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Dedicated To The Progress Oi Served by Leased Wire of me WILMINGTON ASSOCIATED PRESS And Southeastern North With Complete Coverage of Carolina State and National News + ESTABLISHED 1867. Plane 'Trade’ Plans Placed BeforeRD.R. Army, Navy Would ‘Trade In’ Older Warplanes To Manufacturers WOULD HELP ALLIES Roosevelt’s Attitude To ward Pepper’s Proposal Is Not Disclosed BY JACK BELL WASHINGTON, June 2 —UR— President. Roosevelt was reported reliably today to have before him a proposal that the administration authorize the army and navy to "trade in" some of their older warplanes to manufacturers who in turn could sell them to the Al lies for immediate delivery. This suggestion was said to have been laid before the President by Senator Pepper (D-FLA) at a White House conference yesterday. Although Pepper would not com ment on it in any way, there were indications that the question was being looked into by the admini stration's legal and tactical ex perts. Attitude Not Disclosed What Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude might be was not disclosed. Some administration advisors are known in have expressed doubt about the wisdom of the proposal, however, contending that the United States cruld not afford to reduce its own air forces at this time. The air corps has more than 200 two-motor bombers which al ready are being replaced as ob solescent. but it was argued by critics of the plan that if they were good enough to help the Allies 'hey would be valuable to the 1'nited States in case this country iaceii an emergency in this hemis phere during the year or so that would be required to replace them. Advised of the existence of the proposal. Senator Austin, the as sistant republican leader, told re porters he would favor it if the ;rade-in could be worked out with out weakening the nation’s de fense forces. "We must have a lot of old planes that we can spare and that the Allies can use right away,” he said. "I understand that they (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4) OREGONFLOATED BY SEVERAL TUGS Part Of Tanker’s Oil Re moved In Order To Free Her From Shoal The Texas Oil company’s 4.594 fon tanker, Oregon, was finally floated from a shoal off Baldhead 'aland light yesterday afternoon at !;30 o’clock after several efforts *"re she went aground Friday Horning. The removal was effected through il"1 Use of five tugs and a fish '"■at. They were the Cambria, tha^ton, Halley, Blanche, the Stone '•''and the Alvah Clark. it "as necessary for 150,000 gal Ions of the tanker’s oil to he re Ifontinued on Page Ten; Col. 6) [weather .. FORECAST T.irtiv .Carolina and South Carolina: itii. „ cr'u<ly preceded by showers on oast Monday; Tuesday fair. enitI-i0RC-rfR,ol!?icaI data for the -4 hours llnS 7:30 p. rn. yesterday). 1 in T emperature m 80.“-7“l 74: 7:30 a. m. 73: 1:30 p. Minimi’,m m ri’ m' 73; maximum 80: mum (,9; mean 70: normal 75. 1 in „ „ Humidity M til. 91: 7;30 a. m. 91; 1:30 p. • 1 -30 p. m. Tr„-i , „ Precipitation 0.31 meherRa(h,0lir6 ?n<linS 7:30 p. m. month o',1 ■ , a since first of th( ’ u-ol inches. Tides For Today Wilmington High Low 1, 011 - 7:47a 2:52i Masonboro imPr 8:nP 2:58r lnIet - 5:34a ll:44r Sunrisp fiiOlp ■ fiso 3:2tia;5Sns*r5Sa0p7.:19P: m°0"' a0",in,l,-(' .- Ten; Col. 3) vjp^irter—But Not Enough Under the protective shelter of a huge U. S. a rmy bomber four young Americans play. Taken at Army’s Bolling Held in Washington, D. C., the picture symbolizes urgency of President Roosevelt’s recent defense message to congress. Two U. S. Liners Leave Europe With Americans BELLIGERENTS WARNED Liner Roosevelt Departs From Galway With 720 Passengers Aboard WASHINGTON, June 2.—UR—The United States notified all of Europe's warring nations tonight that the liner President Roosevelt had sailed from Galway, Ireland, wth Ameri cans fleeing from the conflict. This step was taken to avoid any possibility that the plainly-marked ship might be mistaken for a bel ligerent vessel and fired upon. The State department was advised by thi United States lines that the President Roosevelt, now moving through waters which this govern ment regards as in the combat zone, had 720 passengers aboard. No Notice No notice of the sailing of another American liner, the Manhattan, from Genoa, Italy, was sent to the bel ligerents because its route was not through the officially-defined combat area. More than 2,500 Americans fleeing from war and the threat of war in Europe sailed for home on the two liners. Officials said the New York office of the lines advised the department that the President Roosevelt left Galway, Ireland, at 6 p. m., London time, today with 720 passengers. They were informed also that the Manhattan had left Genoa, Italy, with 705 first class passengers and 1,200 third class passengers. ROOSEVELT SAILS GALWAY, Ireland, June 2.—(jTi— The liner President Roosevelt left this west coast Irish town at 8:20 p. m. 2:20 p- m., E. S. T.) today wtih 720 American repatriates aftei hav ing been forced to stay in the outer harbor since early yesterday mor-v ing by delays in putting aboard water. The ship originally was scheduled to sail early this morning. The pas sengers, impatient at the long delay, fretted at first, since some had board ed the Ship 15 and 18 hours before it actually weighed anchor. But the good food on board helped allay their irritation. Food had be come scarce in Galway because ol the sudden and great Influx of visi tors. Among the Americans sailing was Mrs. Norman Hitchcock, wife of ;he U. s. navel attache in London. She had the only animal on board—an Afghan hound which was kept be low decks because of the quarantine rules. MANHATTAN CROWDED GENOA, June 2.—(S’)—The Unitec States liner Manhattan, jammed like (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) k__ Countess Reventlow Aids Ambulance Unit LONDON, June 2— </P) —The Daily Mail’s columnist Charles Graves said today Countess Haugwitz Reventlow, the form er Barbara Hutton of the 5 and-10 millions, had cabled from Santa Monica, Calif., an order for ten ambulances for an ambulance unit operated by her friends. CHURCH OBSERVES 200TH BIRTHDAY — Large Crowd Attends Pro gram At Black River Presbyterian Church IVANHOE, June 2 — The Black River Presbyterian church cele brated its 200th anniversary here today, with a large crowd in at tendance for the morning and af ternoon sessions. The Rev. R. Murphy Williams, of Greensboro, preached the sermon and the Rev. Andrew J. Howell, of Wilmington, delivered a historical address, giving a review of the growth of the church. A special feature of the celebra tion was the dedication of a bronze tablet giving the historical data on 200 years of sacred history. The morning session was opened with the invocation by the Rev. L. W. Kessler. Following the reading of scripture by the Rev. Mr. Wil liams, special music was offered with Miss Betty Kerr rendering a solo. Following the morning sermon, (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2) TURKISH PREMIER ISSUES WARNING Tells Citizens To Be Ready At Any Moment To De fend Their Country ANKARA. Turkey, June 2.—UP)— Premier Refik Saydam told the na tion tonight that Turkey wants to stay out of the w'ar but warned his countrymen to be ready at any mo ment to defend their country. “We all know we are out of war and want to remain out," the pre mier said in a radio address. “But obscure movements go forward abroad and none can say v/here they may lead. So don’t for a single mo ment forget the obligation of taking up arms if need be for defense of the fatherland.’* The premier asserted Turkey’s army is “ready to repel any aggres sion from any side.” Political circles attached import ance to the fact that the premier did not mention Turkey’s mutual assistance pact with Great Britain and France. He referred to it obliquely, how ever, with the assertion that the foreign policy the government has followed w>as “the best road for the security of the country.” While some observers interpreted the speech as a s’light shift away from the Allies, it also was regard ed as notice Turkey w-ill fight if Italy moves in the eastern Mediter ranean or the Balkans. But should Italy confine herself to attacking France or striking at Britain in the western Mediterranean many doubted if Turkey would go to war. LABOR STUDY WASHINGTON, June 2. — W) — The federal works agency announc ed today it was studying the extent to which labor employed on public works could be transferred to or trained for national defense prepara-, tjons. German Drive Toward Paris Is Anticipated German Air Raids On Mar seille Spread War To The Mediterranean’s Shores VESSELS SET AFIRE Nazi Forces Continue To Press Allies In The Dunkerque Section GERMANY BERLIN, June 2—(#)—A mighty Nazi drive aimed at Pairis was predicted by military observers to lay after German air raids on the French harbor of Marseille abrupt ly spread the war to the shores of the Mediterranean a bare 10 0 miles from Italy. With Italy apparently on the Eence awaiting Premier Mussolini’s decision for war or peace, the Ger man high command reported to day that two great merchant ships had been set afire in Marseille harbor, the busiest in France. Bomb Rail Line The bombers then headed up the Rhone valley, important French indu: vi v,l region, dropping bombs on the rail line between Marseille and Lyon. Marseille is about 100 miles from the French - Italian frontier and only a little further from the French island of Corsica which ascists .have demanded for their empire. (The mass bombing of the Rhone valley Saturday was described by the French as one of the heaviest of the war. A British broadcast ing corporation report heard in New York indicated that the raids were repeated Sunday, hitting the city of Lyon. (The forays were interpreted generally as a German gesture to assure Italy—reported mobilizing —that Nazi air power can aid her despite demands on it for the cam paign in the north. (At least 46 persons were killed and 100 wounded in a half dozen cities and towns in the path of the German air raiders. The French acknowledged that one merchantman, an English freight er loaded with cotton, was hit at Marseille.) While the war theater broadened suddenly to the south, the Ger mans continued to press retreat ing Allies in the Dunkerque area. Nieuport Taken The high command reported that Nieuport, French channel port east if the embarkation point of the withdrawing British expeditionary Eorce, had fallen into German rands after sharp fighting, along with Adinkerke and Ghyvelde. The British continued to hold :mbattled Dunkerque in che face if a constant blast of artillery fire md pulverizing bombardments by Herman warplanes, the high com mand acknowledged. But DNB. official German news igency. said the number of French md English soldiers drowned in ;he Channel from ships sunk in he withdrawal “represents prob ibly the strength of several di visions.” A DNB dispatch from the front iredicted the fall of Dunkerque, leclaring the German air force (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4) REICH USING FIFTEEN DIVISIONS IN ATTACK; EDEN PRAISES B. E E w +-. ENGLISH ARE BUSY* Aroused Populace Prepares To Battle Expected German Invasion NORFOLK IS BOMBED BRITAIN LONDON, June 2—UR—More than four-fifths of the British expedi tionary force has been saved from the German trap in Flanders in an “epic” fight, War Secretary An thony Eden declared tonight while an aroused Britain feverishly pre pared to battle a German invasion which is generally regarded as in evitable. The war secretary broadcast his praise of the B. E. F. to the em pire and to the United States, as serting that the “loss to us has been heavy” but the “bulk” of the B. E. F. has been rescued. In the midst of intense home de fense preparations, an unidentified aircraft dropped two bombs on open country in Norfolk county, about 100 miles northeast of Lon don and opposite German-held Hol land. Authorities made no com ment aside from the announce ment 140,000 Brought Home Eden’s talk indicated more than 140,000 British soldiers had been brought home safely—and they still are arriving. The B. E. F. origin ally contained 175,000 soldiers but no official figures have been made available on its strength at the time the blitzkrieg struck May 10. The secretary spoke shortly af ter the royal air force reported new triumphs in its ceaseless bat tle against the Nazi air force in the Dunkerque area, where Allied Iroops are embarking for their hazardous voyage across the fire swept English Channel. The air ministry announced that its fighter pilots had established a new record for themselves yester day by destroying or seriously (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 5) JOYCE ARRESTED, JAILED IN LONDON Brother Of ‘Lord Haw Haw’ Placed In Brixton Jail By Authorities LONDON, June '3—(Monday)— Frank Joyce, 22-year-old brother of William Joyce, identified in some British quarters as “Lord Haw Haw,” the Oxford-speaking Ger man radio broadcaster, was ar rested today under defense regu lations and confined to Brixton jail. Scotland yard detectives arrest ed Joyce Saturday night. Another brother, uentin, 25, an air min istry clerk until the outbreak of the war. has been interned for some time for his propaganda activities. Frank was employed on the Brit ish broadcasting company techni cal staff until early this year. The brothers were members of (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 7) Palyi Says German Win Will Produce Inflation In U. S. CHICAGO, June 2 —UP)—Dr. Melchoir Palyi, former eco nomic adviser to the Berlin Deutschebank, asserted today that a German victory would see the Nazi “military econ omy she is now running on a small scale,” he said in a Uni ’..versity of Chicago roundtable., broadcast (NBC). “General von Seeckt, com ’..mander of the German Re-., publican army, who built up the nucleus of the present Ger man military machine, told me repeatedly that Germany had lost the last war because she thought she had only to organize the military forces, forgetting that mobilization of the nation’s economy also was '..needed. . “The Germans have learned their lesson in the last war, Britain, under its new regime, is just learning hers.” War preparations in the Uni ted States “will mean infla tion,” he said, with more mon ey being printed althoug there I may be no more jobs. 1 U.S.-MADE PLANES ROUT NAZI CRAFT Three Bombers Win Over 40 German Planes In Bat tle Off Dunkerque LONDON, June 2. — (iP) — Three American-built Hudson bombers, at tacking 40 German bombers and fighter planes just as they were about to pour death on Allied trans ports off Dunkerque yesterday, de stroyed five bombers and dispersed the remainder of the Nazi formation in a 13-minute battle, the air min istry reported tonight. The ministry also declared in a communique that Royal A’ir Force fighters destroyed or severely dam aged 78 German bombers and fight ing planes in the unceasing opera tions over the Allied retreat at Dun kerque. The ministry, said this “sets a new day’s record for our fighter pilots.’’ Thus far today, the ministry raid, British fighters have destroyed 35 German aircraft over the Dunkerque sector and may have destroyed six others. The British acknowledged lb planes were missing yesterday and eight today. Telling the story of the three against-forty, the ministry said the Germans formed three banks. The Junkers 87’s and 88’s were ready to dive-bomb transports off Dunkerque; a string of Heinkel Ill’s (bombers) was above them and Messersohmitt fighters were on guard high over head. “In 13 minutes of action, three Junkers 87 dive bombers were shot down, two dived away out of con trol and the rest of the formation was driven off,” the ministry said. “The Hudsons escaped without even a bullet hole.” Repeated bomb attacks on Ger man communications and ammuni tion dumps also were made yester day, the ministry added. — BEST OF TYPE LOS ANGELES, June 2 — UB— Hudson bombers, whose successful showing against German fighting craft was described in a British communique today, are regarded as among the best of their type in the ‘allies’ aerial war machine, their manufasturer, the Lockheed aircraft corporation, said today. British forces have ordered 800 of the bombers, of which about 30C have been delivered. They are former type 14 transports, rede signed for war use. Equipped with twin engines of 1,500 horsepower each, they have a maximum speed of about 280 miles an hour. Possessing a fat, metal fuselage only about 40 feet long, with a wingspan of 75 feet, the planes (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) FRENCH LAUD FORCE Say Ger.ian Legions Com pelled Fight Under ‘Violent Conditions' l NAZIS LOSSES HEAVY FRANCE PARIS, June 2— </P>—Waves of German infantrymen wallowing waist-deep in Dunkerque’s protecting floodwaters launched a supreme ef fort today to wrest that channel port from the Allies but the French high command proclaimed tonight that Dunkerque’s defenses “still hold.” The French called the battle against the German blitzkrieg to the English channel a historic example of “heroic tenacity.” The greater part of the battered armies drawn back to the channel coast, to the Dunkerque exit from the "hell in Flanders,” has embark ed, said the nightly French commu nique. ■ - French military circles estimated Germany had thrown 15 divisions— around 200,000 men—ini > the assault to wipe out the Allies’ last foothold in the Fianders battle zone. The high command declared that instead of the Allied surrender which Germany had counted on since the withdraw al to Dunkerque was order ed, the Reich’s blitz legions had been compelled to fight ‘‘incessantly under the most severe and violent conditions.” The retreat was pictured as an epic rearguard action which kept the enemy under constant fire and subject to ‘‘numerous” counterat tacks. ‘‘This retreat was accomplished by troops pressed on all sides, de prived of rest for 20 days and sud denly uncovered on their left by the capitulation of King Leopold," said the communique. ‘‘This will remain an example o£ heroic tenacity in the history of the French and British armies.1' Germany Pays Germany paid for her successes, the French said, with "‘immense loss of life and material.’ * The German sweep along the Bel gian channel coast to form the north ern jaw of a pincers on the British and French troops already cut off by the German salient through northern France to the channel had been facilitated by last Tuesday's (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6) PREMIER REYNAUD THANKS RED CROSS Says France Appreciates Help From Those Who Remain Her Friends PARIS, June 2.—UP)—(Via Radio) —Premier Paul Reynaud, speaking to the United States today on "the work of the Red Cross in the war," said France in these distressing times “is especially appreciative o£ the gestures of those who have re mained her faithful friends and have been in a position to help her.” Of these, he said, the Red Cross has been among the forembst. "With its inexhaustible generosity it has been the admirable spokesman of the big-hearted nation which has always set a great example,” the premier said, adding that he spoke in the name of Belgians, Dutch, Brit ish and others as well. “I know the Red Cross is getting ready for action,” he continued. France, he said, is already setting up its organization for aiding the Red Cross in the distribution of aid to the refugees. “Thus at the very time when brutal forces pursue its action . . . the American Red Cross and its French protege are affirming the victorious power of righteous hu manity.” ‘ (■ I! ITALIANS ARE CARRYING OUT GENERAL MOBILIZATION FOR PLUNGE INTO WAR ROME, June 2.—(/P)—The au thoritative fascist editor Giovan ni Ansaldo disclosed today that Italy' is carrying out general mobilization in preparation for Italy’s intrance into the war, generally expected any day. ^ “Mobilization is under way, declared Ansaldo, editor of Foreign Minister Count Galeaz zo Ciano's newspaper, II Tele grafo of Leghorn, in his week ly broadcast to Italian troops. He explained, however, that it was being conducted by in dividual summons rather than by the alarming general call of former times. \ Ansaldo indicated Italy’s rea son for entering the war was to make her weight felt as a na tion whose people could not tolerate a position of inferiority as well as gaining a share of the spoils from the British and French empires. Political circles assumed that Premier Mussolini told Presi dent Roosevelt as much in a recent exchange of messages between them. Responsible Ital ians said the Duce undoubt edly stated his position frank ly. Whether Mr. Roosevelt has i raised the possibility of un favorable American reaction to an Italian war move was not possible to ascertain. But this was considered possible in the light of new statements vol unteered by authoritative fas cists Friday that threats were not likely to influence Musso lini. In any event, the impression that Italy would be in the war within a fortnight if not soon er was intensified after the exchange of messages. There was no information available in any Italian quar ter^^ the recent interview by Du^^Vlfieri, new Italian am bassador to Germany, with Adolf Hitler but diplomats con sidered it likely that the envoy discussed Italy’s future action with Hitler. Ansaldo declared the Italian people must know why they are likely to be called to war and named the reasons as moral and political. Of the first, he demanded to know ‘‘how a people like ours, with all our energy, could re main outside a great contest like the present one, in which all the great peoples of Europe (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2)
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