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£i -i c r- rt -v >■ -fic HiAl :r.hCNL M 1 You Must Register This Week If You Would Vote In The May 25 Primary limit cram t Daily Hispatrlj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. iv r \ -SEVENTH YEAR Lth!e5Joc,at^ ™!ssF HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1940 pubush1dxceevpeti,Ju5SI!iinoon FIVE CENTS COPY ( hurchill To Head War Forces Dewey Wins 24 Votes In Monday Primaries Citizens Of Five States Vote Today (aiiiornia Democrats Register Third Term Preference; Elections in Alabama, Florida, Indiana and South Dakota. .\-->eiated Press), lit-; blican eonven Marvland and ! under Thomas in t.>day while Cali : \- were registering views in a com .y election. t ^ - led an uninstruct •.t than T to 1 in Mary :c v. primary yesterday. • me t he Idaho Repuo ■ • i'oko tradition and . -:uct its eight delegates • the New York district at ( fornia Democratic pri . >..•.«-gate siates were en v.";.- pledged to President rid one to Vice-President Two others, one of which •;> "ham and eggs" pension • •r.i'i.-tructed. One utun '.e was on the Republican ■ .e California voting there "ies today in four other tolk'ws: Democrats were choos :iai convention delegates. . —More than hall the 88 : *e> for 14 national conven t's irmounced support of a Moth major parties were nee.- for 12 House seats state convention dele . Republican and rti« ►!»-:»I delegations of '.c> each were uninstruct I.WSBI RV DIFS London. May 7.—(AP)— >•' >tuc l.diisliury, 81. veteran KritKli political leader and • • -11» f>t peace, died today. Stocks Rise In Last Hour May 7.—(AP)- Trad : during most of today': turned to the buying' •;a! hour and pushed uf issues 1 to 3 points. . er approximated 600, Kadiator 8 1-! Telephone 172 7-J Tobacco 90 1-1 29 1 I' fimng 27 '..;at:on 33 1-: Steel 86 86 3-1 (las & Klee Co 6 1-1 u Solvents 14 3-1 187 1-i Light 5 1-i ■ ieeti ic 36 3-i Motors 54 5-1 : Myers Ii 108 7-1 ■\v Ward & Co 46 3-' Tobacco C 43 3-' Railway 15 1-' ' >il Co X J 42 I-J 60 i-: Kace Driver 1>163 In Wreck i. May 7.—(AP) y. 38. Detroit race driv 'i . in a hospital soon aft •iired in the wre£t of ; . he was practicing fo ■ '•o mile race at the In Speedway. ving a rear motor speed .-t finished four laps oi ;!e track, the last at 121 '.our, when the car hit ; uht tire. First Lady Honors a Queen Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt presents a silver loving cup to Esther Devine, "Miss Rhode Island," beauty winner in the "Parade of States" which featured the annual spring fete of the Women's National Democratic Club in "Washington. (Central Press) Hatch Measure Is j Revived By House Committee Vote Taken Today Re vokes Action Taken Last Wednesday; Roosevelt Endorses Bill's Provisions. Washington, May 7.—(AP) — The House judiciary committee voted 14 to 11 today to revive the Hatch poli tical practices bill and give it further consideration. The motion that the committor re consider its previous action on the j legislation was made by Representa tive Murdock. Democrat. Utah. The voto revoked the committee's j 14 to 10 decision last Wedne day to j table the mea uro. | In contrast to the previous action I when the voto was secret, the roll j cull today was annonnccd. Those who voted again t rec<n | sideration included Representative . Weaver. Democrat. North Carolina. ! All members of the committee vot : ed except Chairman Sumners, Dem j ocrat, Texas, who said he planned to ; address the House on the measure late today. The committee's resurrection of the ' measure came alter Representative (Continued on Page Seven* Holland Cancels All Leaves; No | Reason Is Given The Hague, May 7.—(AP) — I The Netherlands cancelled all army and navy leaves today and j ordered the men to report at i once for duty. No reason was given in a com munique for taking the new de fense steps, which surprised even some well informed gov ernment circles. jAppomattox Area Is Designated As National Monument i j May 7.— (AP)—"■-Sec ! retary ickes today designated n 9()0 I acre are." ;it Appomattox, V;i„ scene ! <i| General Robert Iv Lee's stirren d' i of the- Army of North Virginia j on Aim il 9, 18(55, ;is a national his torieal maiiuinent. Tin: area includes 11io spot where General I.ee and General U. S. Grant i had headquarters and the site of the j McLean house where Lee surrender ed to Grant. Game Division Likely To Be Center Of Controversy In Next General Assembly [[ !, Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. ! I Raleigh, May 7.—The Game and Inland Fish division of tho Depart 1 ment of Conservation and Develop ment is likely to be the center of hot ! legislative controversy in next year's i General Assembly, although only I desultory attention has been paid it in the campaign tor Governor. All the candidates who said any thing one way or the other about ! "diversion" of funds from hunting ■; and fishing licenses to other pur ■ poses have announced opposition to ■ this practice. All seemed thoroughly i agreed that the law makers ought to ' make sufficient appropriation to take • care of the Forestry division with out the necessity of shipping into the - game division funds." i That, apparently, ought to have 5 settled that issue and as far as the »• particular phase is concerned, it quite probably did; but the controversy over financing the game division goes much deeper than the mere de bate over whether or not some small par? of the funds derived from sale of hunting and fishing licenses shall or shall not be used for other pur poses. such as forest lire prevention and control. There are some officials in the De partment of Conservation and De velopment who believe that a studied effort is being made to take the Game and Inland Fish division from the Department's jurisdiction and to set it up as a separate and independnt agency. There was more than a little talk of such a movement when sportsmen came to Raleigh late last year in an angry mood, demanding that there be no "diversion" of game division funds for the current bien nium. A "compromise" agreement was reached which seemed to mol (Continued on Page Seven) Chamberlain Declares Bri tain May Soon Face Violent Attack Egypt Sees Feverish Preparation Entire Mediterranean Fast Becoming Arm ed Camp; Blackout Ordered and Practice Air Raid Warnings Begun. Alexandria, May 7.—(AP)—Fev erish preparations for defense J against modern war hit a higher pace today in the land of the Pharaohs. j The entire Mediterranean area was fast becoming an armed camp. British official circles hint broadly j that any future change in Italy'sj status as a non-belligerent ally of! Germany could be expected within seven days. A 20th century blackout was ord ered for this ancient land. The gov ernment posted police and troops t'j enforce compliance with practice air raid warnings starting at noon to morrow. Ccur.tless yards of black curtains and black paper were sold by shops and provided by die government to cover windows and doors in every home and building. Every automo bile and railway coach was equipped with small blue lights. The period of waiting was parti cularly tense for 70.000 Italian resi dents of Egypt. The government placed strong guards of troops over all telephone, telegraph and radio systems and ord ered the officers to operate day and night to keep open all available channels of communication for Egyp tian and allied diplomats. GOLDSBORO BUS CO. IS GIVEN CHARTER Raleigh, May 7.—(AP)—Secretary of State Thad Eure issued a charter today to the Goldsboro Transporta tion Co., Inc., of Goldsboro. to ope rate buses for the transportation of passengers and freight, with author- j ized capital stock of $100,000 of' which $3,000 was subscribed by E. O. Woodie, James T. Kinlaw of West Jefferson. Mrs. R. R. Hardin and Mr. R. R. Hardin of Goldsboro. Nazi Shipping Losses Said To Be Heavy London, May 7.—(AP)—Heavy j losses by Germany's merchant ma ! l ine in the Norwegian campaign j were reported today by the British 1 admiralty. The admiralty declared that the Nazi merchant shipping had lost 300,000 tons since April 1, most of it in the operations around Norway. This figure includes transports and supply ships used by Germany to reinforce shock troops rushed to Norway by huge planes. Another source estimated Germany has lost 600,000 gross tons of merchant ship ping since the war began. The admiralty said seven British, j Allied and neutral vessels totaling 8,445 tons were sunk by enemy ac tion in the week ending April 28. While there was no authoritative announcement on naval operations around Narvik, one British source j said there were no German warships j remaining in Narvik fjord or in the j waters to the north. Between 3.000 and 4,000 Germans j are reported besieged by allied troops j at the Norwegian ore port. With the ; Germans rushing help over land and j concentrating their air forces in that! area a battle for the outlet for Nor- ! wegian iron ore is rapidly taking shape. tOsijcdh&A FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, slightly cooler north and north central portions to night. Germans Charge Preparations For War In Near East Berlin, May 7.—(AP)—Charges that tlie allies would be prepared for "ordered action" in the Near East about May 15 thundered in the Ger man press today on the basis of an account of a purported telephone conversation between British Prime Minister Chamberlain and French Premier Iteynaud. (Official circles in London called the story fanta tic and a French communique said it contained "pure ly lying allegations" both of the re ported telephone conversations "which never look place" and the in tention attribut"d to the allies. The German hirrh command inea-i while reported Tind. sea. and air triumphs lor the British forces in Norway. Its communique said German ! bombers had hit .mother British j ' cruiser and ;i I>in flying boat off j Narvik, northern Norwegian iron ore port in which ;i German garrison is besieged. Get man pursuit planes shot down two British craft" in an i "attempt by the British to fly over .German (iMgoland) bight" it said. I The communique reported an ! enemy submarine sunk in the Skag \ eriak by "a flotilla of submarine I chasers." Its announcement that German j troops have reached Mo. joen in a j i northward d*nc from Nam.-:os meant | that the Germans have covered j 1 about one-third of the 300 miles to ■ , Narvik, supposedly on tii" heels of j lidlii d detachments cut off from the j main expeditionary force withdrawn j last week from central Norway. ■ Berserk Schoolman j Kills 4, Injures 3 Mussolini May Answer Riddle Next Thursday Rome. May 7.— (AP)—Pre mier Mussolini's answer to the riddle of Italy's position in the faec of allied fleet concentra tions in the Mediterranean was widely expected today to be given Thursday when he is to review troops of the Rome gar rison. Vatican authorities indicated meanwhile that Pope Pius still sees little chance of an early peace. Plane Factory Proposed For Alamance IJurlington, May 7.— (AP)—Ala mance county commissioners had un dr>r advisement today a proposal from Col. Junius H. Harden, president of the Harden Industrial Cities Corp., to establish an airport and airplane manufacturing establishment near Elon College. Col. Harden offered to deed to the county for $1 a large tract of Ian') provided the county can securc funds to develop the airport. Establishment of the airplane fac tory. Harden said, is contingent upon development ol the airport. It is pro-j posed to manufacture planes of the type being used in the training of college students. I South Pasadena Prin cipal Starts Shooting When Told His Con tract Will Not Be Re newed; Turns Gun on Himself. South Pasadena, CaL May 7.— ! (AP;—Death hovered near today for i three critically wounded survivors of a deposed school principal's bullet- j spewing target pistol that cost the lives of four other education an- j thorities. Slain were George C. Bush, r>2, for 3.1 years superintendent of schools 1 here and in nearby San Marino; ■ John E. Alman, 50, principal of the I South Pasadina-San Marino high school for 25 years; William Spoor, 43, business manager of the combin ed school district, and Victor V. Van derlip, 45, manual arts and printing instructor at South ftisadena. Hospital authorities described a. critical the condition of hi«h strung, erratic Vorlin Spencer, 38, wiio sud denly went berserk after b'*ing told his junior high school contract would , not be renewed, and mowed down the six school attaches and then turned ! his ,22-calibro pistol upon himself. Little hope also was held for the other survivors of his mad outburst— Mi ss Ruth Sturgeon. 45, art. instruc tor at the junior high school, and ' Miss Dorothea Talbcrt, 3D, secretary j to Superintendent Bush. Bl FINED TO DEATH. Pasto, Colombia, May 7.— (AP) —Ninety-five persons were re ported burned to death last night in a lire which destroyed the city hall of the village of San dona, near Pasto. I Hungary Reported To Be 'Deciding With Germany' Budapest, May 7.—(AP)—The i controlled Hungarian press gave J first page prominence today to di.s- ' patches datelined Berlin declaring that Hungary was "definitely decid ing with Germany. The publication of news concern ing Hungary from Berlin and Rome has been a frequent method in the past ol informing Hungarians on the, stand of their own government. With southeastern Europe in dread ot the possibility that the war might spread at any minute, great head lines quoted the German press as de- 1 daring that Hungary "will not in tervene" and that Hungary "couples be maintenance of non-intervention with a definite attitude in favor of Germany." Sources qlose to the government insisted that Germany and Italy would not touch Hungary but would sweep together into Jugoslavia in case of a decision to drive into the Balkans. Yugoslavia took steps, reportedly, as a counter measure against 300,000 Italian troops said to be on her frontier north of Trieste. Yugoslav : reservists were taken by gendarmes! from their place of work and rushed' to concentration points in trucks re- : quisitioned from industrial firms. ' Foreign military observers esti- j mated that Yugoslavia already has more than 600,000 men under arms. Turbulent House Hears Chamberlain Prime Minister Once Forced To Sit Dowr Until Quiet is Restor ed; Defends With drawal of Troops from Norway. Loudon, May 7.—(AD—An angry opposition cried in the house nl commons today for "different people at the helm" after Prime .Minister Chamber lain, frankly admitting failure of Britain's central Norwegian military adventure, had defend ed its start and result with the plea: "I believe it was right." In the most violent parlia mentary debate since the war be gan the old prime minister and his war cabinet were branded as "failures" by Clement A. Attlee, the labor opposition leader, lie said they had been "missing buses since 1931." Chamberlain, who is expected to keep his grip on the government de spite the storm of parliamentary abuse, confessed the allied troops had to be withdrawn from mid-Nor way because they could not gel air dromes fur fighting planes ;md be cause the German reinforcements came up too fast. London, May 7.—(AP)—Prime Minister Chamberlain, declaring Britain herself may soon face at tack "in the most violent form," sought today to justify the British withdrawal from mid-Norway and announced that Winston Churchill hereafter would supervise military operations from d:iy to d;iy. In a turbulent house of commons, which once forced the prime min ister to sit down until order was restored, the labor opposition leader, Clement II. Attlee, bitterly attacked Chamberlain's speech as merely "one of excuse and explanation." Churchill will gTve "guidance and direction" to the chiefs of staff of the three fighting services, the Prime Minister announced. He will remain as lirst lord of the admiralty. Aside from this, Chamberlain re jected any other immediate change in the personnel of his government, but said changes "in the form of government or the functions of in dividuals" mijjht be needed. ChaTnberlain's speech in general was ;m anxiou appeal for unity both in Parliament ;ind among the people in the Iaee of danger:; which, he said, the nation did not yet. appreciate. lie sakl the- campaign was not yet finished in Norway but he warned the country to remember: "there are other fronts which may at any mo ment blaze into a conflagration." "This is not the time for quarrels among ourselves," he said. "In thi.; debate we are giving hostages to fortune." Military advisers, he said, had cautioned him against today's dis cussion "but we could not accept this in a democratic country." While an angry opposition shouted "you missed the bus", Chamberlain declared he tried to steer "a middle course" looking ahead to the possi bility of attack by vast and well (Continued on Page Seven) Italian Silk Duties Lifted Washington, May 7.—fAP;—The Treasury today removed penalty tariffs against most Italian silken goods in compliance with State de partment requests for the move as a means of improving Italo-Ameri can relations. The Treasury last August imposed special duties on a long list of Ital ian silks on the theory that Italy was subsidizing these exports and the tariff ought to be raised by the amount of the subsidy in order to prevent unfair competition. Today's order removed the penal ties and restored the normal tariff duties.
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