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S. C. DEMOCRATS FOR THIRD TERM Instruct Delegation To Na tional Convention To Vote For Roosevelt WASHINGTON, May 15— <iP> — South Cax-olina democrats joined the third tei-m pi-ocession today, instructing their delegation to the national convention to vote for President Roosevelt’s renomination. As a result, 447 convention dele gates, out of #>00 already chosen, have now been instructed, pledge or semi-pledged to the third term drive. A total of 83 1-2 are unin ■tructed, with the tliii'd termers Claiming most of them, and the remainde rare scattered among "Vice President Garnei-, Postmaster Gen eral Farley and various favorite son candidates. The South Carolina action, taken in state convention today, coon cided with other political develop ments: (1) Returns from Tuesday’s vot ing in West Virginia showed a democratic intra-party fight there apparently going to a faction led by Senator Neely. Neely was well ahead in a contest for the guber natorial nomination, which the 35 yearlold Senatoi' Holt vas trailing in his contest to gain l'enomination to the senate. (2) Connecticut, by state conven tion, chose its delegation to the republican national convention. | leaving it uninstructed, but expect ing it to support Gov. Raymond E Baldwin in the early ballotting. — F. R. TO DELIVER SPECIAL DEFENSE MESSAGE TODAY (Continued From Page One) train private industries in the man ufacture of munitions. In the senate, Senator Lodge (R-Mass) failed in an effort to ob tain action tomorrow on his reso lution for a joint congressional in quiry into the nation’s defenses. Democratic Leader Barkley, of Kentucky, said he would insist that the proposal be sent to the military affairs committee for study, and Lodge acceded after expressing hope that bouy would act promptly. Clark said he wanted to “know how the $7,000,000,000 spent by this administration has been squander ed.” “Now we are asked to appropri ate a vast additional sum without know'ing where it is going,” he shouted. “We hear now that the army has only 58 airplanes that are not obsolete. Congress is en titled to know how and where this money was spent. “I am not accusing anybody of stealing it, but we have a right to find out what the brass hats have done with it.” Barkley Takes Issue Barkley took issue with Clark’s statement that the funds had “been poured dowrn a rat hole” but add ed he thought congress properly should obtain all the defense in formation it could “in an intelligent and orderly way.” IMPREGNABLE BARRIER When danger threatens, the bull musk oxen surround the cows and calves, lower their heads and pre sent a circle of bristling horns to the approaching enemy. An experimental highway re cently built was paihted a dull or ange color. It is said to have re duced road glare about 40 per cent. _i — I I——I ■ ' 11 '*' I DEATH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER_ ■. an ... iru i ■ ---_ ; (XEA Radiophoto) At a street corner in a south Belgian town already blasted by German big guns, a British machine gun unit has barricaded itself behind . i wall of sandbags, prepared to resist the German advance. Photo passed by British censor. FRANCE | GERMANS TEAR GAPS IN ALLIES’ FRONT (Continued from Page One) French counter-attacks with tanks and planes. Trains Suspended At the same time, the French suddenly announced suspension of main passenger trains on a number of important lines to the southeast ern part of France and the Italian bwder. The war ministry said the Ger mans succeeded in forcing a cross ing of the Meuse at several points between Namur, in Belgium, and Mebieres, five miles within France, and “pierced some Allied positions.” “The war of movement has begun. The situation is serious but not critical,1’ sadi a war office spokes man. The French took up new positions counterattack had driven back across the river about halt the 300,000 Germans who yesterday forced a crossing of Sedan and punched a ten-miel salient into French terri tory. Sedan is 50 airline miles south of Namur, and east of Mezieres. Using Many Planes The Germans were using their favorite tactics, sending waves of bombing planes ahead to clear the ground of defenders, then their tank and armored units to force the river crossings, and finally their masses of rapidl yadvancing infan try. Four general air raid alarms were sounded in northern France during the day. To the north of Namur, the French said Allied forces had repulsed nu merous “violent” tank charges. To the east, along the Maginot line, only artillery fire was reported. The major struggle of the long Meuse front in France and in Bel gium, involving perhaps 20 divis ions, of 300,000 men, on each side, appeared to be concentrated about Sedan, a town which saw the col lapse of the Napoleonic armies at the end of the war of 1870 and lay i nthe imperial German grip for four years of World war. The French high command report ed successful counter-attacks on the northwest flank of the front in Bel gium and said the German assaults on the Maginot line in the Moselle valley of France, southeastern flank of the front, were dwindling against firm defenses. Holland Marked Out Tlie Netherlands virtually were marked out of the war. Dutch cap itulation in all except the coastal province of Zeeland came after less than five days of terrifying blitz krieg. This war of movements, as wars go, was declared by Dutch for eign Minister Van Kleffens today, to have cost the Dutch army 100,000 men, or one fourth of the entire Netherlands armed force. Queen Wiihelmina’s government pledged the entire resources of its empire to the Allies. From the powder smoke of the Meuse there came Indications that the German command had tried to draw the Allies into a trap, but fail ed to achieve this end. Last Friday, the Reiehswehr’s in vasion of the Netherlands, Luxem bourg and Belgium drew mobile French and British forces north to meet the challenge in the lowlands. The Germans then struck like lightning southwest across the Ar dennes mountains and forest* of Belgium to hit the Allied base* on the Meuse. Monday they drove Into Sedan, ten miles below the French border, on the east bank of the river. The French summoned strength tc resist more river crossings yester day and counter-attacked the “sever al” bridgeheads established by the Girmans on the west bank of the Mjise, from Sedan north. Germany’s main thrust was then aimed through Sedan toward Rau I vourt, forming a ten-mile deep pocket on the west side of the river, held by the French. Violent French counter-attacks, however, were reported today to have crumbled one side of the pocket and reduced it to about four miles. Unofficial advices said “thous ands” of German troops were thrown bodily into the river with their arms and that many were taken prisoner. ■ ---- MARKET’S SELLING i WAVE IS STEMMED __ i Many Wall Street Traders \ See Hope For Industry In Wrar Business ’ NEW YORK, May 15.—(iP)—Wall ' street saw hope for industry in war business today, and the huge selling 1 wave in the stock exchange was stemmed, but LaSalle street took a gloomy view of prospects for food requirements, and wheat dropped 10 cents a bushel for the second suc cessive day. Markets generally were excited and erratic, and dealings in the stock exchange again reached the largest volume since the start of war last September. After a further dip at the open ing. a buying wave in steels, motors and aircrafts swept through the stock exchange, carrying several is sues up $1 to $6 a share, after Tues day’s slump of $2 to |19. Wheat opened lower at Chicago, partly recovered, then fell in late dealings the full limit of 10 cents permitted in a single day. This prompted fresh selling of se curities in Wall street, but the share market stiffened in final dealings. The close found a mixture of gains and losses ranging to as much as $6, with several “war” issues high er, while farm implements, mer chandising and building supply stocks were generally lower. Spec, ulative circles, thrown into near hysteria yesterday by fears the German thrust might bring early j victory, appeared to be taking the view that Allied resistance in Eu ope, together with quickened de ense preparations at home, could e expected to make much business or steel and some other industries, ' iut the Allied position was not such ] s to indicate heavy food purchases iere in the near future. Other grains went along with vheat, corn losing 2 5-8 to 3 1-2 :ents a bushel, and prices of butter, ivestock and several other staples vere marked down. Cotton dropped >2 a bale, but came back to finish >nly $1.15 to $1.30 lower. Steei scrap prcies were higher at Pittsburgh, and mills were reported luickening finished steel output, un ier impetus of export orders. WEATHER| (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON. May 15.—t^)—Weath er bureau records of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.. in the principal cotton-growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Alpena, cloudy _ 57 43 0.17 Asheville, cloudy_76 60 0.21 Atlanta, cloudy _ 82 58 0.02 Atlantic City, cloudy _ 6(5 57 0.00 Birmingham, clear _ 80 63 0.02 Boston, cloudy _ 61 62 0.00 Buffalo* rain _- 86 58 0.11 Burlington, cloudy_ 72 42 0.02 Chicago, rain_ 48 48 0.25 Cincinnati, cloudy_ 62 59 0.03 Cleveland, cloudy_ 72 (51 0.12 Dallas, clear _ 82 54 0.00 Denver, cloudy _ 78 41 0.00 Detroit, cloudy _ 67 59 0.12 Duluth, rain _ 40 34 0.38 K1 Paso, cloudy_ 91 71 0.00 Galveston, cloudy_ 81 61 0.00 Havre, cloudy _ 74 48 0.00 Jacksonville, clear_- 83 65 0.00 Kansas City, clear_ 66 48 0.00 Key West, cloudy_ 80 75 0.00 Little Rock, clear_ 75 54 0.00 Los Angeles, clear_ 77 56 0.00 Louisville, cloudy_ (50 52 0.42 Memphis, clear _ 73 57 0.00 Meridian, clear _ 82 61 0.00 Miami, cloudy _ 80 74 0.00 Minn.-St. Paul, rain _ 44 34 0.13 Mobile, cloudy _ 80 61 0.24 New Orleans, clear_ 8(5 66 0.00 New York, cloudy_ 74 58 0.00 Norfolk, clear _ 84 (56 0.00 Pittsburgh, rain _ 81 60 0.23 Portland, Me., clear . 62 47 0.00 Portland. Ore., cloudy 65 51 0.00 Richmond, cloudy _ 87 58 0.00 St. Louis, cloudy_ 54 50 0.02 San Antonio, cloudy > 92 65 0.00 San Francisco, cloudy 64 51 0.00 Savannah, clear_ 80 (50 0.00 Tampa, cloudy _ 84 66 0.00 Vicksburg, clear_ 78 65 0.00 Washington, cloudy - 88 64 0.00 Wilmington, cloudy - 75 64 0.00 i SIDE GLANCES / I j eon, iw 8V hca3Hwcc. INC, t. m: no. u.>rff #„_s-/ff | “Are you sure your dad wasn’t kidding about being a star pitcher in college? They ve batted in 20 runs already this inning!” BELGIUM | YAZZI OFFENSIVE, BRITISH COLLIDE (Continued from Page One) contributed to its rebuilding and filled it. with books. On the facade for passing soldiers to deeiper was the Latin inscrip tion expressing Belgium's thanks to the American people for the li brary’s reconstruction. Amon gthe schools whose names are/ inscribed on the walls are the Universities of Rochestr, Creigh ton, Illinois, Cincinnati; Mills Col lege of Calfornia and public schools of New York and Philadelphia. The building, regarded as one of the nation’s most beautiful, was built originally in the year 1317 and burned by the German In vaders on the night of August 25 26, 1914 along with its priceless col lection of old books. From the hiltop headquarters of a Scots regiment f: ted in story, I watched a hot artillery duel be tween German and British guns. Stretched before the observation post in Panorama was a heavily wooded valley in a pattern of dark green woods and light green fields. Concealed in a copse to the left, a British battery started firing. Over the hill to the right another battery took up the song of death. Two miles ahead German shells pounded a tiny hamlet w-hose church steeple rose above the trees. Far to the right another rvood was burning. Clouds of dirty gray smoke drifted across the sky. “The Jerries fired at the wood with incendiary bombs” a S'cots private said. HOUSE COMMITTEE OKEHS WPA FUND (Continued From Page One) ous competition with private indus try, the existence of subversive ac tivities, political manipulation and conditions which may fairly be char acterized as scandalous in a number of states of the union.” The minority report was signed by Representative Taber of New York, Wigglesworth of Massachu setts, Lambertson of Kansas and Ditter of Pennsylvania. The majority report also found WPA guilty of ‘‘many past misdeeds” but declared there was “a noticeable tren dof better administration.” Employment Limited The committee, in writing the bill, placed a limit on the number of per sons who may be employed during the five months around this year’s election time. Atop of 1,700,000 was placed on the average employment for July, August and September, 1,800,000 for October and 2,000,000 for November, the month of the election. • Committee investigators reported that 10,000 workers were added to the rolls in Pennsylvania just before the 1938 primary election and that seme projects were overmanned as a result, but WPA Commissioner F. C. Harrington insisted the allocation was based on need. The reports were made public coin cident tvith introduction of the 1941 relief appropriation, which carries in all $1,111,754,916 for general relief activities. Debate will begin tomor row and the house vote probably will be next week. In addition to the WPA appropria tion, $115,000,000 was voted by the committee for the agriculture depart ment (farm security administration) rural rehabilitation program. This was $8,000,000 less than the Presi dent asked. Puerto Rico Fund The committee also approved $3, 500,000 for the Puerto Rico recon struction administration, or $3,500,000 less than requested; and $1,700,000, the sum asked, for the Indian serv ice relief and rehabilitation program. The appropriations group also gave in part-way on President Roosevelt’s request for $1,055,000 for the office of government reports in the White House. The committee previously had refused to vote any money for the agency but relented and approv ed $500,000. ’ The remainder of the sum provid ed was credited to administrative expense. All told, the bill was $543, 075,084 less than the corresponding appropriation for last year and $14, i 300,084 lower than the chief execu . tive requested. In general, the committee recom : mended that WPA remain on the same basis on which it has operated ; since last July 1 when a number of > restrictions were voted by congress. The British Spitfire, carrying ■ eight guns, fires 120 rounds a sec ond. you CAN N TELL CAMEL | CIGARETTES I ARE SLOWER- 1 BURNING. 1 THEY'RE 1 MILDER AND 1 COOLER I Jj SLOWER WAY IS ■ OF BURNING H H MEANS EXTRA H I SMOKING, TOO.B ■ CAMELS ARE flj SCIENTIFIC tests have confirmed it. but you can tell just by smoking Camels that they are slower-burning. You’ll find Camels free from the ex cess heat and irritating qualities of too-fast burning...extra mild and ex tra cool. You’ll find a full, rich flavor that only Camel’s matchless blend and slower way of burning can give. And on top of the extra pleasure, you’ll find Camels also give extra smoking (see right). In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS burned 25% slower than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested—slower than any of them. That means, on the average, a smoking plus equal to 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! . FOR EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR" CAMELS SLOW-BURNING COSTLIER TOBACCOS ^_B Ladies' Shoe Department SPECIALS S. I. B. S. D. (Shop In Belk’s Shoe Department) j for real bargains during S. I. W. I). Three groups of carefully selected bargains for just these two days. Group No. 1 49c Ladies’ odds and ends in sandals, patent leather and fabric. Formerly sold to $1.98. Group No. 2 97c | : Consists of discontinued and carried over san ! dais, sold up to $2.48. Group No. 3 $2.98 Bargains in dark shoes that wil be good for S Summer wear. Patent and blues. Sold to $5.95. men's :::: Slack Sets ) $1.98 Men’s ensembles with the in-or-out er shirt, in green, rust, blue and na tural. The ideal garment for play or lounge wear. $2.50 and $3.00 values. Sizes 28-40. Men's Robes $3.75 Men's lounging robe* of Crown Tested Rayon. The idea: dressing gown for summer. Stripes and figured effects. Sizes S, M and L. A $5.01) robe. Men's Hose and Anklets Solid color ami pas. tels of English 6x3 rib. The best hose value of the year. 25c Men's White Shirts $1.19 3 lor $3.25 A white Broadcloth shirt with fused col lar that looks like, feels like and wears ike a $1.65 shirt. Sizes 14 to 17. Sleeves 32 to 35. MEN'S Shirts $1.00! "J The new Duke ;«■ h of Kent collar l| as well as the i 5 regular style, j ’ Woven broad cloth, Madras and dyed j grounds in a Wl variety of pat *|j terns, color? -ij and styles, sis Sizes 14 to 1". MEN'S SPORT SHIRTS 89 c Men’s mesh and novelty weaves, broadcloths and shantungs in white and all the new shades and colors, \ Can be worn in or out. 98c i value. Sizes, S, M and L, BOYS' POLO SHIRTS 49c A fine group of bys knitted basque or cut and sewn separ ate sport shirts in neat stripes, | solid colors or jitterbug patterns | in all colors including white. Values up to $1.00. Sizes 6 to 18. BOYS' SLEEVELESS Sweaters 89c-$1.79 All the new shades, just the thing to complete your sports outfit. These are made with crew necks or V necks. Also a new two-tone, V neck in contrast ing colors, with 2 pockets on front. All sizes. Boys' Pajamas 79c 2 for $1.50 Pull over and coat I styles, in solid colors or attractive pat terns. $1.00 values. Sizes 8 to IS. BOYS' GABERDINE SDRS $15.00 These smartly tailor ed suits are a part of our regular stock j and were formerly \ $18.50. You have a choice of blue, grey, green or brown, with a neat pin stripe either in single or double breasted models, with belted back. Sizes 14 to 18.
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