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Vd Gun Puzzles Experts
«
: r examines the mystery field pun captured by the Finns
rt. ■ ' Russo-Finnish war and placed on exhibit in Helsinki,
.ui.'oment, swung aside here to show the breech, puzzles
xpcits. They believe it may be used to utilize explosion gases
to offset normal recoil of the weapon.
(Central Press)
If,-, ley Warns Against
fcik Barrel Tactics
2 . ; v,r ^avs Entire
R s and Harbors
• ,*f>t Be Endang
ers! c»y Turning it
Into Grab Bag For
rVcrec! Projects.
A;vi! 21.—(AP)—I
. and power dc-:
•• ■ v. « re urged' to
.. ;i s:>2!.orio.ci»n
> ii;l! into a grab
. :ed projects, lest,
y should imperil the
was entered by Chair-1
1 -crat. Xorth Cam-'
S n tte commerce cora
;od : --iige of the au
! which in its present
•• : dely tn navigation
Bailey told his col
uld provide a seven
.-tarting in 1941.
.ci. it senators spor.
- non-navigation pro
i control or power'
•.ese onto the inea
of pa-sage might
which is includ- 1
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c*'ng the Tennessee
Senator Yan
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;i ehar-'icteri/ed the
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r* Detroit
■or Mayor Heads
Charged With
Corruption and
^ piracy.
21. (AP) -Richard
!■ {•!- Mayor c>T De
•ri! r p« son- were in
;i county grand jury
. I gntft and corrup
acy in the operation
r Numbers rackets.
'. ere named as
i t not defendants.
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t" T'Crca ;ind Harry
chiei investigator, al
•:«i" r ■: if•?-. t on charges
•> protect gambling and
: of illegal enterprises
n?y (Detroit).
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be rr'turn"d by Cir
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nd jury, are present
i - of the city police
"•! i group of inclivi—
'•cilically as ope rat
policy rackets.
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Italian Newspaper
Forecasts Victory |
For Nazi Forces
Homo, April 24.—(AD—A Bo log- I
tr.i newspaper today fonva-t a Ger-j
man victory it: the European war
and declared that Italy's future as
well :;s Germany's is at stake in
the outcome.
Discussing the question "should |
we fight for Germany" the news pap-1
er said that if Italy entered the war j
"we will not fight "for Germany' but:
'beside Germany*." j
The newspaper continued:
•'If we enter the war we will do it!
for ourselves. By this we do not|
mean that Berlin's cause does not
concern us. Quite the contrary. We
believe in a victory of German arms j
and the forces of the Reich have all |
our good wishes, since we know well
that in this conflict our future and
that of our sons and grandsons is al
so at stake."
Clark Incensed
Over Taussig
Statement
Washington. April 24.—(AP)—
Senator Clark, Democrat, Missouri,
asserted today that Rear Admiral
•Joseph K. Taussig's prediction of
< mutual war with Japan "might well
le a proper subject for a court mar
tial.*'
Clark, talking to reporters, added,
however, that }»e did not believe pre
sent statutes made a court martial
po.-'sible urtdcM- the circumstances.
"I don't know of any statute he
has violated, but I think it was a very
unseemly and disgraceful procedure,"
the senator said.
Taussig's statement, made in tes
timony before a Senate committee,
drew an immediate comment of Sec
retary Hull that Taussig's views did
not represent those of the State de
partment.
"We ought to stop this sort of
thing," Clark declared. He noted that
ho had introduced a bill which would
prevent army and navy officers from
commenting on questions of interna
tional policy when they appeared be
fore Congressional committees.
Germans Claim
Control Of
South Norway
Cer.Mn, April 24.—(AP)—German
authorities announced today that all
southern Norway between Oslo and
Stavanger was under control of the
. German army and that the Reich's
: air and sea forces had taken heavy
i toll of the British navy in the Nor
! wegian campaign.
The high command reported that
three British planes had been shot
down southwest of Stavanger in an
attempt to bomb that port.
German reconnoissance planes,
the high command said, had diseov
I ered large units of the British fleet
j approaching Narvik, Norway's far
I northern port, apparently planning
more extensive troop landings in
! that area.
j Austrian Alpine troops were re
■ ported ready to fight them.
NAZI INVASION
OF SWEDEN IS
BELIEVED NEAR
German Troops Re
ported Embarking at
Baltic Ports Far East
of Routes To Norway;
Other Developments
In War.
(By The Associated Press.)
Growing fears of a German in
vasion (if Sweden were expressed
today in Paris, where German troops
with munitions were reported offi
cially to be embarking at German
Baltic ports opposite Sweden.
A French war ministry spokesman
issued the statement and called the
embarkations an "evident menace to
Swede n."
fie said the Germans were leaving
harbors far east of the routes for
transport to Norway.
The allied supreme war council,
meeting in Paris yesterday, drafted
plans to counteract any German in
vasion of Sweden.
DNB, official German news agcncy.
meanwhile listed 57 British naval
units as having been put out of ac
tion—29 by sinking or fire—since the
beginning of the Scandinavian cam
paign.
This was in answer to official fig
ures in London acknowledging Brit
ish losses of only IB warships, in
eluding submarines, since the war
oegan.
The British government informed
the house of commons it had invited
Soviet Russia to put forward con
crete proposals for a trade agreement,
recognizing Britain's oaramount ob
jective of encircling Germany with
in an airtight blockade.
Great Britain Announced that her
bombing planes had attacked five
German air bases regarded as "avail
able to the enemy lor use in the in
vasion of Norway."
The Britisii bombers, said an air
ministry announcement, streaked out
in last night's darkness and attacked
the big air base on the North sea is
land of Sylt and sank two patrol ves
sels and also attacked German bases
at Aalborg in Denmark and at the
Norwegian cities of Kristiansand,
Oslo, and Stavanger.
The German high command an
nounced that its troops had "occupied
an important position" at Steinkjer.
north of Trondheim 011 Norway's
west coast, shortly after Stockholm
advices had reported that British
forces had reached and then retired
from the town.
This was one of three principal
sections of Norway where German
forces were fighting against combined
Norwegian and British troops. The
other two were at Narvik and in the
vicinity of Lillehemmer ^nd Rena,
about 80 miles north of Oslo.
Nazi Attack
Is Repulsed
London. April 24.—(AP)—The war
iift'ice announced today that British
troops in the Trondheim area had
beaten off a strong German counter
attack "after some sharp fighting''
yesterday and had reestablished their
lines.
The communique follows:
"In the Trondheim area a counter
attack which was referred to in yes
terday's communique was delivered
by a considerable number of Ger
man troops landed from ships in the
Trondheim Fjord.
"After some sharp fighting our
troops succeeded in reestablishing
the situation.
"There is nothing further to re
port about the operations elsewhere."
Widowed by Nazis
Mrs. May Banta Losey
C. P. Phoncpliolo
Widowed by a Nazi bomb, Mrs.
May Banta Losey, of Hollywood,
Cal., was grief-stricken at death of
Capt. Robert M. Losey, 31. The
U. S. military air attache in Nor
way was killed by a bomb splinter
during a Nazi air raid on Dombt.s.
Taft Claims
Ohio Senator's Back
ers Say He Will Have
More Convention
Strength Than Dewey.
Washington. April 24.—(AP)—De- J
spite Thomas E. Dewey's lead in pri- j
mary-picked delegates, Senator Rub-;
ert A. Taft ol" Ohio said today that:
he expected t<> enter the Republican J
national convention with more votes
than the New York prosecutor.
Taft did not mention a specific fig-|
lire in talking with reporters but his j
managers had estimated that he j
would have between 300 and 370 of
the 1.000 delegates when the con-!
vent ion .opens.
His strength will be largely in un-i
instated southern groups, 52 from
the forthcoming Ohio primary and!
an expected block from some of i
Ohio's neighboring states.
The Republicans have picked 411
of their 1,000 delegates, the Demo
crats 328 of their 1.094.
President Roosevelt's lead in dele- [
gate strength, including those pledg
ed and claimed for him as a result
oi unbinding primaries, was raised to j
275 as a result of the Pennsylvania i
voting yesterday.
Of the Republican delegates chosen
so far Dewey has 24 pledged from
Wisconsin. 64 claimed as a result of
unbinding primaries in Illinois and
Nebraska and his managers also
claim a large block of New York's
92.
In next month's primaries Dewey
is expected t<> pick up 1G in Mary-1
land and 32 in New Jersey.
The Democratic state covnnivjtec
of Delaware last night unanimously j
indorsed a third term for President;
Roosevelt and recommended that thc|
state convention instruct delegates to j
cast Delaware's six votes for his re- !
nomination at Hie convention iti I
Chicago.
Over200 Negroes Burn
To Death In Dance Hall
Fire At Natchez, Miss.
Migrants To
Be Subject
Norlh Carolina's M.i-I
gr atory Workers To
Be Subjcct of Con-,
gressional Investiga-1
tion, With Those of;
Other States.
Washington, April 24.—(AP)—
North Carolina's migratory worker
i>-oI)|pm ;:nci its efloct on communi
ties where it is prevalent will be
studied by a special House commit
tee of five authorized to investigate'
the situation in the nation as a whole. |
Representative Tolan, Democrat,
California, sponsor of the investiga- 1
tion which was prompted by the I
migratory worker problem in his1
state, said studies by the Works!
Projects Administration and the !
Farm Security Administration indi
cated the situation in North Caro
lina, too, might be serious.
He said these studies (jointed to j
the strawberry fields of the south- I
eastern part of the start and the I
sweet potato fields of the northwest
ern section as "sore spots."
Tolan estimated that between 15,
000 to 20.000 migratory workers were
attracted to the strawberry belt at
picking season whereas the potato
harvest attracted between 5,000 and
10.000 migrants.
He explained the purpose of the
investigation would be to determine
whether this was part of the "great
drift of migrant workers up the east,
coast" because of destitution and, if
so, what could be done to remedy the
situation.
Tolan pointed out there would be
emphasis on habitual migrants, add
ing the committee would study the
problem of destitute migrwits mov
ing from one state to another.
Nazi-Swedish
Negotiations
Under Way
Berlin, April 24.—(AP)—Germany j
and Sweden are negotiating in Stock
holm lor a setllenient of economic
problems which have arisen for the
Baltic sea countries as a result of the
Nazi occupation of Norway and Den
mark, it was authoritatively reported
today.
Dienst Aus Dcutschland, authori
tative news commentary, pointed out
"the possibility and the necessity'' of
increased trade between Germany
and Sweden now that Scandinavia
lias been cut off from Britain and,
France.
Germany answered Swedish pro-}
test-; against German flights over
Swedish territory with expressions!
of regret, asserting that few cases of i
trespassing could be established and:
that in such cases the incursions were j
unintentional.
North Carolina's 1941 House Will
Contain From 25 To 70 llepeaters
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY HENRY AVERILL.
Raleigh, April 24.—North Caro-1
lina's 1941 House of Representatives
will contain a maximum of 72 mem
bers who sat in the 1939 body; while
in the absence of miracles (politically
speaking) it will have a minimum of
25 repeaters.
The hi^h figure is absolute tops as
only TO sitting members qualified Tor
tile May primary and there are only J
two counties which now nominate by I
conventions and which have not yet
selected their party standard bear-!
ers in the legislative derby.
The bottom figure is much lower!
than it actually will be; as by no!
means every incumbent who has op- :
position is going to be deleated. There
are 22 Democratic members and a
pair of sitting Republicans who have
no intra-party opponents. Practical
ly all of these are certain to survive
November balloting as well as May's
voting.
Of the 70 incumbents who want
to retain their seats, 67 are Demo-1
crats and three are Republicans. This >
out ol 111 Democratic and seven Re-!
publican seats •< hich a> • in- olved in
tho primaries. Ashe and Watauga
counties still nominate in conven
tions. Both had Democratic incum
bents last time.
In all there are 220 Democratic
candidates for the 111 seats which j
were Democratic in 1939. Eleven Re- |
publicans seek the seven G. O. P. j
seats of the last assembly.
In these statistics no account has [
been taken of the Republicans seek-!
ing Democratic seats, nor of Demo
crats trying for G. O. P. places.
Avery appears to be the only county
in which the Democrats are not of
fering a candidate. The G. O. P. will
not have candidates in perhaps half
the state's counties.
The following Democratic incum
bents are unopposed for the May pri
maries:
Anson, TJ. B. BJalock; Caldwell, J.
A. Pritchett: Clay, Lee Penland;
Cleveland, O. M. Mull: Craven. D. L.
Ward; Currituck, G. C. Boswood;
Dare, Roy L. Davis: Duplin, C. E.
Quinn; Granville. J. W. Horner: Hen
derson. L. L. Burgin: Lenior. F. E.
Wallace: Nash. C. C. Abernathy and j
W. E. Fenner: Rutherford, Grady j
With row: Sn'tl^nd. O. L. Moore;
Union. O. L. Richardson; Warren,
.John II. Kerr. Jr.; Washington, Wil
bur M. Darden; Wayne, W. Frank
Taylor and J. Leslie Crawford; Wil
son. Larry I. Moore, Jr.; and Yad-,
kin. Frank M. Woodhouse.
The following Democrats, not in
cubents. wil' be declared their party
nominees in. the May primary for
want of any opposition:
Alexander. Asa Thurston; Bertie,
J. A. Pritchett; Brunswick, J. W.
Ruark: Davidson. Lcroy Hughes;
Graham, Donald B. Shrrrill: Jackson,
Dan K. Moore; Lincol.i, Jas. A. Aber
nethy, Jr.: Martin. Clarence Griffin;
Northampton. H. R. Harris; Swain,
McKinley Edwards; and Tyrrell, C.
Earl Cohoon.
Republican incumbents without,
party fights are: Cherokee. Clyde H.
Jarrelt; Davie. J. Brewster Grant.
Republicans without primary op
position in counties which sent G.
O. F.'s to the 1939 House are: Madi
son. Dr. J. H. Hutchins: Mitchell. W.1
F Hughes; Sampson. C. F. Honeycutt.
Democratic candidates for the pri-;
maries in the counties where there is;
(Continued on Page Fu-e
FBI's Mystery Aide
Mrs. Genevieve Long
Mystery of what her duties were
went unexplained as it was testified
in Brooklyn Federal Court that
Mrs. Genevieve Long, of New York,
was paid $150 by the F.B.I, to aid
in roundup of 16 men on trial for
plotting to overthrow the U. S.
government,
Guffey Holds
Wide Lead
Heavy Test Vote
Given President
Roosevelt In Pennsyl
vania Primary.
Philadelphia, April 24.—(AP)—
Senator Joseph F. Guffey, down-the
line supporter of the New Dcai
held a steadily widening lead today
lor Democratic nomination lor Unit
ed States senator, in ti c Pennsyl
vania primary which gave President
Roosevelt a heavy test vote.
The President': name was; placed
on a presidential preference ballot
by the state committee which in
dorsed him for a third term.
Guffey "never lost his early lead
ovir liis chief rival. Waller A. Jones,
Pittsburgh oil nan who wa; support
ed by the I K aiocralic slate chairman
and oilier leaders.
Unofficial return.; from .1,120 of
the . tale's H.105 disii iels gave Gulfcy
Jour. '.{!L'.7(i ?, and William
II. MeN.'-ir 4~>7.
The conn! ion 3,303 di. Iricls gave
the President 263,303 votes—the
highest retched by any candidate
on tiit' Democratic ballot.
Thomas i'.. Dewey of New York
swung far ahead in write-in votes on.
the Kepublican presidential prefer
ence ballot.
i!< publicans with a registration of
2.572.ion to the Democrats' 2.046,
12si were polling heavier totals.
Republican organization - backed j
candidates won by wide margins.!
Heading the slate, Philadelphia City |
Chairman Jay Cooke added steadily ,
to hi.-, lirst lead over his chief op-j
ponent for Republican nomination |
Tor United States senator.
Unofficial returns from 1.028 of 8,
105 districts gave Cooke 454,968, j
Ladner 134,021.
Body of Drow ned
Girl Found Today |
Wilmington. April 2 5.—CAP)—The
body "f Shirley .Mansfield. 14, who:
drowned while wading in Moore's In
let at Wrightsville Beach on April i
15. was found eight miles to the north ■
this morning by a searching party
directed to the spot by an airman. j
Meanwhile the child's parents. "Mr.
ind Mrs. Joe Mansfield, had return
ed to their home in Arlington. Ga.,
Coroner Asa W. Allen termed the
death an accidental drowning.
NORSE HEROES.
Stockholm, April 24.—(AP) —
Three Norwegian bus drivers,
pressed into service to transport
German troops, were reported
today to have driven their ve
hicles over a cliff, killing them
selves and most of the 180 Ger
man soldiers.
No Attempts
To Identify
Victims
Total of Dead Expect
ed to Reach 250 From
Deaths in Hospitals;
Flames Sweep
Through Spanish Moss
Decorations.
Natchez, Mlis., April 114.—(AP)—
More than 200 JS'egro men and women
burned to death here late last night
when l'lames racing through decora
tions of dry Spanish moss trapped
them in a one-exit dance hall.
Coroner It. E. Smith said he and
| Sheriff llvde K. Jenkins had counted
| 212 dead. He expressed the belief a
score or more others in hospitals
might die, bringing the total to al
; most 250.
Hundreds of dancers were in the
i hall when the fire broke out and
flared suddenly. There were no
rear or side doors in the building
and windows had been boarded up.
The coroner said "bodies were
piled up like eordwood."
"The skin was peeling from faces,
blood oozed from mouths and the
flesh was broken. From my exami
nation it appeared that most of the
people died of suffocation. A ma
jority of the victims were about 15
or 1G years old. There were about
j as many men as women victims.
"The bodies were piled up in fun
| eral parlors and no identifications
! had been made yet. The undcrtak
1 i rs told me they would embalm the
bodies and then line them up and
let relatives file by to identify kins
men."
Julius Hawkins, Negro employee
of the Nachez Democratic, who was
at the dance, said he managed to es
cape.
"1 was standing near the door and
it just spread over everything," lie
said. "I turned and made a run for
it and got out with only a scratched
arm.
"Inside everyone was trying to get
out and crushed each other as the
| lire was burning them. All were
j crying and yelling and after a while
| I could smell the burning meat."
DR. WILLIAM E. HILL
DIES AT RICHMOND
Richmond. Va.. April 24.—(AP)—
• I Jr. William K. Hill, 59, a leader in
i the southern Presbyterian church and
i pastor emeritus of the Second Pres
i bylerian church of Richmond, died
I ;it his home here last night after an
; xtended illness.
Prior to moving to Richmond, Dr.
Hill had served a pastorate at Fay
elteville, N. C.
Witness Says
Communists
Control Radio
Washington, April 24.— (AP)—
Fred M. Howe, who said he. h;id been
"kicked out of oil ice" in a marine
radio union, lold the Dies committee
today that "high officials" of the
American Communications Associa
tion (CIO) were communists who
planned to help set up a soviet sys
tem in this country in event of war.
He testified also that he had seen
a man named Stano, whom he iden
tified as a communist, in the radio
room of the yacht Sea Cloud, own
ed by Joseph E. Davies, former Unit
ed States ambassador to Belgium
and Russia.
Davies was ambassador to Bel
gium at the time, Howe said, and
"Stano" was in a position to handle
and copy radiograms sent to and from
the yacht.
Howe charged that the internation
al executive board of the American
Communications Association, had us
ed a "goon squad" to oust him as an
official of Local 2 of the American
Radio Telegraphers Association, ma
rine division of the American Com
munications Association.
Of communism he declared:
"High officials of the American
Communications Association are
members of the communist party and
have been for years. Their sole pur
pose is to get control of communica
tions and in event of war to tie thern
up and help the party take over in
dustries of the United States and set
up a soviet system."