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yOL^-NO. 266___ _ WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1940 " ' “T 7 ESTABLISHED 1867
NAZI PEACE FEELERS PREDICTED; BRITISH EXTEND
NEUTRAL DIPL OMA TS
BELIEVE PEACE MOVE
WILL MEET FAILURE
FORM NO-MAN’S LAND*
Public Ousted From Entire
East Coast, Larger Part
Of Southern Area
HUNT FRENCH VESSELS
Final Bitter Dissolution Of
Old Allied Partnership
Appears Under Way
LONDON, July 5—(S’)—In a vast
extension of Britain’s "defense area”
—her last ramparts against German
invasion — the government excluded
the public today from the entire Eng
lish east coast and substantially all
of the southern coast, a 12,000-square
mile region.
While the creation of this big no
man’s land signaled the intensity of
preparations for the supreme test.
British men-of-war searched the seas
for the last fugitive units of the
French fleet—and a final bitter dis
solution of the old Allied partnership
appeared under way because of what
already has been done by the British
to the bulk of that fleet.
Protest Presented
In an apparent preliminary to a
formal break-off of all diplomatic
relations between Britain and France
the French charge d’affaires here
presented, on orders, a "drastic and
stern” protest against the British ac
tion against the French fleet in the
Mediterranean.
The London News-Chronicle’s
diplomatic correspondent said it was
confirmed officially at Vichy, France,
seat of the Marshal Petain govern
ment, that France had broken off
diplomats relations with Britain.
However, no notification of such
severance had reached the British
foreign office late tonight.
This action destroyed or put out of
action a 22,000-ton battleship, a 26,
000-ton battle cruiser, a 10,000-ton
seaplane carrier and two destroyers.
Along with seizure of other ships at
Alexandria and in British ports, it
made an end to the old French navy
as an effective force and destroyed
the plan of France to turn it over to
Hitler as France had promised to do.
Disposition Of Fleet
Just how many French war ships
remained at large was not discussed
officially, but an authoritative source
said that at the beginning of this
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EARLY EFFORT FAILS
Acceleration Of Warfare
To Be Followed By Armis
tice Hints Is Forecast
BRITISH COURT REDS
— *
English Also Expected To
Grant Further Conces
sions To The Japanese
LONDON, July 6.— <■£>> —(Satur
day)—A neutral diplomatic source
who has good contacts with both
principal . belligerents predicted
early today that new German feel
ers will be made within three or
four weeks.
However, he said most neutral
diplomats were convinced by “the
new British aggressiveness" that
any such move would be a failure.
He explained that a trial balloon
which had been sent aloft by a
member of the Spanish cabinet had
been exploded by the British seiz
ure of most of the French fleet
and by Prime Minister Churchill s
fighting talk in commons yester
day.
Hints Forecast
Nevertheless, he predicted accel
eration of warfare on the diplo
matic front as well as in the sea
and air—to be followed by peace
hints when the British are feeling
the strain most.
There still are many, he said,
who believe that “peace and ap
peasement possibilities” never will
be definitely ruled out so long as
the faction of former prime min
ister Chamberlain is as strong in
the government as at present.
Evidence that the British are
strengthening the diplomatic of
fensive was seen in Prime Minis
ter Churchill’s reception last night
of Ivan Maisky, the Russian am
bassador—Churchill’s first invita
tion to the Soviet envoy since tak
ing office. It was understood they
talked over the European situation
in friendly fashion.
Britain, while wooing the Rus
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GERMANY ASSERTS
BLOCKADE SUCCESS
Claims Subs, Other Craft
Have Sunk Ships Total
ing 106,543 Tons
BERLIN, July 5—UP)—The Ger
man high command reported in
creasing success of its counter
blockade against Great Britain to
day with submarines doing the
deadliest work.
British merchantmen totaling
106,543 tons have been sunk ‘re
cently,” a communique declared.
Submarines were credited with
86,000 tons of the total.
Dive bombers and torpedo speed
boats accounted for the balance.
While Germany heralded its suc
cesses against British shipping an
authoritative source charged that
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City, County
Approve Plans
For Hospital
Jo Continue Annual Allot
ment Of $30,000 Jo
James Walker
EXTRA $10,000 VOTED
budget Adopted For Asso
ciated Charities At Meet
Of Commissioners
After lengthy arguments pro and
con, the city and county commis
sioners, in a joint budget meeting
yesterday afternoon, finally decided
to continue James Walker Memo
rial hospital’s annual allotment oi
§30,000 for operating expenses plus
§10,000 for use in constructing a
new wing.
The board of managers of the
institution had requested that $30,
000 be given for operation and $20,
000 for capital outlay. But on the
motion of J. E. L. Wade, city com
missioner of public works, the fig
ure was reduced, for this year at
least, because of the cramped con
dition of the budget.
t’tt. uucr a X. • upusai
Harry Gardner moved that the
boards continue their $30,000 allot
ment and allot an additional $20,
000 for the building with the pro
viso that the hospital’s manage
ment be required to take over the
operation of the X-ray department
and place it in a modem condition.
His motion was seconded by L. J.
Coleman, new member of the coun
ty board.
James M. Hall, however, made
a substitute motion to the effect
that the boards should “have faith
in the board of managers” and al
low it to operate the X-ray depart
ment as it sees fit.
Gardner stated he was not in fa
vor of “renting out a public insti
tution for profit making.” Coleman
voiced the same sentiments.
George Trask and Hall were op
posed to Gardner’s motion.
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper pre
sided.
The discussion was finally ended
when Wade made the motion that
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EARLIER TOBACCO
MART DATE ASKED
Robeson County Pomona
Grange Wants Sales Start
ed Aug. 8, Not Aug. 20
LUMBERTON, July 5.—Aresolu
tion petitioning Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace to intercede in the
interest of an earlier tobacco mar
opening date was adopted to
djy by the Robeson county Pomo
Ea Grange.
Tta county farm fraternal or
Mation, acting through its execu
;'ve committee, protested against
tte late opening date—August 20,
*et f°r outh Carolina and Border
fjelt markets by the United States
obacco Association.
Gie Grange predicted that farm
rs would suffer “great damage”
'Gontiued on Page Three; Col. 8)
JVEATHER
v„rf. „ FORECAST
'lishti Carolina: Partly cloudy and
Iiart!y domi™^ Saturday* Sunday
cr,rl'i nJ-e "-r. ol-Pg 1 ca 1 data for the 24 hours
s 7-30 P- m. yesterday).
1 la Temperature
it SO.% “a 68; 7:30 a. m. 69; 1:30 p.
minim’ ‘ P- m- 75; maximum 82;
um bb; mean 74; normal 79.
. Humidity
a. 57. y.,™- 91; 7:30 a. m. 83; 1:30 p.
01 • 7 ;30 p. m. 72.
Total f „ Precipitation
0.02 tLl0J 24i hours ending 7:30 p. m.
month „hes, total since first of the
ut" °-14 inches.
t ./rides For Today
*. CmS ^oee?a^les Published by P.
st and Geodetic Survey).
Wilmington-10lf
^asonboro Inlet_S^S
Sunrise a.8:33P 2:22p
f:24a- m 3-06a; sunset 7:27p; moonrise
a' moonset 8:18p.
'Continued on page Three; Col. 2)
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Shades Of The Horse Marines! ***
“The Horse Marines” was onee Just a gag to Uncle Sam’s sea
going soldiers, but now they’ll really be the “Iron Horse Marines.”
Pictured in recent demonstration at Indianapolis, Ind., is one of the
new five-ton tanks being built for the U. S. Marine Corps. The midget
tanks can run around on the deck of a battleship and are designed
to accompany landing parties.
Rumania’s New Cabinet
Suppresses Two Papers
REDS BOOST TROOPS
Decrees Excluding Jews
From Journalism^ Army
Are Being Prepared
BUCHAREST, July 5—(J>—Ru
mania’s new pro-German govern
ment suppressed permanently to
night, “in the interest of public
order,” two democratic Bucharest
newspapers, Semnalul and Jurna
lul.
It likewise was reported that de
crees excluding Jews from journ
alism and the army were being
prepared.
Aside from this, the government
devoted itself to keeping the na
tion tranquil and at work despite
reports in other Balkan capitals
denied here that Russia was plac
ing additional troops in Bessar
bia.
Seeks Normal Conditions
. .The immediate concern of the
new cabinet was restoration of
more normal conditions after
many days of deep unrest.
Besides the reports of further
Russian encroachments, the Hun
garian press continued to charge
that troubled conditions prevail in
Transylvania, where a substantial
Magyar population remains a con
stant source of Hungarian concern.
With Rumania generally con
sidered completely allied now with
the Rome-Berlin axis, British cit
izens were reported liquidating
their interests in anticipation of
governmental measures against
them.
Extension Asked
American authorities formally
requested the Rumanian govern
ment today to grant an extension
of stay for three of 30 British oil
men ordered to leave the country
within 24 hours.
Two large American corporations
would be directly affected by ex
pulsion of the three British citi
zens, the Rumanian government
was informed.
The men are William R. Young
and Albert A. Luce of the National
Supply corporation of New York,
one of the largest firms dealing in
oil machinery in the Balkans, and
Harry Wist of Refoil, incorporated,
an oil company.
A government communique to
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 4)
Rumanian Fleet Units
Take Up Patrol Duty
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Ju
ly 5.—OR—Diplomatic circles
learned here tonight that sev
eral units of the Rumanian
fleet had left Constanta on pa
trol duty.
This was associated with re
ports that the Soviet navy was
planning a surprise action
along the Dobrujan coast
against the Bosporus.
These same circles also were
informed that banks in Con
stanta had moved all cash to
Bucharest. Some officials of
the maritime bureau and their
families also have gone to
Bucharest.
(The Rumanian Black Sea
fleet consists of four destroy
ers and a number of smaller
boats.)
DETECTIVES PROBE
N. Y. FAIR BLAST
Seek To Connect Theft Of
39 Sticks Of Dynamite
With Large Bomb
NEW YORK, July 5— <£>) —Grim,
tired-eyed detectives, in relentless
mood, tonight sought to connect the
theft of 39 sticks of dynamite with a
bomb which blasted two of their
comrades to death yesterday soon
after it had been hustled from its
hiding place in the New York
World's Pair British pavilion.
The dynamite was stolen May 29
at gun’s point from a magazine
guarded by a watchman for a syna
gogue excavation.
Investigators said the weight and
size of the dynamite sticks approxi
mated the weight—20 pounds—of the
bomb explosive.
Police Commissioner Lewis J. Val
entine described the bomb as a
“dynamite shrapnel” type which was
powerful enough to have blown
asunder a wall of the pavilion.
Meanwhile, as police continued
their roundup of all known radicals
in an unprecedented effort to track
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Annual Arms
Bill Of Three
Billion Seen
Senator Clark Announces
His Opposition To Frank
Knox And Stimson
MAINTENANCE COSTLY
Solons Expect It To Sur
pass That Figure For
Next Seven Years
WASHINGTON, July 5—(A5—
Whether war or peace lies ahead,
congressional sources estimated
today, the country’s national de
fense bill will run to more than
$3,000,000,000 annually from now on
and a good deal more than that for
the next seven years.
In the period just ahead, the
projected two-ocean navy with its
$4,000,000,000 expansion of the fleet,
is to be under construction and the
army is to be buying planes, tanks,
guns and other equipment in huge
quantities, as well as increasing
its personnel to a total strength of
375,000 men. /
High Maintenance Cost
With the army and navy fully
equipped, it was said, there will be
a maintenance cost of as much' as
$1,800,000,000 annually for the navy
and $850,000,000 for the army.
On top of these outlays, a third
set of locks for the Panama canal
has been authorized and such pro
posals as a second canal through
Nicaragua and compuslory mili
tary training are pending.
In hearings before the senate
military committee today, senator
Johnson (D-Colo) estimated the
cost of compulsory military train
ing at $1,200,000,000 a year, on a
basis of 2,000,000 trainees annually
at a cost of $600 each.
While the capital speculated on
these figures, other developments
related to the defense situation
arose.
Senator Clark (D-Ida) announced
his opposition to confirming Frank
Knox as secretary of the navy and
Henry L. Stimson as secretary of
war. It was “travesty” he said, to
place “two aging, wealthy, politi
cian interventionists in these posi
tions.”
The senate, meanwhile, met
briefly and adjourned until Monday
when the question of confirmation
is scheduled for consideration.'
Confirmation Predicted
Majority Leader. Barkley said
the two republicans named to the
cabinet would be confirmed by easy
majorities, but that the senate
would have to listen to some
speeches before acting.
The defense commission an
nounced that Dr. Will W. Alex
ander, until recently head of the
farm security administration,
would become one of its aides, in
charge of planning a youth train
ing program to meet defense re
quirements. He is to have the task
of coordinating the work of the
C. C. C., the National Youth ad
ministration, the Office of Educa
ion and other youth training agen
cies.
Officials noted a sharp upturn in
trade with South America—at a
time when a $1,000,000,000 system
of controlling western hemisphere
exports and imports is under con
sideration as a means of combat
ting totalitarian economic penetra
tion.
State Department S erves Notice
It Will Uphold Monroe Doctrine
WASHINGTON, July 15—W)
—Confronted with a challeng
ing note from Germany call
ing the United States govern
ment’s interpretation of the
Monroe doctrine “untenable,”
the state department today
served notice anew that it
would uphold the doctrine and,
in addition, virtually threaten
ed to oust any German diplo
mats in this country who pub
licly discussed American pol
icy.
The latter action was evoked
by the fact that Baron Edgar
von Spiegel, the German con
sul general at New Orleans,
had been quoted in the press
as saying that Germany would
not forget the aid given her
enemies by this country.
A state department an
nouncement said it appeared
the consul general thought he
was not speaking for publica
tion and that it was “perhaps
due to a misunderstanding”
that publication resulted.
“The matter has been taken
up with the German embassy
here,” said the announcement,
and it has been pointed out
that public discussion of ques
tions relating to this country’s
policies and attitudes does not
properly come within the prov* i
-■w
ince of foreign government of
ficials in the United States.”
Then the department added
pointedly that permission
granted to foreign government
officials to remain in this
country is dependent upon ob
servance of this rule.
The exchange concerning the
Monroe doctrine grew out of
the United States’ action in in
forming the reich on June IS
that it would not ‘recognize”
nor "acquiesce” in any trans
fer of western hemisphere ter
ritory from one non-American
power to another. This amount
Continued on Page Three; Col. 4)
■— --—-_*
Advertising Outlook
*Highly Optimistic*
For Remainder Of *40
NEW YORK, July 5.—UP)—
A “highly optimistic’’ outlook
for advertising during the rest
of the year was reported to
night by Editor & Publisher
after interviewing a score of
prominent advertising agency
executives.
The magazine said several
agencies reported their clients
to be increasing advertising
appropriations while all of
them stated their clients “gen
erally were maintaining sched
ules.”
The huge defense program of
the government, said Editor &
Publisher, “is the basic factor
creating business optimism.
Advertisers expect it to in
crease payrolls, thus creating
great buying power.
“One agent stated, ‘all of our
clients have increased their ap
propriations in the last 60 days.’
another said, ‘our volume is
ahead of any year in our 17
years in business’.”
GERMANS CONTINUE
RAIDS ON ENGLAND
Two Craft Reported To
Have Dropped Bombs On
Northeastern Section
LONDON, July 6—(Saturday)—
(3>i—Keeping up their nightly for
ays, German warplanes attacked
Great Britain again last night and
early today. First reports told of
no damage.
The air ministry in a brief com
munique said enemy aircraft cross
ed the coast during the night and
anti-aircraft defenses went into ac
tion.
Two German bombers were heard
over northeast England early to
day. They were reported to have
dropped bombs but it was believed
all bombs fell in open country.
Other reports said German raid
ers dropped incendiary bombs on
southeast England.
German bombers raided some
coastal sections of southwest Eng
land, Yorkshire and the Kent
coast yesterday, but were declar
ed by the air ministry to have
done only slight damage.
The ministry said ‘‘a few per
sons” were slightly injured in the
southwest, and mads no mention
of any fatality.
It was reported unofficially,
however, that a bomb splinter
killed a British soldier who had
gone unhurt through the Norwe
gian campaign.
BOMBERS ATTACK
GIBRALTAR FORT
... -
Several Bombs Fall But Ma
jority Drop Into Sea; No
Casualties Reported
GIBRALTAR, July 5.—<J>)—Thc
first air raids of the war were
made today on the great British
fortress of Gibraltar, the western
key to the Mediterranean.
Several bombs fell, but most of
them dropped into the sea, and
there were no casualties.
(A Madrid radio broadcast heard
in London asserted that it had
been “established” that the raiding
planes were French. British
sources would not comment.
(Across the bay from Gibraltar,
in Algeciras, Spain, it was report
ed that three British cruisers, dam
aged off Oran in Wednesday’s Brit
ish attack on the French Medi
terranean fleet, had landed the
bodies of 30 British seamen killed
in the action.
(It was also reported in Alge
ciras that a French armed vessel
escaped from Gibraltar today de
spite the presence there of the
most powerful of all warships, the
mighty British battle cruiser
Hood.)
Norwegians Are Seeking
To Organize New Regime
STOCKHOLM, July 6—(Saturday)
— (JO —The newspaper Dagens
Nyheter reported today from Oslo
that leading Norwegians are en
deavoring to form some sort of
permanent government to operate in
conjunction with German authorities.
The government presumably would
assume the functions of the adminis
tration of King aakon, who is now
in England,
_¥
British Blockade Of
French Isle In West
Indies Is Reported
WASHINGTON, July 5.—(/P)
Secretary of State Hull declin
ed comment today on unoffi
cial reports that Britain was
establishing a virtual blockade
around the French island of
Martinique, in the West In
dies, to prevent movement of
any French naval units or
planes from there.
Hull said his information on
the situation was incomplete
but indicated it was being stud
ied, and, meanwhile, withheld
any opinion as to its possible
implications for American neu
trality.
It was reported in diplomatic
quarters that British destroy
ers, carrying out the British
attempt to seize the French
fleet and keep it out of Ger
many’s hands, had moved into
the vicinity of Martinique to I
pounce upon any ships emerg
ing from there.
BRITISH WATCHING
FRENCH WARSHIPS
Navy Makes Pledge To See
That None Leave Alex
andria To Surrender
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 5.—
UP)—The British pledged them
selves tonight to see that “no
French ships shall ever leave
Alexandria to surrender to the
enemy.”
With one French battleship, four
cruisers and a number of smaller
craft swinging at anchor in mel
ancholy bondage off this British
naval base, the situation was
tense.
British naval authorities ac-'
knowledged they did not know
what the French warship comman
ders would decide to do; they said
the French vsjere “deeply affected”
by the fate of the French warships
and men which were sunk or
pounded to wreckage by the Brit
ish Wednesday off Algeria when
they tried to escape to sea.
But, the British added, the sit
uation is “well in hand.”
The French commanders have
been advised formally by the Brit
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F.D.R.SaysDisarmament
Only Way To Real Peace
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 5—(*
—President Roosevelt suggested to
day that world powers, now pour
ing billions into war machines,
must dump their armaments onto
the scrap heap if a lasting peace is
to be secured, and contrasted the
American way of government with
that of the totalitarian powers.
The first essential for a perman
ent peace listed by Mr. Roosevelt
was freedom from fear, for, he
said, people must not live in fear
of being bombed from the air or
attacked by another nation.
He conceded that what he term
ed a corporate state, like Ger
many or Italy or Russia, coul3
operate more efficiently than a
democracy, and added that he was
sorry to say some Americans seem
to favor such a state because of
this.
Mr. Roosevalt started this dis
cussion himself in a press confer
ence and said he wanted to remind
those who apparently favored such
a government that the system has
scrapped two safeguards to de
mocracy—the legislature and the
judiciary.
On the subject of fear, the presi
dent said the United States was
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Interpreting The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
A formal break in relations be
tween the Petain government ol
France and Britain would be ar
anti-climax gesture which Londor
might well ignore or attribute toe
orders of France’s master, Hitler
It could have no bearing on Bri
tain’s fate in her war with Ger
many and Italy unless it was im
plemented by a fantastic alliance
in arms between defeated France
and her Nazi conquerors.
Whatever Germany’s hopes ol
ultimately drawing Continental
France wholly into the Nazi-Fas
ist ideological and military orbit,
it is improbable that she would
dare now to permit France to re
arm.
Generations of French hatred and
fear of Germany have been fanned
into fresh life by defeat and the
gruesome French casualty lists of
this war. Rather than arming
France, Germany must be on guard
against that smouldering menace.
There can be no question, even
in Nazi minds, that a turn of the
battle odds against Germany would
stir rumblings of revolt everywhere
in the vast territory she has seized
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