ORIAL MW*' *(*, •* & *~t- wc-c-i.' — rc-^ %' iiiutilrrsmt SI at lit ©is watch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. KVEXTH YEAR 'SfftfiSag'gag HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11,1940 pubush^^.t^ktersoon FIVE CENTS COPY ar Rages In Low Countries Announcing "Protection" of The Low Countries . i'Mviuivp. German foreign minister (center) roods the German memorandum to Holland, i i» Isii'. !•!. uist of which was that Germany \va> forced to tak<. over the "protection" of those • !! Allied invasion. At almost the same moment German forces were launching an aerial i> ti'h. Belgium. FrentfTi and British cities, l-'liotu radioed from Berlin to New York. Full Division of Nazi Troops Thrown Against French as Blitzkrieg Against Low Countries Begins; French Say Positions Held. ?»I ■■ 11.—( \P)—Germany's U' -.-t ale drive of the war .M. !.■■■' < Magi not line was -t» : d iy in concert with n <•: the low countries. ' y .-ources said U.dav. :< ' rev.' a lull division of I.i.iMMi en against the . reported un. uccessful Luxenbourg. : authorities termed • first great attack of i-'iiiiinand content announcement that d :: iintained their po lautichcd as a vast : '.t ri f.n Page Fivel rord Plant In Antwerp Is . May II. — tiie State de • Germ-in planes had] K >:d automobile plant • utiai Switzerland and i ; a nee. wile plant was struck icd on Page Five) Amsterdai Rumanian Cabinet Quits; Tatarescu To Form New One Bucharest. May 11.— (A P) — The government of Premier Tatareseu resigned today and King Carol immediately request ed the outgoing premier to form a new national government. Quarters close to the govern ment said King Carol wanted representatives of all political thought, from extreme left to extreme right, represented in the now government because of belief that Rumania must he united in the face of a possible extension of the war to south eastern Europe. The monarch was understood to be alarmed at the manner in w hich dissatisfied factions open ed the way in other countries fo»* nazi penetration. A IK K AIDS. Paris. .May 11.—v * s.l4Z. boui'g was under study but th.it ho did not expect developments over the week-end. dress that no "mystic immunity" dress that no 'mystic immunity" I safeguards the western hemisphere1 in a world of modern conquerors. I Speaking at the close of a day which saw the tide of Europe's war! sweep over the low countries the j President reaffirmed his belief that the 21 American republics stood | for peace. "Can we", he asked gravely "con- 1 tinue our peaceful construction it ;tll the other continents in all the world embrace by preference or by j compulsion a wholly different prin ciple of life?" "No", he replied to his own ques tion. "I think not." n's Center ^ Germans Twenty Persons Be lieved Killed in Air Raid; Engineers Com plete Inundation of Main Flood Water De fenses. Amsterdam. M;iy 11.—(AP)— Ger man bombs smashed today at the | center of Amsterdam. The Nether lands' greatest city, killing an esti-1 mated 20 person* while the stout de- i tense troops in the eastern frontier j lines gave engineers time to com plete the inundation of lhe main flood writer defense, cutting Holland in half. One bomb fell 300 yards from the postolfiee, demolishing dwellings. This is in the vicinjty of the plaza on which is located the royal palace, seldom used. The Dutch general staff announced j t';-11 the British and French troops now are operating in conjunction j with Dutch forces ami that the Gcr-: man advance has been stopped at the' Iront. The radio announced this afternoon that Queen Wilhelmina had sent a message to King Vittorio Kmanuele of Italy, saying: "I trust your ma jesty will use your influence in the i (Continued on Page Five) . Allied Forces ; In West Indies I London, May 11.—(AP)—Authori tative sources said tod;iy 11 iocl forces had landed in the Netherlands West Indies islands of C'aracao and Aruba t;j prevent possible sabotage by Ger mans. A statement issued to the press f the European war brought before President Roosevelt today official recommendations fo;; quick expansion of the regular army and navy, acquisition of reserve arms and equipment lor a land force of a million men. New defense reinforcements to be (■Continued on Pase Five) Important Notice To Merchants Participating In Dollar Days The Dollar Days edition o published Tuesday, May 14. I) vertising to appear in this editii vertisers to have their advertis: 6 p. rn. Monday, May 13. The p received after this hour will no Days edition. Participating- merchants * advertising department of the D sible Monday in order that thei taken care of. „ i3i Wings Over Amsterdam £? Here is how the Dutch seaport of Amsterdam appears to German bomb ers who are raining high explosive and incendiary bombs on the Amster dam airport as Nazis invade the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Brussels Is Bombed 1 ® "3 T5*® fmT^- H hird lime ioday County Democratic Conventions Favor Third Term Move Raleigh. May 11.—(APj—The first counties to report on the activities of their Democratic conventions today passed reso lutions favoring the election of President Roosevelt for a third term. Delegates chosen at (he county conventions will attend the dis trict and stale conventions here Friday. I'nder the resolutions adopted today they will instruct delegates to the national con vention to vote for Mr. Roosevelt if his name is presented. Cameron Morrison. former governor and Cnited States sena tor. moved that the Roosevelt resolution he passed by Meck lenburg delegates and the motion carried. Bertie Democrats passed the resolution unanimously after So licitor R. E. Tyler had asked and been assured that the plan met Governor Iloey's approval. Other counties reporting that Roosevelt resolutions had been passed were Rockingham. Ala mance. Wake and Cumberland. f the Daily Dispatch will be lie to the large amount of ad m it will be necessary for ad r.g copy ready not later than .iblication of advertisements t be guaranteed in the Dollar re requested to contact the aily Dispatch as early as pos r space requirements may be lily Utspafrb I ~ j Yesterday's Bombing Takes Toli of 41 Dead and 82 Injured; Brit ish and French Troops Bolster Belgian De 1 fense. Brussels, May !!•■—(AP)—JJrus- I sels was bombed twice today while ■ the Belgian tinny's strong line of dc- j I'en.e continued l. artillery, motorcycles and ' engineers wc re observed moving j through Belgium this morning. But Hi" government kept strict censor-! ship on their movements as: well as ' on the situation at the front and j (Continued on page two) Two British Envoys Are Assaulted By Italians Rome, May 11—(AP)—Reliable, quarters reported today that Sir j Percy Loraine, the British ambassa- | dor, \va» preparing to protest to the Italian authorities against a reported assault on two members of his em bassy staff and ti e appearance of j i anti-British posters in Rome. j ' Informed sources said two Brit-' ish diplomats, George la Bouchere, < secretary of the embassy, and com- ' mander Rodd. assistant naval at- J tache. were attacked and beaten by men who were plastering posters on j i midtown walls last night. Two American newspaper cones- f pondents. Miss Virginia Cowles and 1 John Whitaker. had hcen guests of < wit ft dmnei . The ' Nazis Say Fort Proved Defenseless German High Com mand Announces De struction of 300 to 400 Enemy Planes on the Ground, With Allied Ships Sunk at Sea. Berlin, M;iy 11.—(AP)—One of Belgium's strong forts before strate gic Liege, where Germans were cheeked crucially in the World War. is in German hands after proving "completely defenseless" against sur prise attack by German planes, DNB, German news agency, reported to day. At the same time authorized sources claimed that Belgian and Netherlands airports continued in German possession, although "Ger man troops there are fighting with Belgian and Dutch troops." (Liege, 25 miles within Belgium from the German border and 62 miles southeast of Brussels, capitu lated in August, 1914, only after the stubborn Belgian resistance had given the allies more than a week to concentrate forces to throw into the path of the Germans.) A high command communique from Adolf Hitler's headquarters at the front announced: The destruction of between 300 and 400 enemy airplanes on the ground and the shooting down of 23 more in air lights during opera tion in France, Holland and Bel gium. The sinking of an enemy destroy er, one enemy submarine and two (Continued on Pago Five) PLANK OVKR SWKIIKN London, May 1.—(AP) — Swedish Runs opened fire on a German plane over Goleborg, Sweden, a Reuters (British news agency) dispatch from Stock holf reported early today. The effcet of the fire was not known. Japan Insists On Status Quo In East Indies Tokyo, May 11.—(Al')—-The Jap one. e government announced today it had notified all powers concerned that Japan would insist on the main tenance of the status quo in the Netherlands Fast Indies. The foreign oi l ice said such noti fication had been handed to the United Slate. . British, French, Ger man and Italian embassies and to The Netherlands legation. 'I'llis action gave effect to a cab inet decision that Japan should state her position concerning the rich East Indies empire of The Netherlands. officials were taking them home A'hen the attack occurred. While they were reading the post ers, a witness said, seven men at acked the three men without warn ng and slugged them for several ninutes. Friends said Miss Cowlej vas pushed but not struck. . Premier Mussolini applauded to lay as the Italian senate was told hat the ''disturbance" by Great Britain and France "must change." The statement was made by the indersecretary ol the navy. His declaration that "only the pos ession ol' force can modify a situa ion which is ju.-t contrary to one's nvn interest" caused Mussolini to sod in approval.