right Rev. Monsignor ■jjn j Crowley, 48. famous desert priest, was killed today in an auto mobile accident. His machine struck a cow and collided with a truck. _War History Repeats Itself | 1*a**er.s. 0IJ«e defended the shell-shattered building in which tne British Welsh Guards seen above are doing their training man euvers in France Shells that made this gaping hole were fired in the last World war, by the same foe. MUSSUL1N1 AND HITLER PLAN TO CONFEir TODAY (Continued From Page One) there was wide variance between Allied and German viewpoints. Welles expected to know the re sult of the Hitler-Mussolini meeting before he sails for home on the lin er Conte di Savoia Wednesday, but a reliable source said he did not expect to delay his departure for it. The German ambassador to Italy, Hans Georg-Viktor von Mackensen, left Rome today to meet Hitler, a Herman source said. This led to the belief that his sudden call at the foreign office yesterday, while Welles and Count Ciano were con ferring, had to do with the Hitler Mussolini meeting. Rome was without definite word on plans of II Duce who in the past week has conferred with both Un dersecretary of State Sumner Welles and Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Ger many’s foreign minister. The American envoy had his sec ond talk with Mussolini yesterday after a swing through the warring capitals—Berlin, Paris and London —on a fact-finding^ tour for Pre-i dent Roosevelt. Today Welles put in a couple of hours work at the United States embassy, writing a report for the President on his talks with Musso lini and Foreign Minister Count jaleazzo Ciano yesterday, and then look advantage of the spring sun shine for relaxation Welles and United States Ambas sador William Phillips are schedul ed for an audience with Pope Pius tomorrow morning for talks to which most observers attach great Importance, particularly in light of the Pontiff’s peace efforts. HITLER LEAVES BERLIN BERLIN, March 17.—UP)—Adolf Hitler, cloaking his plans in secrecy until the last minute, left Berlin unexpectedly tonight on a dramatic trip to the Italian frontier where tomorrow he will meet his enigma tic axis-partner, Benito Mussolini. Eor the first time since the start of the war. Diplomatic circles, astonished by Hitler's sudden departure, regarded the conference as a momentous de velopment. German quarters optimistically predicted the meeting would result in new measures of cooperation on the part of Italy which, though linked to the reich by a mutual as sistance pact, thus far has careful ly preserved her non-belligerent sta tus. Important Part Observers believed that the tense situation in southeastern Europe, which both Hitler and Mussolini uave no desire to see turned into a battlefield, would play an important part in the talks Hitler was accompanied by his foreign minister, Joachim Von Rib bentrop, who returned to Berlin only last week after a two-day visit in Rome during which he conferred with Premier Mussolini and was re ceived in audience by Pope Pius XII. The official announcement of their departure, issued only after their train had pulled out, said the meeting between the fuehrer and the Duce had been arranged by Ribbentrop while in Rome. The announcement declared the meeting scheduled to take place in the Brenner Pass, had been “long envisaged,” but gave no hint as to the directions the negotiations were expected to take. (Dispatches from Rome disclos ed that Mussolini already had left the capital en route to the Brenner Pass, accompanied by his foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano.) Throughout the day the greatest official secrecy had been observed in Berlin regarding the meeting un til the announcement was made. Rumors had persisted, however, that Hitler and Von Ribbentrop had departed for a conference with Mussolini and his foreign minister, Count Ciano Reliable sources said Hitler and Ribbentrop left by train at ll a. m. (5 a. m. E. S- T-), and that tomor row’s conference is expected to take place at 10 a. m. (4 a- m., E. S. T.) Man Dies When Airplane Overturns In Newark Bay NEWARK, N. J., March 17.—!® —Floyd Shinn, 25, of North Arling ton, drowned today when a small airplane in which he was taking flying lessons overturned in New ark Bay. Kenneth Raymond, 31, of Maple wood, Shinn's pilot-instructor, was taken to St. James hospital, suffer ing from submersion. Raymond was rescued by Harold Shinn, 20, brother of the drowned man. Shinn saw a cross-gust of wind flip over the Piper Cub two place plane a quarter-mile offshore and went to the scene in a rowboat he propelled with one oar. French, German Units Continue Engagements PARIS, March 17—<-»—Severe, localized fighting between French and German units continued for the second day today west of the Vosges mountains. The fighting started yesterday when Nazi scouting parties attacked outposts. Throughout the night and today fighting sputtered as detach ments also collided along the same western front sector. Repulse of "a rather large num ber” of German patrols which at tacked French outposts west of the Vosges in a flurry of western front activity last night was reported to day by the French. MAN FOUND DEAD PHILADELPHIA, March 17.—(£>) —Seth Chase, 56, master of the re fining company tanker Gulfpenn, was found dead in his cabin today as the ship lay at anchor in the Dela ware river off Girard Point. Dr. NelsonJ. Burden said Chase died of a heart ailment. He was a native of West Medway, Mass., and is survived by his wife. NAZI AIRMEN SAY BRITISH SHIPS HIT (Continued From Page One) British home fleet had been brought to Scapa Flow. “We waited for days, loaded care fully, prepared for weather which would be most favorable because we did not want to experience what the British did Dec. 18 (when the Germans said they shot down 36 British Vickers-Wellington bombers over Helgoland Bight),” said Major Doench. "Just before flying off we talked our plan over once more and then departed. We flew a roundabout way because we were not foolish enough to go directly. We came toward the Orkneys from the east and still could see well. (It was about twilight.) Many Ships The surprise was so great the British apparently were at their evening meal. Before us was such an endless number of ships we had trouble picking out which one we shouid make the target. “We hit four of the biggest, each at least once directly with 1,000 pounders. “Other bombs landed close beside the ships so that they lifted into the air and settled back into the water. “For half an hour as we circled about from the north we saw huge columns of flame. About 7:55 p. m. we disappeared into the dark ness toward home.” Twenty-six-year old First Lieu tenant MacMagnussen, a short, nervy pilot who has participated in 13 flights against Britain, said “we flew toward the Orkneys sometimes so high we had to use oygen, some times through brief rain and sleet storms. Our radioman entertained us by playing hot music on his harmonica, which was relayed to the others by our radio system. As we approached the Orkneys there were no clouds, henc > it was un favorable for us because the Eng lish could quickly spot us. “All was quiet on board as we flew to attack one of the warships most favorably situated. lalin Command " ‘The attack begins,' was the calm, crisp command. “The outlook in the nose of the ship guided me. “ ‘Now a little to the right, now a little to the left,’ he said. “Then I sensed the plane lighten ing. The bombs were dropping. It was a few seconds before I learned the results. Then our bomber called, ‘we hit, she’s burning!’ "The prow of the boat was envel oped in a cloud of smoke which spread so that the entire craft soon was buried in a black mass. “Tongues of red flame shot out. We made a few curves to watch the fireworks. Anti-aircraft firing ap peared to be planless shooting, as though the English were not able to see us. "Then came the warning that pur suits were on our tail. I rose in spirals, stepped on the gas. As we departed into the darkness we saw another great torch spring up. Ap parently another big one had been hit.’’ First Lieutenant Honno Philipps, 24, an observer, proudly wearing the iron cross, said the assignment to his unit was to attack for the first time British airports protecting Scapa Flow in order to keep as many British pursuit planes grounded as possible. "On the out-trip," Philipps said, “we were tense because it was the first raid on a British airport. We headed for Earth House first. Coming out of the east our objective lay clear before us. We let our row of bombs go. We saw bomb after bomb strike clouds of dirt as they struck the, runways, then the bright fire of burning hangars. “During the attack British pur suits tried to reach us from below but we turned off and disappeared into the night.’’ All the fliers said their planes suf fered only small damage as a result of shell splinters. GREATEST OF WAR LONDON, March 17.—QP)—Four teen German planes carried out the greatest raid of the war against British soil Saturday evening, drop ping 100 high explosive and incen diary bombs about scapa Flow naval anchorage, damaging one battleship and causing Britain’s first civilian casualties in aerial warfare. Seven navy men were casualties, one civilian was killed and seven civilians, including two women, were injured. Five cottages were damaged. Late tonight the air ministry said the Royal Air Force, in a daylight counter blow yesterday, sighted sev eral German patrol vessels in Helgo land Bight off the German coast between the Islands of Borkum and Helgoland, and attacked them with bombs. One of the German naval vessels was said reliably to have been "par tially lifted out of the water’’ by bomb explosions. All British aircraft were declared to have returned safely. German planes, wjiich returned to the attack today with raids on Brit ish east coast shipping, were inter cepted by British fighters. The air ministry said two of the German bombers were chased into the clouds and that "damage was believed to have been inflicted on both of them.” Judge Dwight C. Haven Passes In Tampa, Fla. Judge Dwight C. Haven, about 74, Atlantia Coast Line attorney in Wilmington for many years, died Thursday at his home in Tampa, Fla., it was learned here last night. Funeral services and interment lor Judge Haven will be in Joliet, [11., his native home. He was retired from active duty with the railroad several years ago ind has been in Florida since that ;ime. He was well known in Wilming* .on and had many friends here. The European War Situation (By The Associated Press) BERLIN — Hitler secretly leaves Berlin for conference with Mussolini; German com mand says air raid on Scapa Flow results in severe damage to three British battleships and probable damage to two others. LONDON — Admiralty says only one battleship damaged in greatest air raid of war; seven naval casualties and first civil ian killed by German bomb; air ministry reports counter raid on nazi patrol boats. ROME—Mussolini leaves sud denly for meeting with Hitler; Fact-Finder Welles to remain in Rome until Wednesday. PARIS — Severe localized fighting continues on western front. HELSINKI—Newspaper IJusi Suomi suggests Field Marshal Baron Mannerheim assume di rection of Finland’s fate "in general.” Walter B. Weisenburger Will Talk In Charlotte CHARLOTTE, March 17. — — Walter B. Weisenburger, executive vice president of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, will ad dress a group of Carolina manufac turers here Tuesday on the associa tion’s role in dealing for industry with current economic problems. Six hundred manufacturers in the two states have been invited to at tend the luncheon meeting, which is a phase of a program directed by the national development committee of the National Association of Manu facturers. A group of manufactur ers headed by Stuart W. Cramer, Jr„ of Cramerton, is sponsoring the meeting here. Governor Hoey To Talk In Lumberton Tuesday RALEIGH, Mrch 17.—(R)—Gov ernor Hoey will speak Thursday in Lumberton at a dedication of an armory, and will address the North Carolina Society of Washington in the nation’s capital March 25. DE BOWER DIES NEW YORK, March 17.—)—Twenty-five persons were killed and 70 injured today when a passenger train crowded with peas ants and army reservists was wrecked by an avalanche in a nar row canyon near Ozalj. One of the seven coaches was hurled into the Kulpa river and all its occupants were believed drown ed. The remaining coaches, all bad ly damaged, clung precariously to the river bank. Government authorities, who said the avalanche was caused by recent heavy rains, rushed medical aid to the scene. WILL VISIT POPE ROME, March 17. — UP) — Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, former president of Finland who came here from Ber lin, will be received by Pope Pius tomorrow shortly after United States Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. KLIPPLE ELECTED DENVER, March 17.— UP) —Rob ert Klipple of Fort Collins was elected president today of Pi Kappa Deltai national forensic fraternity. Edith Gunn of Boone, Iowa, was named vice-president. REVIEWS PARADE NEWARK, N. 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