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Dedicated To The Progress 01 A aM* A Served by Leased Wire °f lbe ilmington Hunting ssSa” : yoL^3—NO- 257____ WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1940_+ * ESTABLISHED 1867 Hoover Urges Abolishment Of New Deal Also Calls For Scrupulous Avoidance Of War In Talk At G. 0. P. Meet DEMONSTRATION HELD Pew Is Reported Prepared To Throw 50 Pennsyl vania Ballots To Taft Bv RICHARD L. TURNER CONTENTION HALL,, PHILA DELPHIA, June 25.— (AP) —Herbert Hoover demanded the abolishment of the New Deal and a scrupulous •joithnee of war tonight before an excited republican national conven tion which shouted back its approv jl and burst finally into the noisi est demonstration of this two-day old party meeting. Outbursts of applause, brief and occasional, yet of a roaring lusti ness, punctuated every section of the address. But the last sentence, which was also a question, brought tie climax. Referring to the party little that lies ahead, Mr. Hoover, Sis voice rising, demanded: Prepared Republicans are you prepared to pinto this fight?” Des,” came the answer, “Yes . . . res.. . yes ...” until ear-splitting :r:iam drowned out the responses. ■miration was in the making. : cries, whistles, and applause, £ reinforced by the scarcely dis engmshable blaring of the band. Californians, hustled into the tries with a big banner and crush through the crowded center aisle. Sinnesota, West Virginia, Oklaho a Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, irkansas and South Carolina ban ters were in action. After six and one-half minutes, 'Arman Joseph Martin of Massa Ausetts attempted to still the tu mult with heavy gavel banging, but it was two more minutes before he succeeded. Whether the procession of stand ris meant that a few individual members of delegations had seized tie state insignia without the ap proval of their colleagues could not, (Continued on Page Five Col. 5) G.O.P. COMMITTEE I OKEHS PLATFORM ___ \ Pledges An ‘Anti-War’ Stand And Raps New Deal’s Defense Record PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—W— The republican platform for 1940, including a foreign policy plank at tacking the Roosevelt administra tion's defense record, pledging an anti-war” stand and calling for aid t° “oppressed peoples,” was approv ed tonight by the party’s resolutions committee. Chairman Herbert Hyde of the committee announced that approval *as unanimous. The planks were turned over to drafting experts for final polishing and were to be sub mitted to the full convention to morrow. Full details were not avail able tonight. Alf ivf. Landon, the 1936 standard bearer and chairman of a sub-com mittee which drafted the foreign Micy plank, said the language of fbe plank would not' foreclose fu (Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) ,WEATHER 1 . FORECAST p^orth Carolina and South 9amuina" generally fair Wednesday and Thurs aJ'; rising temperature. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours n(llng 7:30 p. m. yesterday). . Temperature a. m. 79; 7:30 a. m. 80; 1:30 P 7:30 p. m. 79; maximum 82: 69; mean 76; normal 78. i 9A Humidity a. m. 84; 7:30 a. m. 77; 1:30 p. 7:30 p. m. 97. q, Precipitation »on .■ f°r 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.. iJncbes; total since first of the 4.97 inches. Tides For Today . High How llmmgton _ 2:09a 9:32a MasnnK 2:38P 10:00P as°nboro Inlet__ 6:17a glln. 12:27p 6:34p 5:02a; sunset 7:27p; moon "' 11:*^p; moonset 11:23a. (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) Cardinal Dougherty Delivers Invocation —___ Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, archbishop of Philadelphia, who recently celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest, delivers invocation to the delegates an d public at large to open the first night session of < the 1940 republican convention in Philadelphia. Im mediately behind Cardinal Dougherty is Republican , National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton._. LocalDefenseCommittee Will Be Appointed Soon . --- M __ - APPROVED BY BOARDS Appointment Of Group Was Requested Recently By Engineers’ Club Mayor Thomas E. Cooper and Addison H. Hewlett, chairman of the county commission, will meet at 6ome time this week to appoint a local defense committee as au thorized by the action of the two boards, they said yesterday. The appointment of the commit tee was requested in a resolution passed by the board of directors of the local Engineers’ club and presented to the city and county boards. Both approved the resolu tion, offered their cooperation, and designated Cooper and Hewlett to make the appointments. The members of the committee appointed by the board of directors of the Engineers’ club are: Lt. Col. George Gillette, George G. Thomas and E. W. Mange. The resolution asked that the de fense committee be composed of representatives from the follow ing: U. S. army, U. S. army, engineers, national guard, Ameri can Legion, the Customs service, the U. S. district attorney’s office, the city, county and state law en forcement agencies, the Dow Chemical company, the Tide Wat er Power company, the state high way department, the Atlantic Coast Line, the local oil terminals, the communication companies, the county medical society and the local press. The purpose of the committee, as set up by the proponents of the plan, would be ‘o coordinate the defensive factors in Wilmington in order to protect the city from sabotage and other similar dan gers. 3 Japanese May Issue *Monroe Doctrine* TOKYO, June 26.—(Wednes day)—(AP)—The newspaper Asa hi reported today that Japan shortly would issue a sweeping pronouncement amounting to an Oriental Monroe Doctrine warning all powers against in terference of any kind in all territories in East Asia. . The newspaper said Japan now is prepared to establish and guarantee autonomy in East Asia. The proposed pronouncement, it said, would apply to Italy, Germany and Great Britain as well as neutrals in the European conflict. The newspaper reported the new policy would oppose the transfer of territories or altera tion of the status quo in East Asia either through cession or actual force. LEGWIN TO HEAD JUNIOR CHAMBER Other Officers Are Elected And Will Assume Duties Early In July Li. C. LeGwin, Jr., was elected president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting last night in the Xide Water Power company assembly hall. Other officers chosen were: John Schiller, first vice-president; Robert Dannenbaum, second vice-president; Louis Harrison, secretary; Burnell Curtis, treasurer; Herbert Harrell, Jimmie Moore, Leo Sykes, John An derson, Ernest Beale, Lansing (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) HALL IS ELECTED I N. C. LEGION HEAD . —: ■;-'■■■—.v Mrs. Walter G. Craven Named Auxiliary Presi dent At High Point Meet HIGH POINT, June 25 —(/P)—R. Dave Hall, of Belmont, was elect ed commander of the North Caro lina department .of the American Legion, and Mrs. Walter G. Cra ven, of Charlotte, was named president of the auxiliary at the closing sessions of the 22nd annual convention of the legion here today. New Bern was selected for the 1941 convention. Hall succeeds June H. Rose, of Greenville, and Mrs. Craven suc ceeds Mrs. Weaver Mann, of New ton. The convention closed tonight with the commanders ball at the National Guard armory. “We must be prepared to speak in a language that dictators can understand — and that is the lan guage of unmatched power’, Gov ernor Clyde R. Hoey told the con vention. Governor Heoy’s address was one of the highlights of the closing session. Hoey termed Hitler “the biggest liar in all history” and declared that “Hitler shall never lay foot upon American soil and he shall never conquer this great land of yours and mine.” Other officers elected by the legion were: J. O. Thomas, Leakes ville; Harry E. Keller, Badin; and commanders: J. H. Howell, Waynesville, Judge Advocate; George K. Snow, Mt. Airy, histor ian and Rev. David E. Foust, Salis bury, chaplain. Other auxiliary offiecrs were: Mesdames N. Y. Chambliss, Rocky Mount, Floyd Chadwick, Morehead City, Victor R. Johnson, Pittsboro, W. M. Pickens, Lincolnton, and Frank B. White, Lenoir, vice presi dents; Mrs. N. L. Alcocke, Rocky (Continued on Page Three, Col. 5) U. S. To Train 5,000 Naval Officers Soon F. D. R. Announces Ar rangements To Prepare Young Volunteers SILENT ABOUT SHIPS Says He Has Heard Nothing About Forming South American Squadron WASHINGTON, June 25—UB— President Roosevelt, invoking a plan of world war days to provide additional officers for the expand ing fleet, announced today that 5,000 young volunteers would be trained annually for commissions in the naval reserve. He disclosed at a press confer ence that unmarried American born men between 10 and 26 years of age, who have had two years or more of college work, could begin applying for the training next Friday. Applications will be received at headquarters of the naval district or at the naval re serve unit or navy recruiting sta tion nearest their homes. Intensive Training *The en'hryo officers wi’VJve given intensive training in gun nery, . navigation, engineering communications and watch standing at sea,” said a formal statement given out at the press conference. ‘‘Regular officers and petty of ficers of the fleet will pound home the art of fighting and maneuver ing a modern man-o’-war and will inculcate these young men with the elements of discipline, team work, loyalty, endurance and tech nical skill which are the founda tions of the naval excellence oi the fleet.” At the same time Mr. Roose velt maintained silence about re ports that warships of the United States fleet/which left Hawaii yes erday and last night in the direc ion of the west coast, were bound for the Panama canal and the At lantic. wo news There was no news coming from the White House on that score, the President declared. Further, he said he had heard nothing oi the possibility of forming a South American squadron of the navy. This possibility had been men tioned in view of the fact that the United States cruiser Quincy was visiting Montevideo, Uruguay, where widespread Nazi activities have been under investigation; that the cruiser Wichita had beer ordered there also and that the destroyer O’Brien was in South American waters. Mr. Roosevelt, asked whether he thought it was advisable to pass legislation authorizing a draft o: manpower, said there was nothing he could say about that except tha1 the whole problem was in the study stage. The chief executive was ques tioned also as to whether he thought it would be desirable tc repeal a 1911? statute interpreter by Attorney General Robert Jack son as forbidding sale to the Brit ish of 20 high-speed “mosquito” (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) THREE NAZI BOMBERS SHOT DOWN IN RAIDS; FLEET ISSUE SETTLED ■, ... — ■■ -- m _,_4r ~* OTHER ACTION TAKEN Heavy Artillery Rushed To Atlantic Side Of Zone; Defenses Boosted ‘SPECIAL REHEARSAL’ [uJ. | NEW YORK, June 25.—UP)—'The Daily News, in a copyrighted article tonight said that the United States had mined both entrances to the Panama Canal, had rushed heaviest railroad artillery to the Atlantic side of the zone and had placed the zone’s defense forces on virtually a war footing. The article, written by Lowell Limpus under a Panama dateline, said that with 30,000 men under arms, military authorities called the maneuvers an “emergency rehears al.” “But with intense activity still continuing,” the article said, “quali fied observers believed the army was getting ready for real trouble on short i\tice." Fleet Moves Out “The mine laying fleet moved out on both sides of the isthmus yester day after the big Italian liner, Conte Biancamano, was shifted from a posi tion from which its passengers and crew could have watched the pro ceedings,” the article continued. “The army’s new mine planter, Niles, accompanied by a number of tugs and smaller craft which have been transformed into temporary mine layers, went into action on the Pacific side before the Biancamano had entered the canal proper, while the mine layer Graham and accom panying craft finished most of the job on the Atlantic side before the liner made its appearance and an chored there this afternoon. Craft Restricted Meanwhile, guard ships took sta tions outside the mine fields evi dently to warn approaching vessels. Rigid restrictions were suddenly (Continued on Page Three, Col. 2) SECRECY COVERS FLEET MOVEMENT Families Of Men Uncertain As To Destination Of Pacific Battlecraft HONOLULU, June 25.—(£>)—Per plexity mingled with anxiety today as this mid-Pacific fortress awaited word of the destination of major units of the United States fleet which put to sea unexpectedly un der sealed orders. Families of officers and enlisted men alike, left behind after hasty farewells yesterday, were uncertain as to the destination of husbands and fathers. What indications there were, with official naval circles here and in Washington maintaining strict sec (Continued on Page Three, Col. 2) Calls On France 1 To Continue War I_i Great Britain ivas reported pledg ing support to a French national committee headed by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, under secretary of war in the defunct Reynaud cabinet. Exiled Gen. de Gaulle, broadcast ing from London, recently called upon French to continue resisting Germans. For this, the Petain gov ernment stripped him of military rank, marked him for “earliest court-martial.” ITALY GAINS SLIM SECTION IN ALPS France Also Forced To Give Full Rights To Rail Outlet At Jibuti ROME, June 25 —(A*)— Italy gain ed military occupation of only a slim border belt in the Alps, de militarization of French colonial outposts in North Africa and full rights over Jibuti, only rail out let to Italian East Africa, under terms of the French-Italian armis tice announced here tonight. The armistice also forces France to demilitarize her naval bases in the Mediterranean while the war with Britain is in progress. No mention was made of Nice, Savoy and Corsica, French-ruled territory for which the Italians long have been clamoring. In addition to full rights over Ji buti, Italy got control of the French section of the railway rurF ning from that Gulf of Aden port to Addis Ababa, capital of Italian conquered Ethiopia. Demilitarize^' mes will be es tablished in France, Tunis, and French Somaliland, ranging from to 30 to 120 miles in width. French troops must be withdrawn in 10 days. j.ne zone oi military occupation in France proper includes a nar row Alpine border area taken by Premier Mussolini’s forces in their 14 days of war against France. It extends a short distance into France from the Swiss frontier to he Mediterranean, including Bri ancon in the north and Menton, Mediterranean port. Briancon i s about five miles from the frontier, Menton about a mile. For the duration of hostilities between Italy and Britain, and for the duration of the armistice, the French Somaliland coast in North Africa is to be demilitarized entire ly. Like the German-French armis tice, the agreement Stvppnmogl tbat the French fleet be surrender ed, and that hostilities cease in the colonies fs well as Europe. The Italians joined the Germans in as surances that the French warships would not be used during the con flict with England 4 MANY BOMBS DROPPED Churchill Accuses Petain Of Violating Assurances In Giving Up Fleet SHIPS AT ALEXANDRIA EPROPE (By The Associated Press) German bombers slashed at Brit ain anew and with greater vigor early today in widespread raids overthe English midlands and Scot land. At least three of the Nazi were sent crashing to earth by a spec tacular swarm of British fighter planes aided by hot anti-aircraft fire. Many incendiary and high-ex plosive bombs were dropped and fires were started, the British ack nowledged, though they did n o t disclose the full extent of damage. Surrenders Fleet The raids, which are getting to be a regular midnight-to-dawn diet for the British, followed confirma tion that the Frency navy and air force are to pass into German and Italian control under the French armistice terms. The all-important question ol what is to become of the French fleet, second largest in Europe, was answered by the official armi stice stipulations, made public simultaneously, and by French Premier-Marshal Petain himself. Prime Minister Churchill, accus ing Petain of violating “solemn as surances” in handing over the fleet earler n the day had declared that Brtain’s safety “will be pow erfully though not decisively affect ed by what happens to the French navy.” He held out a faint hope that England still might salvage something of the French fleet through the empire outposts. Just how much of the French sea and air power the Germans and Italians actually could get their hands on remained un answered. Ships at Alexandria Units of the French navy still were with the British fleet at Alex andria, Egypt, yesterday a n d swarms of French planes winged their way southward over the Me diterranean during the armistice negotiations, ostensibly to carry on the fight from outposts there. Germany promised solemnly however, under her armistice not to use French warships against Britain. The official German armistice terms, following closely those made public in London Sunday, (Continued on Page Three, Col. 4) JAPSFASTENGRIP UPON INDO-CHINA Warships Are Sent To Haiphong To ‘Observe Movements’ Of Vessels TOKYO, June 26-(Wednesday)— . (It)— Japan fastened a watchful mi litary and naval grip today on France’s rich holding in tne Orient — Indo-China. A cryptic announcement disclos ed that crack Japanese troops, nine days ago, acted “by force” to cut the supply route from Indo China to the central Chinese gov ernment at Chungking. It was not disclosed whether these troops actually entered Indo China territory, which lies along side Japanese-occupied territory in Kwangsi province of South China. An undisclosed number of Japan ese warships have gone to the Indo China port of Haiphong to ‘‘ob serve the movements” of vessels which might slip out with contra band for Japan’s Chinese enemy, Chiang Kai-Shek. Today, moreover, Maj. Gen. Is saku Nishihara, chafrman of an (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) \ AUTOMOBILE CRASH TAKES TWO LIVES Mrs. A. H. Davis, Of Bur gaw, And Negro Killed In Wreck Near Goldsboro BURGAW, June 25—Mrs. A. H. Davis, of Burgaw, was killed about noon today when the car in which she was riding collided with anoth er automobile at Woodland Lake, about six miles south of Golds boro. , An unidentified negro was also fatally injured and three other persons were seriously hurt in the crash. _ _ Miss 'Mary Cox, 22, of Burgaw, of the Pender county welfare agen cy who was driving the car oc cupied by Mrs. Davis, was in the Community hospital at Goldsboro (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) ROOSEVELT SIGNS TAX BILL TO RAISE $4,692,500,000 FOR DEFENSE PROGRAM WASHINGTON, June 25—OP) The nation shouldered its heav iest federal tax load since the World war today. President Roosevelt’s signa ture made law of a bill esti mated to raise an additional $4,692,500,000 in the next five years by adding 2,200,000 citi zens to the list of income tax payers and by raising the rates on income, profits, excise, gift and inheritance taxes. The money will be used to help finance the defense program authorized by congress. The treasury calculated that the law would increase antici pated federal revenue in the 1941 fiscal year, which begins Monday from $5,652,300,000 (not counting social security funds, which are now outside the budget) to $6,367,600,000. An extra $994,300,000 was ex pected to be raised in each of the following four years. Next year’s revenue, if rea lized, will be the largest since 1920, .when .peak .collections were made on World war tax es, and the 1942 fiscal year may set a new income record of approximately $7,000,000,000. Officials estimated that 2, 200,000 persons would pay fed eral income taxes for the first time because of reduction of personal exemptions for heads of families from $2,500 to $2, 000 and for single persons from $1,000 to $800. This low ering of exemptions also will result in increasing the pay ments of those now taxed. To facilitate the defense pro gram, the act authorized the treasury to borrow immediate ly against the five-year pro ceeds of the measure. Sale of $4,000,000,000 of “national de fense notes’’ way authorized and the national debt limit was increased from $45,000, 000,000 to $49,000,000,000. While the federal debt now is $42, 918,209,181, regular federal ex penditures had been expected to exhaust the old debt limit within the next year, without provision for the extraordinary defense expenditures. Effective dates of the tax increases vary. The income tax provisions apply to in comes earned during the 1940 calendar year, and will be pay able March 15, 1941. An extra 10 per cent added P < to the estate and gift taxes became effective at 11:45 a.m. eastern standard time, today, the time the President signed the bill. Increased excise taxes, snch as those on liquor and ciga rets, will become effective at 12:10 a. m., Monday, July 1. The heaviest of the new tax bills will fall upon income tax payers. They are expected to pay $319,000,000 in the next fiscal year and $580,000,000 in the following four years in ad dition to their payments un der former income tax rates. The new law requires a re turn — a report on income— from everyone earning more than $2,000, whether subject to I tax or not. 4
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