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. - - ...jljBBp • -aBHBMMMnr . ^ tfiffljbf'jW*' -,^ I I I |^H H "1 .' X.I * ■ . I ' >s -v.. v \ V I-r/ I iTrved by Leased Wire of the ' 4^j^Vy ., —— Dedicated to the ASSOCIATED PRESS T|JP jgf ^PpP il'' P n WA dJIf C PROGRESS With Complete Coverage of I ■ IV VV Of Wilmington and State and National News , —. .. . ..« » I5HE0 1N* B ■ I ^ W W Southeastern N. C. jr-— .. ...£>©037 (gflW ©F EMs?©(§15Mi®g A MB) tg>iUgA8M.BK>^ __— V0L1_13:—NOJi.____ WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS U. S. Oath Is Ordered AtU.N.C. Board Of Trustees Takes Action To Prevent Sub versive Teachings APPLICABLE TO ALL Occasional Interracial Ses sions At Chapel Hill Also Flayed At Meet B\r FRANK b. gilbreth chapel HILL, June 7.—(A1)—In move to prevent subversive teachings, the trustees of the ,rea,er University of North Caro •na ordered today that all Ameri cans employed by the institution take an oath to support the federal constitution. The order apparently is appli cable to professors and janitors alike and exempts only foreign citizens—such as refugee profes sors—who may be in the universi ty's employ. The motion to require the oath v,-as made by J. E. MUlis of High Point and quickly touched off dis cussion of alleged radicalism at the university, a theme which has been considered frequently at pre vious meetings. Second By Chatham Thurmond Chatham of Winston Salem. in seconding the motion, said he was amazed that the oath had not been required in the past. John Sprunt Hill of Durham said there was considerable unrest in the state about the activities of •not more than 10 or 12” profes sors at the university. He declared that the taking of the oath would cjuell that unrest. "I can't see how, if a man is drawing a salary from the state, there can be anything worse than his engaging in subversive acti vities;' Hill added. Also under fire were interracial meetings which occasionally arc held at Chapel HilL The question, arose when Mark Lasitter of Snow Hill reported he had received com plaints about negores’ using rest rooms at the Chapel Hill unit. One Instance W. D. Carmichael, Jr., comptrol ler, replied that this had happened in only one instance—when a meet ing of white and negro Y. W. C. A. officials had been held. He added that if a similar meeting were held, arrangements would be (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) GERMANY IMPOSES OJRFEWJNATHENS Action Taken Following Theft Of Military Flag From Atop Acropolis ATHENS, Occupied Greece, June 1.—(delayed)—(JPI—German military authorities imposed at 10 P-m. curfew on Athens today fol lowing theft of the German mili tary flag from atop the Acropolis. An official order said that if 1he thieves were caught they would u sentenced to death. An order from the military com mander stated: As a result of the following es tablished facts traffic and circu lation in Athens and Piraeus shall ** limited to 10 p.m. First: On the night of May 30 the German military flag fly on the Acropolis has b een stolen. Investigations are b e ing Pld. The guilty and their accom ,ies WlH be sentenced to death. Second: The press and public opinion of all classes still express (Continued on Page Four; Col. 3) WEATHER V forecast i ' 1 /u’olina : Considerable cloudi jnrtay and Monday, some likeli hin;'*! ‘°c;il i liundershowers in moun s kunc.ay and in interior Monc’ay. ,C- S. Weather Bureau endinil71'?<!0glcal dat:i for the 24 hours g 7 -30 1>; m. yesterday). Temperature 8l • ~ .on'm- <(); 7 a. m. 73; 1:30 p. m. in (in, l)- m. 7.")-. maximum S2; mini. Um 1,1: Mean 74: normal 76. 1-m , „ Humidity 51 7.4; M- '•>: 7 :30 a. m. 79; 1:30 p. m. • 1'j0 P. m. 69. Totai f Precipitation m. 0 00 \n!'hhe m hourB ending 7:30 p. £irSt °£ (Frmn t.™** F°r Today Coast ?nJne 1,ahIes Pnbliahed by U. S. “ and Geodetic Survey). V,'ilmi„„,, High Low nnnngton- 8:39a 3:37a JiasorihAt-,. y , 9:15p 3:48p J«>nboro Inlet- 6:19a 12:26a Sunrise >i -on 7:00p 12:32p 6:30r. ■ sunset 7:22p : moonrist "fl. moonset 4:21a. yfe*?' rlver BtaK® at Faycftc rM on *7une 7, at 8 a. m., 10.55 (Continued on Page Two: Col. 5) Picks On Pickets ! i Congressman Luther Patrick of Alabama, was annoyed by American Peace Mobilization niokets who have been marching in front of the \\hite House day and night. So he established a one-man picket line, pictured above. Not only carrying a sign but peeling potatoes, he explained: “It's not heavy work, but at least it’s more work than that crowd is accomplishing.” — (NEA Radiophoto) N.C. Professional Women Select Officers At Meet - +,_ MRS. SIMMS SPEAKS Mrs. G. E. Crowell, 01 Thomasville, Elected Pres ident For Coming Year Members of the North Carolina Business and Professional Women's clubs, in annual convention at the Ocean Terrace hotel at Wrights ville Eeach, yesterday afternoon elected officers and last night heard Mrs. Nattie Simms, Na tional International Relations chairman, make a brilliant appeal for better dealings between the: two Americas. Mrs. G. E. Crowell, of Thomas ville, was named president to suc ceed Mrs. Ruby Day Barfield, of Durham. umers .cueciea Other officers elected were: First vice-president, Mrs. Lillian Hoff man. of Charlotte; second vice president, Mrs. W. E. Porch, Goldsboro; recording secretary. Mrs. Orianr.a B. James, High Point; corresponding secretary, Miss Jewel Sink, Thomasville; treasurer, Mrs. Lois Barkley Knox. Statesville. District directors elected were; Mrs. William Hickey, Spruce Pines, first district; Mrs. A. M. Secrest, Monroe, second district; Mrs. Bet ty T. Hayes, Greensboro, third dis trict; Miss Juanita Hunsucker, Smithfield, fourth district; Mrs. Maybelle Carlisle, Durham, fifth district, and Miss Elizabeth Roun tree, Kinston, sixth district. In urging a better understand ing and relations between North and South America, Mrs. Simms pointed out that old and deep-root ed prejudices between the peoples of the two continents must be brok en down if real unity is to be gain ed. The South American, she said, is afraid of two words—Yankee and Imperialism and it is up to us to overcome this feeling through a real “Good Neighbor” policy. Mrs. Simms, who was introduc ed by Mrs. Orianna B. James, said, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) Ford Plants Resume Operations Tomorrow DETROIT, June «—(A*)—Final automotive assembly lines at the Ford Motor company’s River Rouge plant and a dozen branch assembly plants throughout the country will resume production Monday, company spokesmen said today, after shutdowns caused by a shortage of motors. The shortage — which Ray Rausch, Rouge plant superin tendent, attributed to a “slow dowr£—made idle an estimated 12,00o employes, half of them in the Rouge plant. Rausch said the reduction in motor production had been most noticeable since settlement of the CTO United Automobile Workers strike at the Rouge plant in April. CHANGE IN DRAFT LAW IS FAVORED Military Leaders Willing To Limit Conscription From 21 To 24 Years WASHINGTON, June 7.—CT>>— Reports that military leaders favor limiting Army conscription to men from 21 through 24 years old cir culated at the capitol today. For this reason, administration leaders said they favored amending the Selective Service law to leave President Roosevelt a free hand in deciding the top age limit at which men would he inducted. Their pro posal would mean revision of a bill approved by the senate military com mjttee which would permit the Presi dent to defer from active service only those draiEt registrants who had reached or passed their twenty eighth birthday. Originally, the administration had asked authority for Mr. Roosevelt to defer any age group, but its meas (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Nazi Army Massed On >°dBorder IT' velopments !n Balkans indicate Move Toward New Phase In The War MOVING INTO SYRIA Rumania Is Mobilizing Her Troops And Constructing Air Raid Shelters By The Associated Press German troops were reported massing in Moldavia, eastern province of Rumania facing t he Soviet Ukraine, today as develop ments in the Balkans and Middle East indicated the slow gathering of forces for the opening of a new phase of the war. Other Axis men and machines, it was indicated, were continuing a steady infiltration into Syria, the French - ruled territory which seemed fated to be the next bat tleground in the German and Ital ian effort to push Britain out of the Mediterranean. Facing Russians A British news agency, Reuters, reported from Turkey that blue gray Nazis were being moved uut of their many camps in Bulgaria to positions facing the Red army in Russia. Partial confirmation of some thing astir in the Balkans was re ported in a Hungarian radio bioadcast which said Rumania was taking extraordinary military precautions, mobilizing troops, building air raid shelters and drastically curtailing ordinary railway passenger traffic. These precautions, the radio said, were especially noticeable in Moldavia. These reports followed a British radio statement that Berlin news paper corespondents had been in structed tp hold themselves in readiness for an important an nouncement Monday on Soviet German relations. Report nemeu Authorized German sources, however, characterized the report as "nonsense,” and foreign cor respondents there said they had not heard of any important forth coming announcement. Other British radio reports told of flights of German and Italian airmen toward Syria, with a num ber of planes forced down n Turk ish territory. One big German fly ing boat was reported shot down near the Dardanelles by Turkish anti-aircraft batteries. The Italian government an nounced last week that the large German air force based on the is land of Sicily was being moved to other bases. A German troop ship also was reported at Salonika, in Greece, ready to sail in a day or two, and British airmen said they had spot ted large troop concentrations at Rhodes, Italian Dodecanese island east of Crete. The British radio report t ha t Hitler has ready an important an nouncement regarding the Soviet, did not hint at its nature. Dispatches Recalled The report, however, recalled dispatches Thursday from Ankara, Turkey, that Germany was put ting heavy pressure on the Soviet union for access to rich w heat granaries of the Ukraine, by con centrating 155 German and Ru manian divisions for a joint Ger man-Rumanian invasion of the So viet by mid-June. A quick denial came from Ber lin the next day, an authorized Nazi spokesman declaring: “Be assured of no political earthquake in that region.” Furthermore, there came re ports from Vichy, France, 1 ast week that instead of getting ready to fight Russia, Hitler had m e t secretly with Joseph Stalin and agreed upon a program of col laboration by which Russia would undertake to deliver bread to a Hitler-dominated Europe. A hint that something might be (Continued on Page Two; Col. 8) Modoc Crew Witnessed Part Of Fight Between Bismarck, British Warships Members of the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Modoc had a ring side seat at a .part of the greatest naval engagement of the war be tween Great Britain and Germany, during which the battleship Bis marck, pride of Hitler’s fleet, was sent to the bottom of the Atlantic off the coast of France, according to a news story appearing in a re cent issue of the Washington (D. C.) Post. Wilmington is the home base of the Modoc, which is now operating with the Atlantic patrol. The cutter left here a few weeks ago for an unannounced destination. The Bismarck was sunk on May 28 after a running battle of 48 hours between that vessel and Brit ish planes and warships, in revenge for the destruction of the Hood, famed English battleship. The Modoc, says the Post article, did not follow the chase across the Atlantic and was not in at the death of the Nazi dreadnaught, but the crew of the cutter were eyewit nesses to the bombing and torpedo attacks on the Bismarck by the British fleet’s air arm. Several Coast Guard vessels were in the waters off Greenland during the earlier duel between the Hood and the Bismarck, and were in the vicinity of the battle, it was said, but none actually saw the historic fight. Afterwards, however, the General Greene picked up some survivors or British merchantmen which had been sunk by the Bismarck before the battle, the Post’s article said. Prior to her last departure from Wilmington, the Modoc had been sent to the New Orleans navy yard, where she was overhauled and fit ted with powerful new weapons. The armament consisted of a five inch gun in the bow, with an ef fective range of 22,000 yards, or more than 12 miles; a new rapid fire three-inch rifle in the stern, a depth-charge caliber anti-aircraft machine guns. While docked at the Custom house wharf after her new arma ment had been installed, thousands of Wilmingtons visited the pier. F. D. R. Orders Airplane Factory Strikers To Return To Work Or U. S. Will Seize, Operate Plant - v - * - UNION IS DIVIDED CIO Aviation Director Says The Walkout Is Without Authorization MASS MEET CALLED Factory, Which Has $209, 000,000 In Orders, Em ploys 9,000 Workers INGLEWOOD, Calif., June 7.— (/?!— Ranks of the CIO in the North American Aircraft Corp. strike split wide open tonight as Richard T. Frankensteen, national head ot the United Automobile Workers’ aircraft division, charged that the walkout was without authorization or approval. . Bitierly censuring the local membership in a nationwide broadcast, Frankensteen said: “I take this opportunity of serv ing notice on the Communists that they must keep their hands off tne policies and the affairs of the air craft division of the CIO here on the west coast.” Talks at Conference His rebuff, delivered first at a conference with $he local’s strike committee, a few hours after Pres ident Roosevelt had ordered the plant reopened voluntarily Mon day with the alternative of Army action, brought the following com ment from Elmer Freitag of the committee: "It is the unanimous opinion of the committee that the workers stay out until the 75-cent (per hour) minimum wage and the 10 cents an hour general raise are obtained.’’ Ironically, the workers involved did not hear his broadcast, which went east at 6:45 p.m. (PST) out could not be arranged on a west ern hookup until 9:15 p.m. The cleavage threw the strike situation into a mass meeting call ed for 3 p.m. tomorow, w h en Frankensteen and Freitag, and supporters of each, will speak. The factory, which has a back log of nearly $200,000,000 in mili tary aircraft orders, employs 9, 000 in its production division. The CIO claims 7,000 of them as mem bers. J. H. Kindelberger, North Amer ican president, issued an order, meanwhile, for all employes to re port for their regular shifts Mon day. Frankensteen, who flew h ere from Detroit, said in part, in an address broadcast by CBS: “The strike . . . was called by the leaders of the local union com pletely without authorization of the United Automobile Workers union or the CIO. Called Locally “The strike was called by local leaders while negotiations w er e still in progress before the Ra tional defense mediation board. It was called in direct violation of the agreement made by local leati (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) HUNT CONDUCTED FOR MRS. DUDLEY Woman Disappeared From Her Residence Near Wil mington Last Tuesday Wilmington police, officers of the sheriff’s department, and state highway patrolmen have been ask ed to aid in a search for Mrs. Lettie Dudley, who is reported to have disappeared from her home, about 10 miles from this city on the New Bern road, last Thursday. It was said that Mrs. Dudley left her eight-months-old baby at the home of Perry Johnson. Following her disappearance, an unmailed postal card, addressed to her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Autry of Roseboro, was found in her ef fects. The card read: “Don’t worry about me, for I am not worth it and will be all right. Please take good care of your self and Louise.” Louise is Mrs. Dudley’s baby. It was said that she was separa ted from her husband, who lives in Roseboro, for some time. Mrs. Dudley was described as 23 years old, 5 feet 5 inches in height, and weighing about 118 pounds. Four weeks ago last night, Mrs. Leila Bryan and her four-year-old daughter, Mary Rachel, disappear ed from their Carolina Beach home. Despite the cooperation of numerous law-enforcement agen cies in the city, county, state and throughout the south, no trace has been found of them. ANTI-STRIKE BILL WILL BE RUSHED BY JACK BELL WASHINGTON, June 7.—(/P) —Senate democratic and republi can leaders have agreed, authori tative sources said today, tb rusn enactment of legislation which would permit the government to take over a manufacturing plant if the Secretary of War or Navy certifies to the President that “an existing or threatened fail ure’’ of its production is ham pering the armaments program. This measure, drafted as an amendment to the Selective Serv ice act, will be offered to the senate Monday, it was said, and immediate action will be sought. The bill was described as not related to the North American Aviation case. The White House said today that President Roose velt. was prepared to take over this plant at Inglewood, Calif., if the strikers did not go back to work Monday. He would act, it was said, under powers he has as commander-in-chief in a time of unlimited emergency. Some legislators expressed the view, however, that enactment of the legislation would be a desir able, clear-cut expression lroin congress, irrespective of wheth er it added to any powers Mr. Roosevelt now holds. Administration leaders were said to have made two conces (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) j Vichy Will Delay Action Against ‘Free’ Colonies WEYGAND ENDS TALKS Conditions For Move Against DeGaulle Force Considered Unfavorable VICHY, June 7.—(TP)—The Petain government was reported today to have decided not to take action t present against the colonies held by the ‘‘Free French” forces of Gen. Charles De Gaulle in Africa. This decision was reported as Gen - ral Maxime Weygand, commande- - in-chief of French forces in Africa, returned to Algeria after a week in Vichy taking part in cabinet meet ings and other important discussions. It was reported some difficulty might have arisen in these conferences over whether Weygand’s foices should be pitted against the De Gaulle-held colonies now. Conditions Unfavorable Conditions were said to have been considered unfavorable for such ac tion at the moment. Thus, apparently a period had been put to speculation which aro^j three weeks ago when the official information bureau declared the time had come to regain the AfiGah territories seized by De Gaullists. It was doubted here that there was any clash in the cabinet sessions over the question of collaboration with the Axis. Gen. Weygand al ways has insisted upon his personal loyalty to Chief-of-State Petain, who has announced he personally order ed negotiations leading to the agree ment to work with Germany. The British news agency Exchange Telegraph reported in a dispatch from Zurich, Switzerland, that Gen. Weygand had advised Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan, a leading advo cate of close cooperation, that tile attitude ol his North African troops could not be guaranteed in the event they were called upon to fight the De Gaulle forces. (Exchange Telegraph said “stormy meetings’’ between Gen. Weygand and Admiral Darlan took place and reported that Gen. Weygand . his own insistence had been relieved of r< sponsibility for the conduct of French troops in Syria, current crux of the Mediterranean situation. (The British Broadcasting corpor ation quoted a dispatch from the Free French news agency saying that Gen. Henri Dentz, high com missioner to Syria, a French man date, had asked the Vichy govern ment to send more troops “and if necessary German troops” to take the place of those “whose allegiance to Vichy is uncertain.” Ex-Premier Reynaud Returned To Prison VICHY, France, June 7.—(£>) — Former Premier Paul Rey naud was returned to prison late this afternoon after a siiort visit under escort to his private estate at Digne. Earlier, when Reynaud left the prison, it was reported lie would be allowed to remain in forced residence at his estate, in the Basses Aipes department of Southeastern France. French circles had been un der the impression that Rey naud, who was succeeded as premier of warring France just before the armistice, would be permitted to remain at Digne a short time to visit his 94-year old mother who is ill. He arrived at Digne tills morning in an automobile fol lowed by two other machines filled with French Surete of ficers. The same escort return ed him to the VVals-Les-Rains prison he shares with former In terior Minister George Mandel. LOCAL DEFENSE NEEDS APPROVED Survey Shows Improve ments In Wilmington Area Would Cost $2,242,000 Wilmington Star-News Washington Bureau By HOWARD SUTTLE WASHINGTON, June 7.—Needed defense, health, recreational and educational improvements for Wil mington and the Camp Davis area, totaling $2,242,000 and compiled from a nation-wide survey by the Federal Works Agency, were made public today by Senator Rdbert R. Reynolds following a favorable re port by the senate committee on public buildings and grounds of the $150,000,000 defense community improvement bill, which passed the house on May 9. Proposed projects for the Wil mington area, which Senator Reyn, olds indica'ed would not all be financed from the $150,000,000 ex pected to be appropriated as a re sult of the pending authorization measure, were made public in a report of the results of a survey of North Carolina, showing need for expenditure of $5,245,000 to provide recreation centers, v/ater supply, sewer systems, school (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) Nazis Deny Circulation Of Peace Rumors In U. S. BERLIN, June 7.—(JPI—An au thorized spokesman today dis claimed German responsibility for circulation of peace stories in the United States, as charged by President Roosevelt, and laid the blame on “the other side.” “We understand,” said the spokesman, “that the President be lieves he had German propaganda orders directing German-friendly elements to spread stories that England is at the point of collapse and wanting peace. “As a matter of fact this story comes not from us but from Eng lish and American sources.” The spokesman said that Presi dent Roosevelt’s statement w as “based on falsified documents or false information.” (President Roosevelt at Jiis press conference Friday, denying that Britain was seeking peace, said that he had on his desk two orders issued by the German official propaganda agency in Berlin, one directing Nazis and Fascists in the United States to 6tress the idea that Germany had no hostile inten tion toward any country in t he western hemisghgfe, and the sec ond ordering them to circulate the story that Ambassador Winant, heme from London, was bringing word that Britain was all in and was talking peace.) The spokesman gave numerous quotations which he attributed to American and British leaders to the effect that Britain would col lapse if American aid were not granted immediatalv. ULTIMATUM ISSUED Early Says Documents Nec essary For Unusual Move Already Prepared PAPERS ARE SIGNED Action On Pacific North west Lumber Strike Not Considered Necessary BY RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, June 7.—(/Pi— President Roosevelt issued an ultimatum today to the North American Aviation Corporation strikers — go back to work on Monday or the government will seize the plant and the Army will operate it. Stephen T. Early, a presiden tial secretary, grimly and firmly made this announcement to newspapermen and told them that the documents necessary to this highly unusual action had already been drawn up. The President will sign them, he said, unless the strikers decide to re sume work at a mass meeting scheduled for tomorrow night. Papers Signed The papers would, in fart, have been signed late yesterday, he disclosed further, but at the last minute it was learned the meeting had been called and the President was advised there was a real chance that the workers themselves would decide to end the strike. At the same time. Early re vealed that Mr. Roosevelt was taking action to end a second strike—that in the San Francis co shipyards. A telegram was dispatched today to Harvey YV. Brown, head of the international Machinists Union (AFL) asking him to appear at the YVliito House on Monday for a confer ence with the President. The shipyard machinists are on strike. Another Situation Briefly, the presidential secretary mentioned another strike situation— in the Pacific northwest’s lumber in dustry. Mr. Roosevelt was not coun tenancing or condoning this stop page, he said, but there was no shortage of lumber because the in dustry in other areas was capable of meeting all necessities for that product. The plain intimation was that for the present, action In the lumber strike was not considered necessary. The North American Aviation Cor proation, located at Inglewood, Calif., has been producing medium bombing planes and training planes at a rate of eight to ten daily. It employs 11, 500 workers and holds contracts for £196,000,000 worth of planes. After two postponements request ed by the defense mediation board, the strike was called on Thursday morning by the United Automobile YVorlters (CIO). The union demands a union shop, a general wage in crease of ten cents an hour, and that the minimum wage rate be increased from 50 to 75 cents an hour. Early said the shortage of planes for American defense and for aid to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) AMERICA LAUNCHES ANOTHER WARSHIP Secretary Knox Says South Dakota Built For ‘Pre vention Of War’ CAMDEN, N. J., June 7.— Wi— The United States’ bid for unchal lenged supremacy of the seas moved forward today with the launching of the 35,000-ton battle ship South Dakota, which Secre tary of the Navy Knox declared was built for the “prevention of war.” As the third battlewagon launch ed by the navy within a year slid down the ways four months ahead of schedule, Knox asserted the giant ship “will make a tremen dous contribution to the safety of the country and all the people in it.” Addressing the floating fortress directly, the Secretary said: “Your mission, the mission for which we built you, is not for war, but for the prevention of war, if God wills.” Mrs. Harlan J. Bushfield, wife of the governor of South Dakota, smashed a bottle of champagne on its prow. The vessel was still moving across the Delaware river as work (Continued on Page Four; Col. l) ' i
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