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Dedicated To The Progress Oi ^ V«L a 1VT S * k Served by Leased Wire °f lhe And Southeastern North ASSOC1ATEDPBESS Carolina With Complete Coverage of —_ _ State and National News ^lT73^NO. 21? - .. ■ ~ A ■ ■ ■ M ^ _ ★ ESTABLISHED 1867. ^ a ir nr nr ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ a Wage-Hour Law Changes Shelved House Orders Further Study Of Big Issue All Prospects Of Wage Hour Law Revision At This Session Vanish VOTE IS 205 LTO 175 Result Both Victory And Defeat For Leaders Of Administration WASHINGTON, May 3.—(TP)—All prospect of wage-hour law revisions at this session of congress vanished today when the house voted to di .-i. low nnmmittpp ffivp further study to the question. The decision climaxed a week of noisy and angry debate on proposed changes. The house had adopted amend ments, one at a time, which would have exempted many hundrdeds of thousands of workers—the exact number was in furious dispute — from the provisions of the law. Then it surveyed its handiwork in its en tirety and found it bad. Votes A roll-call vote of 211 to 171 undid all that had been done and rejected the amendments as a whole. A sec ond vote, 205 to 175, recommitted the entire subject to the house labor committee for further study and recommendatoins. Under the prevailing situation, leaders had no expectation that the committee could complete its work in time for action before the ses sion's scheduled June adjournment. The result was both a victory leaders in congress. The latter had vigorously opposed the sweeping amendments which were written in to the bill in the course of the de bate. Their victory lay in the fact that in the end these amendments were rejected. Last Minute Effort But, the administration forces had endorsed a series of milder changes, most of them proposed by the IVage-Hour Administration itself. Chairman Norton (D-NJ) and her colleagues of the labor committee made a last minute effort to obtain approval of these by opposing the motion to recommit—hut lost. Today’s discussion was of a piece with the debate which had gone before. Rep. Parsons (D-Ill), pre siding, beat an almost constant tatoo with his gavel in a usually vain effort to maintain order. One speaker who was heard, how ever, was Rep. McCormack (D Mass). “This is the most disgraceful spectacle I have seen in my twelve years in the house,’’ he shouted. This is not a congress but a chaotic group of men.’’ Mo one disputed his remark. Center of Row In particular, the controversy centered upon an effort by Rep. Barden (D-NC) to exempt a series 01 farm ***.;«> -^ from the law which sets a mini mum of 30 cents an hour and a maximum of 42 hours weekly. karlier in the week, the Barden amendments had been approved amgly and beaten collectively. But cue to an unusual parliamentary (Continued on Page Ten) -- L WEATHER xv., forecast ina: Partly cloudy, cool tionx l„.reme. east and southeast por tajn„' duite so cool in the moun t«mperatiwerday; Sunday fair- rismS enmnie?roi0gical da‘a for the 24 hours & ‘*o0 p. m. yesterday). i Temperature IP. 55 ■ 7:30 a- m- 48; 1:30 p. minimum 42-P; m' maximum 65; inum 42, mean 54; normal 67. i Humidity l:30 p62m750° a' 685 1:30 * Tntoi * „ Precipitation hone- to?ri24!hours endinS 1:30 p. m.. 0.05 inches Smce flrst °f the month, Tides For Today Wiimington - ^lasonboro I„,et - ;5mooisetU4S;V^‘ m°°n -(Continued on Page Ttireel _War-Wrecked Shipping Ruins Narvik Port shipf ^r onW nlrt nf Ka™?k h i dec'ar.fd tha * «?° wreckage of some thirty naval and merchant of the derehcts cl.ifterinr harlT “V” °“gh for anchorage has ruined it as a port. Typical British destToyers " narrow channel 18 th,s German transport, disabled and forced aground by r. D. K. Calls On Critics To Offer Own Program --- + ^ ADDRESSES GATHERING Says Candidates Should Stop Voicing Blanket Con demnation Of New Deal WASHINGTON, May 3. — <^») — President Roosevelt asserted to day that presidential and congres sional candidates ought to stop voicing blanket condemnation of the administration’s acts and spec ify their own programs. Addressing a gathering of demo cratic women from the south por tico of the White House, he de clared: “We say in an election year to candidates for President and vice president, and to ‘would-be’ sena tors and representatives, ‘Quit condemning each and every act of this administration and tell us just how you would change the laws if you were in power.” Attend Institute The women standing on the damp White House lawn below him have been attending a na tional institute of government ar ranged by the democratic nation al committee’s women’s division. Officials estimated that there were more than 3,000 of them on the lawn. Keeping silent on the third term question, the chief executive pro pounded several queries to candi dates as to how they would balance the budget and whether they would abandon any New Deal social wel fare project. He then added: ‘‘I recognize the horrid dilemma that questions of this kind are go ing to put certain types of candi dates into the coming six months." He said the real, honest and fun damental question on election day, no matter who the presidential nom inees are, is going to be this: "Do you wish to employ for y»ur bus line chauffeurs who wrecked the previous bus line by driving the old buses into the ditch or by going to sleep at the wheel—or are you going to continue the present policy of employing active, wide-awake chauffeurs who are inspired with the thought that their duty is to be polite to the passengers and see to it that they reach their destination in comfort and cnmnlete safetv" Attorney General Jackson, speak ing before the women tonight at a forum, said that administration cri tics were “little short of ridiculous” when they charged that the govern ment is "destroying business.” He said that a tabulation of a year’s profits of 2,480 companies showed that the average profit of the public utilities in the group was 6.9 per cent and of trade corpora tions 11.3 per cent. "What rate of profit do they (the critics) think our economy can af ford to pay these corporations and what is a fair rate of profit with in terest rates at their present level and employment and national income down?,” he asked. Some critics say, he told the wom en, that the Wagner act and the wage-hour act are evidence of ad ministration hostility to business. On this score, he commented: “We still have stone age mentali ties who think that the way to lift busines sis to keep labor down.” U. S. To Hike Power Of Cavalry Brigade WASHINGTON, May 3.—(/P)— Tile war department announced an intention today to increase materially the nobility and com bat power of the seventh calvar brigade, the army’s only substan tial mechanized unit similar to Germany’s new “blitzkreig” for ces. More than 1,200 men, 60 light tanks and a motorcycle troop will be added to the brigade which it is planned ultimately to expand to a full division. Many of the increases will be only on paper for the time being, how ever. The iron cavalry” brigade, nor mally stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., is scheduled to figure promi nently in htis month’s regular army field maneuvers in the south. CHADBOURN MEN HURT IN WRECt Clyde Edmund, Rudolpl Dove Hurt When Train Strikes Automobile CHADBOURN, May 3—Two youn; men injured here early this morn ing when their car was struck b an Atlantic Coast Line train at th Chadbourn crossing were reporte “resting very well” at Columbu county hospital in Whiteville to night. They are: Clyde Edmund, son of Mr. an Mrs. H. Edmund, and Rudolph Dove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Georg Dove, both of Chadbourn. Edmund suffered severe leg In juries and lacerations of the heat and Dove sustained a compoun fracture of the leg and laceration of the head. The attending physician said Ed mund was so badly hurt that i may be found necessary to ampu tate one of his legs. Edmund was the driver of th automobile, occupied by Love, whic was demolished in a collision wit a tank car of an Atlantic Coas Line railroad switch engine. BLADEN GIRL HELD ON SLAYING COUNT Mary Harrellson, Of Eliza bethtown RFD, Charged With Killing Baby ELIZABETHTOWN, May 3—Mary Harrellson, 21-year-old unmarried white woman, of Elizabethtown RFD, is in the custody of officers in a Lumberton hospital on a charge of killing her day-old baby by sticking a safety pin into its head, Sheriff H. M. Clark an nounced today. She is being held without privilege of bond. Officers said the girl confessed here following a coroner’s inquest today that she stuck the pin into the baby’s head, born at about 7:30 o'clock this morning, and placed it under the wagon shed of her fath er’s barn and left it to die. J. W. Harrellson, the girl’s father, called officers to his barn early this morning, saying he had found a dead baby there. Sheriff Clark, his depu . ties and the coroner went to the scene xor an investigation. Both the girl and her parents at first de nied any knowledge" of the dead in r fant and physicians were called to scene to make an investigation, offi ^ cers said. After they arrived, the girl con fessed to the crime. At that time, 1 the father, who claimed he was ig norant of his daughter’s condition, took his gun and attempted to shoot his daughter and himself, but was intercepted by the officers and placed in jail for safekeeping. > Dr. E. C. Bennett and R. S. Cro . martie performed an autopsy and j traced the pin into the brain of the 5 infant, w'hich weighed about seven 1 pounds. 3 The coroner’s jury found that the . child came to its death as a result of a safety pin being stuck into the mole of its head and ordered Mary j Harrellson held for an investigation } by the grand jury. Robinson Is Elected By N. C. Electricians 3 - 5 GREENSBORO, May 3.—(T)—The North Carolina Association of Eiec ' trical Contractors elected Ralph K. t Robinson of Charlotte president last - night at its annual convention. E. C. Peele of Burlington was 2 named vice president; D. J. Thomp i son of Raleigh, treasurer; Frank i Hartis of Durham, secretary, and t Leon Kite of Charlotte, field rep resentative. I Fears Of War Spread Move Into Greece ... ! Large-Scale Italian Concen i trations In Dodecanese Islands Reported ATHENS IS CALM, ALERT ! Tension In Yugoslavia Be ! conies More Acute Because Of New Developments By EDWARD KENNEDY ATHENS, May 3.—(A>)—Arrival _ rtf r< TjVrtrirtVi floof in Alexandria and reports of large scale Italian naval, air and army concentrations in the Dodecanese islands switched southeastern Eu rope’s anxiety over possible spread of the war sharply to Greece to day. Athens itself was calm, but alert. In Turkey, the Allied fleet’s ar rival at its Egyptian base was greeted as new evidence that Brit ain and France are determined to fulfill their obligations in the Near East, which include a mutual as sistance treaty with Turkey and guarantees of the independence of both Greece and Rumania. Push Preparations There was no outward show of belief either in Greece or Turkey that war is imminent, but both countries- -pursued their defense preparations. Reports received in diplomatic quarters of Italian reinforcements in the Dodecanese remained with out official confirmation but gen erally were given credence. Opinions varied as to whether the Italian move had been taken to counter the Allied naval opera tions and the emergency measures •nut ofFort in TP.crvnt vps+prrinv or whether it was planned first and precipitated the British-French ac tion. Tension in Yugoslavia, which had diminished a little with Ital ian diplomatic assurances of the past few days that there was no reason to fear an Italian thrust, became more acute as a result of the Mediterranean activities. However, all of southeastern Europe was too wearied by recur rent war scares to show much emotion. To Inspect Front Defense preparations in Greece were pushed resolutely. King George II and his general staff will leave shortly for an inspection tour of frontier fortifications. These include the “Metaxas line,” constructed along the Alban ian frontier in the north after Italy’s occupation of Albania in April of last year. The fortifications were built un der the direction of Premier Jan Metaxas, Greece “strong man.” But, even if Greece can rely on her “Metaxas line” to the north, there is no such line of defense be tween her and the Dodecanese is lands. Italian-owned since Italy took them from the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan War of 1912, they lie along the Turkish side of the Aegean sea, 400 miles air line northwest of Alexandria. Key point in the new Italian military and naval concentrations is said to be the Island of Rhodes, (Continued on Page Three) CENTRAL AREA FORCE, DESERTED BY ALLIES, DECIDES TO GIVE UP Germans Ready To Resist Quick Stroke By Britain u.v unjis r. luuhmisk BERLIN, May 3—(/P)—Ger many boasted of full prepared ness tonight to resist any stroke by Britain to offset her “cata strophic defeat” in Norway. Alert for action they said must come from the British in an effort to revive their pres tige, Germans said “we are pre pared, come what may” in any new theater of war while mop ping up proceeds quickly in Norway. They predicted this task would be finished in less than two weeks except for the besieged far northern port of Narvik. Attention mainly was riveted on the Mediterranean as the possible scene of British action following Prime Minister Cham berlain’s announcement yester day of the concentration of a British and French battle fleet at Alexandria. Authorized sources emphasized however, that it is up to Pre mier Mussolini of Italy to decide what to do about the Mediter ranean situation. Whatever his decision, it was said, Germany then will fulfill her obligations. Germans asserted their atten tion also was directed unceas ingly toward the Netherlands, Belgium and Scandinavia as possible places for British ac tion. In this atmosphere Germans said their motto is: “wherever Britain strikes, we will strike back doubly hard.’’ (Continued on Page Three) AttacK Un Chamberlain Government Increasing ——- ir UNREST HITS REGIME Britain Announces Aban donment Of Namsos, Cen tral Norway To Nazis BY EDWIN STOUT LONDON, May 3.— UP) — Great Britain tonight announced the aban donment of Namsos and central Nor way to the "Germans—an acknowl edgement that added new force to unrest surging within the very foun dation of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s government. A communique telling of the end of the campaign to wrest southern Norway from the Germans said Al lied troops still in the far northern Narvik area repulsed German count erattacks Wednesday and Thursday. It mentioned no operations there today. Attacks Quickened Coming as it did within a day of the abandonment of Andalsnes, to night’s announcement quickened at tacks on the Chamberlain govern ment even from within its own ranks. Clement Davies, member of the liberal nationals who support the government declared: < “The country can not be properly ; organized until the government ! goes.” . i Davies told of a meeting with a 1 group of colleagues who thought the same way he did and decided to 1 work against any vote of confiden e : during “the biggest crisis we ever ' had to face.” The terse war office communique - iiinuuncing me iNamsos wimarawal luring last night after a day of un certainty in which Britons already had heard the news from Sweden and Germany, said the “reem barkation was carried out with com plete success and without loss.” (Norwegian reports said a German air bomb killed 30, wounded 60). It said the abandonment of the Namsos front, north of German-held Trondheim, was carried out "in ac cordance with the general plan of (Continued on Page Three) King Haakon Reported To Have Left Norway LONDON, May 3—(/P)—King Haakon of Norway, was report ed tonight to have left an un disclosed Norwegian port aboard a British warship with British troops for the northern part of Norway. The Daily Mail's diplomatic correspondent, Wilson Broad bent, said the Norwegian Mon arch could have sought refuge in London but that “he prefer red to remain with his govern ment and the British forces which have taken up new posi tions around Narvik.” ALLIED WARSlPS REACH ALEXANDRIA Allies Prepare For Possible Extension Of War To (The Near East ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 3— S'1—A British and French war fleet irrived this afternoon at this itrategic east Mediterranean porl it the mouths of the Nile and neai he entrance to the Suez Canal. Superseding the mid-Mediterran ‘an British Island of Malta in im tortance, Alexandria was put ir eadiness for any eventuality as the (Continued on Page Ten) CHIEF GIVES VIEWS British, French Abandon Whole Of Norway Below The Arctic Circle NAZIS REACH GRONG Norwegian Officer Places Full Blame Of His Force’s Plight On The Allies BY THOMAS F. HAWKINS STOCKHOLM, May 3.—VP>—The expeditionaj-y armies of the Allies today abandoned the whole of Nor way below the arctic circle and the Norwegian central command, left to hold the line against the massive German war machine almost without bullets, bitterly gave up the fight and sued for an armistice to nego tiate peace in the central area. From the little town of Grong, on the Steinkjer-Namsos front above Trondheim, emptied of Allied troops in a startling two day withdrawal and reembarkment, Acting Norwe gian Commander Col. O. B. Getz der of the day surcharged with dis illusionment. Nazis Read Grong German forces later were reported to have reached Grong and to have made contact with the Norwegians, with all fighting reported stopped. Getz, at the reported instigation of a majority of his officers, decided to ask for the armistice for the whole Trondheim area after the Al lies left. He did not, however, speak for the Norwegian government, which alone has power to sue for peace for the country as a whole, and so far has made no such move. He placed full blame for his plight on the Allies. . "The British and French—for rea sons unknown to us—have given up helping us in our fight and have withdrawn their troops from Nam sos,” he said. “We stand today alone against the entire German war machine, already . outflanked and encircled on the line I which the British and French should be holding . . . without aid from out side . . . with only enough ammuni i tion for one day . . . without planes and other necessary war materials. “And further fighting would only lead to destruction, without serving any military purpose. Notifies Germans “I therefore am notifying the Ger man military command to establish contact toward establishing peace in the Tronddlag area (all the area both north and south of Trondheim), as as has been done in the southern part of the country. “It is my heavy duty as acting commander of Tronddlag to give this notice to the soldiers under my command.” To this, Colonel Getz added: “It was an incomprehensible ac tion on the part of the British and (Continued on Page Ten) English Soldiers Leave Namsos For Trip Home ARE IN LOW SPIRITS Embarkation Proceeds In Excellent Fashion De spite Nazi Air Raids By J. NORMAN LODGE NAMSOS, Norway—(By Courier to Grong, Norway)—May 2 (Thurs day, 11:30 P. M.)—ca>)—I am em barking tonight aboard a British destroyer after a prisoner’s fur tive glimpses of the Allied with drawal from the Namsos sector. A British officer tells me calmly that the troops’ destination is “England.” This sailing takes place after an all-day air attack on ruined Namsos. The British Tommies going aboard their ships appear down in the mouth about it all. They want a further chance to fight. They landed here, ready for war, only a couple of weeks ago. My impression is that the em barkation proceeds in excellent fashion, in spite of the bombs. I am told the troop departure (Continued on Page Three) NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS If You Fail To Receive Your Sunday Paper ’Phone 2800 Star-News Circulation Dept. Before 10 A. M. (After that time our delivery service is closed) Star-News Circulation Dept. PARTIAL SETTLEMENT OF U. S.-MEXICAN OIL LANDS SEIZURE DISPUTE REPORTED WASHINGTON, May 3— m —A partial settlement of the long and bitter dispute over Mexico’s seizure of American oil lands was reported tonight from Mexico City and the re port seemed to be confirmed by developments here. Despatches from Mexico City said that the Consolidated Oil company (Sinclair) had reach ed a settlement with the Mexi can government. The Sinclair properties were among the American lands ex propriated on March 18, 1938. In the long dispute that follow ed, the American companies sought return of the oil fields or prompt compensation. They attempted to form a united front and sought a set tlement covering all the oil lands. The Mexican government, on the other hand, held that set tlements could be reached with the companies individually and was against making the con troversy an international diplo matic incident. Tonight’s de velopments appeared to indicate a break in the united front. It was understood the agree ment with Consolidated involved the delivery of Mexican oil to that company. In Washington, Jesus Silva Herzog, general manager of the Mexican Petroleum Distribution agency, announced he had con cluded contracts with three United States companies for sale of Mexican petroleum pro ducts. The contracts would amount, he said, to an aggre gate of $54,000,000 spread over four or five years. Silva Herzog named the First National Oil Corporation of New York city as one of the companies now willing to buy Mexican oil. He declined to name the other two. Some time ago Secretary of State Hull urged Mexico to arbitrate the whole oil expro priation issue. The Mexican reply has been delivered in Washington and is being decoded and translated for publication Sunday morn ing. It is understood that Mex ico has rejected the idea of arbitration, flatly. In State department circles it was sail that regardless of the reported settlement with Sinclair, the diplomatic contro versy with Mexico would be continued. The belief was expressed here that the C partment would con tinue to demand prompt in demnification for others involved or submission of their problems to arbitration. KJ^iSTEK TODAY TO VOTE IN PRIMARY ON MAY 25 ' v. \ A 0
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