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Dedicated To The Progress 01 Served by Leased Wire oi the WILMINGTON ASSOCIATED PRESS And Southeastern North With Complete Coverage oi Carolina Slate and National News _ ESTABLISHED 1867 REPORTS OF ACTIVITY IN HOLLAND, BELGIUM INDICATE DRIVE NEAR -¥ ____ BRITAIN IS “RtrAKtU Germans Are Concentrat ing Military Supplies In Western Lowlands IS READY FOR SIEGE Nazi Planes Continue At tacks On Ports From Scot land To The Thames LONDON, July 23.—(TP)—Britain, barricaded behing a growing wall of preparedness, waited watchfully bpt confidently tonight for Adolf Hitler to start his blitzkrieg. Reports in neutral sources of “greatly increased activities’’ in Dutch and Belgian dockyards and railways indicated that her great test may not be long coming. These reports, unconfirmed in Brit ish quarters, said the Germans ap parently were concnetrating military supplies in the western lowlands—a ■ logical jumping off place for a mass invasion. Britain Strong Taking stock of her position I against efforts of German war I planes and commerce raiders to create a starvation blockade, Britain found herself strong in ships, food, 1 men and wealth. Naval experts declared the island kingdom had more destroyers now than when the war started, despite the loss of 26. Even if the Germans intensify - their submarine campaign, B'ood Min . ister Lord Woolton declared, Britain will not starve because ‘‘we have stocks to stand a long siege.’’ Lord Woolton asked American 1 newspapermen tonight to tell the ' United States there is no food short . age in Britain, “because people over T there still want to send us parcels of food.” He estimated that the liarvest in ■ continental Europe would not he I - more than To per cent of normal this . year and declared that “this busi ness of starving people out may work, the other way around — we’ve still ; got a navy." Troops Ready ; War Minister Anthony Eden tie . dared Britain had 1,300,000 home . guard troops read and reported that reorganization nad re-equipment of ' French, Belgian, Czecho-Slovak, Nor - wegian and Polish soldiers now in . Britain was making “good progress.” j Long-time American res idents of Britain are forming their own “home ! guard.” t British recognition of a new gov ernment for “free Czecho-Slovaks,’* . headed by Dr. Eduard Benes, a for mer president of the dissolved repttb ’ lie, was announced by the Czecho ’ Slovak national committee. ■ Warplanes roared both ways . across the English channel. Nazi planes, apparently picking British harbors as their principal : targets, bombed ports from Scotland 1 to the Thames Estuary and British , fighters repeatedly raced out to sea, apparently to intercept aerial squad rons attacking convoys. An admiralty tabulation for .the week endin gJuly 14 acknowledged that “enemy action” had sunk nine British ships totalling 23,963 tons, four Allied ships totalling 7,335 tons | and six neutral sftips totalling 20,734 ’ tons. In their own raids, the air minis. : try said, British fliers Monday sank a German anti-aircraft ship in a raid \ on the Norwegian port of Bergen, | hit German airfields, factories, barge ‘ concentrations and docks. i Contracts For $200,000 Worth Of Supplies Lei RALEIGH. July 23— GP> —Th« state board of awards today let con tracts for approximately $200,000 1 worth oE supplies, principally foi state highway and public works ' needs. Purchases for state . prisons In ’ eluded 76 refrigerators to be furnish* [ ed by Westing-house Electiic Supply, ’ company of Raleigh at $31 ,.‘)S4.iS4. Carolina Tractor and Equipment company got two contracts totaling * $77,753 to furnish 10 crawler type ’ tractors and 15 motor grades. N. C. 1 Equipment company of Raleigh got two contracts totaling- $34,236 tc 1 supply 32 leaning wheel graders of | 4.400 to 4,600 pounds and 14 leaning ' wheel graders of 5,500 pounds. Dil ' Ion Supply company of Raleigh, was awarded contracts for $3,214.7/ worth of miscellaneous «t«e/. ^ -y ...'.— Compulsory Training Bill Advanced __k - k.__* r> are Maid Judging by this comely British Tonductoress,' it must be a pleasure n ride London’s buses these days. Ker work frees men for active mice. _ PLUMBERS’ MEET STARTS TOMORROW Thirtieth Annual Conven tion Of Association Will Be Held At Beach The North Carolina Association of Plumbing and Heating Contrac tors will open its thirtieth annual convention at the Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrightsville Beach, Thurs day morning. Possibilities for the improve ment of the plumbing industry will be the most outstanding topic of discussion during the convention. Several prominent sanitary en gineers and plumbing and heating contractors will speak on various phases of this subject during the meeting. The convention will be called to order Thursday morning at 11 o'clock and the first business ses sion will start immediately. J. W. Thurman, of Rocky Mount, state president, will preside. , Speakers on the program will be introduced by C. C. Davis, of Wil mington. The program will be as follows: Address of welcome: Dan J. Her ein, mayor of Wrightsville Beach. Address of welcome: Thomas E. Cooper, mayor of Wilmington. Response: Jack Rogers, Ashe ville. Introductions: Thurman. Three minutes will be alloted representatives of manufacturers "bo wish to have the floor. This session will be recessed at 12:43 o’clock after the announce ment of committees. Attendance prizes will be drawr 8 each business session. At 2:30 o’clock Thursday after noon- a boat ride up the inland "aterway will be held for the la *es attending the convention, from 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock tha' (Continued on Page Two) LWEATHER vnrf, n forecast giu „nil TM0li-na’ South Carolina, Geor continual ori(lft: Generally fair ant dav warm Wednesday and Thurs shuw.'r!'!'1 f"p a few isolated thunder °"ers >n late afternoon. «»&r.0J0*,cal <lata f,)r the 24 hour K ' -0 I'm. ysterday). ? I Temperature hi 7:30 a. in. 77; 1:30 i ^lai'uiinn p' ,‘i- 91' maximnm 97 i *4» mean SO; normal 79. 1 Humidity «, '«• M T:30 a. m. 89; 1:30 j p. in. (id. T„|.1i , Precipitation pnflp. ,r hours ending 7:30 p. m 1.12 i'ncip!, sinco first of the montl lidcs For Today H'il,High 1.01 ,n*ton -12:49 a 8:10 ^insonhnrn i«i . 1:15p S:. oro lnlPt -10:58a 4:54 .Sunrive ..it 11:15p 5:07 Hit 10 1 it.*- *a' Sllns<’t 7:19p; moot ■O’P. moonset 10:06a. (Continued on Page Two)_ Senate Arms A 11V T 10V Jt Ait — - Asks Registration Of 42, 000,000 Men, Draft Of 1,500,000 First Year BASE PAY SCALE SET Measure Is Expected To Be Ready For Senate Con sideration Next Week WASHINGTON, July 23.—(#)— Compulsory military training mov ed a long step nearer reality to day when the senate military com mittee approved a revised Burke Wadsworth bill providing for re gistration of 42,000.000 men, o whom 1,500,000 would be drafted in the first year. Details remained to be worked out, but in the main the measure calls for: 1. Registration of all males be tween 18 and 64. 2. Actual conscription of about 1.500.000 men between 21 and 30 during the first year, starting Oct. 1, 1940. There are an estimated 11.500.000 between these ages. 3. A training period of one year for those selected. 4. Base pay equal to that of the lower grades of the regular arm ed forces, starting at $21 a month. 5. Later draftees to be chosen froom the 21 to 45 age groups. Consideration Precited Senator Sheppard (D-Tex), chair man of the committee, predicted that the measure would be ready for senate consideration next week. Sheppard did not announce the committee vote, but said there were “few dissenting” voices. In explaining the measure to re porters, Brig. Gen. W. E. Shedd, assistant chief of staff, said that the men would be calssified for exemptions by local boards, simi lar to the World war draft boards. Men with families, he said, or men employed in national defense work would be placed in deferred crr’ni The war department contemplat es that youhts between 18 and 21 and men between 45 and 64 would be available for home defense ser vice. Legislation providing this probably will be submitted to con gress later. The job of training the draftees, Shedd said, probably would require the services of the entire national guard. He added, however, that mobilization of the guard would re quire other legislation. Could Volunteer The committee measure would not interfere with voluntary enlist ments in the army, navy and ma rine corps. Men eligible for the draft also could volunteer for the one-year training period. If world conditions become worse, General Shedd said, ‘ we might have to train more.” The President might have au thority under the measure to de termine the age groups to be re gistered and the ages and num bers of men to be actually train ed. After a year of training, a draftee would be assigned to a re serve unit for 10 years,, or until he reached 45, and wold be sub ject to additional training. It was apparent that the legis lation would encounter some oposi tion in the senate. President Roose elt and ranking army men have ■ endorsed selective service, but a (Continued on Page Two) 1 _- - $5 “Yacht” On $525 Voyage Thirty men move railroad tracks Datk so Annsville Creek, near 1’eekskil, N. Y., can be opened, to let Mrs. Ray mond Douglas’ second-hand five-dollar “yacht” chug past. It costs the N. Y. Central Railroad $525 to move the bridge, but by law the craft must be permitted to go through. Mrs. Douglas is at the helm, her husband beside her, with their daughter on the “sun deck” of the Dottie. ban bong Is Indicted OnEmbezzlementCount OTHERS FACE CHARGES Action Involves Payroll ‘Deadheads’ During Gu bernatorial Campaign NEW ORLEANS, July 23—(.Pi Former Governor Earl K. Long was indicted late today by the parish grand jury on embezzlement charges involving payroll "deadheads” dur ing the February gubernatorial cam paign. Indicted with him were three form er members of the dock board and the forme assistant to the board’s general manager. Three indictments, charging em bezzlement and extortion to the five men, some of them among the most prominent in the city, were returned by the jury whose investigation of a "special” board payroll began af ter Governor Sam Jones took office May 14, succeeding Long. nt i,...... Named in the indictment with the former governor were: I. B. Rennyson, real estate broker and board member from 1929 until this year. L. J. Vaccaro, vice president of the Standard Fruit and Steamship company, board member from 1932 until this year. ' Herbert J. Schwartz, president of the Maison Blanche company, New Orleans department store, and a (Continued on Page Two) Japan To Take Role In Making New Order TOKYO, July 23. — </P) — Pre mier Prince Fuinimaro Konoye, indicating closer cooperation with Germany and Italy, said to night that Japan should take a guiding role in establishing a "new world order.” In a nation-wide broadcast he voiced unwillingness to relin quish Japan's independent posi tion and did not name the axis powers, but the implication was clear. "It is necessary for Japan to push on from an independent stand,” he said. “This is not passive diplomacy: Japan must be determined to cooperate In the establishment of a new world order.” Economic advances in the South seas and complete coopera tion in China and Manchoukuo were "urgent” necessities to Ja pan, he said. TRIAL OF MILLIS POSTPONED HERE Dunk And Louella Brownj Charged With Jackson Murder, Are Acquitted Upon the plea of Aaron Goldberg, defense attorney, that he has hac insufficient time to prepare a de fense, Judge W. H. S. Burgwyr yesterday granted a continuance until next term in the case of David Millis, charged with statutory rape. The judge at first ruled against Goldberg’s request, but District Solicitor David Sinclair intervened and said the state had no objec tions to the continuance. Sinclair added he wanted to have the sheriff make a further investi gation into the affair before it Dunk Brown and Louella Brown, charged with the murder of Walter (Gee-Gee) Jackson, were found nc guilty. A bill of indictment charg ing them with fornication and .adultery will be presented to the grand jury this morning, however. It was brought out in the evidence the two negroes were living to gehter but were not married. John Murray, young white boy, pleaded guilty to bigamy. Judg (L'outinued on Page Two) ) ManyShocksFromStatic Electricity Noted Here A “shocking” condition which ha: existed in Wilmington for some tim< grew worse during the past severa days as dozens of citizens receivet severe electric charges when board ing buses and private automobiles. It all started when the city pu the new coat of asphalt on Froni street. Almost daily now, reports are re ceived that persons entering one o the Tide Water Power company’: i buses receive a shock when the: 1 touch the vehicle with their hands a The condition has also been foun< p to exist in taxicabs and private auto mobiles. The shocks are not, of course, o sufficient intensity to burn or ti i cause injury, but cause mucn uu» turbance among- commuters in the buses. C. H. McAllister, an •lectrical engineer for the Tide Water Power company, said last night the shocks are due to static electricity generat ed in the fAction between the car’s rubber tires and the sticky surface | of the asphalt pavement. As the speed of the wheels’ rota ’ tions are increased, he said, the elec tricity is generated at a more rapid ' rate and the metal body of the bus ^ becomes charged—acting something like a condensor—and stores up the electricity. > (Continued on Page Two) ^ t • V U. S. Proposes Joint Mandate Over Islands Proposal Is Submitted At Conference Of American Republics In Havana RAILROAD SUGGESTED Americas Would Act As Trustees Of European Holdings In Hemisphere HAVANA, July 23.—(#)—The Unit ed States proposed today that all American republics join in a man date bver European possessions in the western hemisphere to keep their soveriegnty inviolabl u n til Europe's war is over or eventually to give them independence. At the same time, Bolivia was reported seeking a transcontinent al South American railroad which would act in emergencies as an auxiliary to the Panama Canal in moving troops and guns from coast to coast. Early Action The joint trusteeship over Europ ean colonies in the new world was envisioned in a draft of a conven tion offered less than a day after the conference of American foreign ministers opened. Broadly, it pro posed: 1. That the Americas act as trus tees of the European possessions in this hemisphere. 2. That mandates over these pos sessions be temporary and that they be returned to their original soveriegns as soon as possible or granted their independence. 3. That the parent mandate com mission to be set up make recom mendations for any military and naval protection deemed necessary to protect the territories from an outside menace. In a sesolution designed to act as a stop-gap until the treusteeship is in operation, the United States foresaw the possibility that some one nation might have to act in dependently to offset a change in the sovereignty over the European rnlnnips However, the resoluton declared such action would be provisional only and the affected colony would be given to the mandate commiss on as soon as possible. The proposed railroad line would run ‘from the Brazilian coast on the Atlantic to the Pacific coast of Chile, and would be effected by filling in gaps between exist ing lines, it was said. The resol ution points out that only about 4,000 kilmeters (about 3,000 miles) need to be built for the projected road. The first article of the United States proposal affirms the princi ple of non-recognition and non-ac ceptance of any change of soverei gnty over any European posses sions in this hemisphere. The proposal also insists that any action regarding European possessions must be a joint Ameri can affair. It stipulates that each American republic must ve repre sented on a commission for actual government of the colonies during the mandate period. Inhabitants of mandated territor ies would be allowed the “Most ample” control possible over their internal affairs. The convention must be ratified by each nation before it is effec tive. Its accompanying resolution was designed for any situation aris ing from the change or threatened change of the sovereignty of the colonies which might come before the convention is operative. Nazis Say Britain Must Face Tornado Of Terror -M___ ‘WEAPONS WILL SPEAK’ Press Drives Home Thought That Any Pros pect Of Settlement Gone BERLIN, July 23.—Britain must brace herself now against a made-in-Germany tornado of ter ror, high nazi sources indicated to night, adding that defiant rejection of Adolf Hitler’s peace-or-destruc tion offer had "torn the lid off.” Henceforth, they emphasized, "weapons will speak.” Emphasizz ing this threat, the nazi airforce again raided Scotland and England. Stress Thought With one accord the German press, radio and semi-official spokesmen hammered home tiie thought that Foreign Minister Lord Halifax’s refusal to talk peace and 1he latest British air raids on Ger many had definitely killed any prospect of settlement. Exactly when the long-threaten ed furious wholesale air-pounding of England would begin remained a mystery. It was pointed out, however, that Germany as well as England is aware that only, a few weeks of good summer flying weather remain: therefore Britons will not have to wait long to learn whether Hitler can deliver the full measure of terror he has threat ened. For the first time since the end of the French campaign, DNB, the official German news agency, came out with a “front report” such as it issued daily during the struggle in the west to summarize military progress. Every semi-official and informa tive agency began reiterating that the time for talk had ended. Supplementing these warnings was the continuation of nightly air raids over England. The high com mand announced that last night and earl ytoday nazi bombers had raided the length and breadth of England and Scotland. Victims Of Nazi Raider Are Landed In B. V/. I. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Brit ish West Indies, July 23.—(Cana dian Press)—Seventeen survivors from frieghters sunk in the west ern Atlantic by a German raider were landed here today. Forty-one others had reached Bridgetown Sat urday. The men said a portion of the crews had been taken aboard the raider. (Last week 41 survivors from the British frieghters King John and Davisian reached the French is land of St. Barthelmy, reporting their vessels were sunk 400 miles to the east. The British admiralty followed this news with the an nouncement that a converted Ger man merchant vessel was the raid er.) 3 SHIP ARRIVES PARIS, July 20—(via Berlin, De layed)—OP)—Wayne Chatfield Taylor, European delegate of the American Red Cross, reported today that the first American Red Cross ship, the McKeesport, had arrived in Mar seille, where its cargo for the aid of war victims would be distributed im mediately. British Report Raids On Nazi Plane Plant LONDON, July 23.—(/P)—Air attacks last night on the air craft factory at Bremen, an air field at Paderborn and military targets in the Ruhr, including a synthetic oil plant, by aircraft of the bomber command were re ported today by the air ministry. The air ministry said the Fockewulf aircraft works at Bremen was bombed “for the second night in succession,” and added that German airdromes at Bieleneld, Eschwege, Handorf and Dicpholz were attacked. “The oil plant at Hamburg and Krupps’ ammunition works were among other targets but drifting clouds made impossible any accurate observation of the results of the bombing,’’ the min istry said. WELLES CRITICIZES RUSSIA FOR GRAI U. S. Will Not Recogniz< Absorption Of Baltic Na tions Into U. S. S. R. WASHINGTON. July 23.—(#) The United States, roundly criti cizing Soviet Russia for “annihila ting” the political independence o thre Baltic republics, made knowi today it would not recognize thei absorption into the Soviet system Sumner Welles, acting secretar; of state in the absence of Secretar; Hull, spoke out at a press confer ence against “the devious process es” by which he said Estonia, Lat via and Lithuania were to be de prived of their freeddom by “om of their more powerful neighbors.’ The acting secretary did no mention Russia by name, but hi left no doubt in any one's mine as to his meaning. Newly electei parliaments in the Baltics republ ics had voted in recent days, fo! lowing Red army occupation o their countries and an intensivi propaganda campaign, to seel union with the Soviet. “The people of the United State are opposed to predatory activitie no matter whether they are car cied on by the use of force or b; the threat of force,” Wellses de dared in the prepared statemen he read to newsmen. “They an likewise opposed to any form o intervention on the part of om state, however powerful, in t h < domestic concerns of any othei sovereign states, however weak.' Serving notice that this govern ment would continue to stand b; these principles, he said that un less the doctrine underlying then once again governed the relation; between nations, the basis of mod ern civilization itself could not b< preserved. Welles added, in response to : question, that the United State would continue to recognize t h 1 ministers of the baltic republics a ministers of sovereign govern ments now under duress. F. D. R. Gives Views On Party Bolters And Willkie Replies With Sharp Jabs BY DOUGLAS B. CORNEL HYDE PARK, N. Y„ July 23. —I/P]—President Roosevelt don ned political harness today long enough to speak his mind about Senator Edward R. Burke, Lewis W. Douglas, John W. Hanes and former Senator James A. Reed— four anti-third term democrats who have teamed up with Wendell L. Willkie. Prompted entirely by press, con ference questions, Mr. Roosevelt said he understoon that the demo cratic party hd bolted from Burke) that the administration felt the minds of Douglas and Hanes, former government officials, ran more to dollars than to humanity; and that Reed was well qualified to lead dissident democrats. The President was first asked whether the word “bolt” properly described Burke’s offer of support for Willie. He made the remark about the party bolting Burke and then grinned until a roar of laugh ter at his answer had subsided. Burke was defeated for renomi nation in the Nebraska primary by Governor R. L. Cochran. Mr. Roosevelt was reminded, he said, of Lew Douglas and Johnny Hanes by an inquiry about how he regarded “this dissent of Jeffer sonian democrats “ _— Douglas did not vote democrat! Rur years ago, Mr. Roosevelt as serted, and he doubted that Hane did, either. He added that the were honorable and maiable youn men who formerly were in the gov eminent service. Mr. Roosevelt was told that Ree< had called a meeting of “gras root, Jeffersonian democrats ’, ii Chicago. Again? He retorted. It seemed ti him, he fdded, that Reed, whi once represented Missouri in thi senate, had done much the sarm thing in 1932 and 1936 and mayb< (Continued on Page Two)
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