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Y-SEVENTH YEAR LTHE°SoaATSDVpREs3F HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1940 POBLISHTxcEVraRIuNDATRNOON FIVE CENTS COPY
IIOINOT LINE PIERCED IN SEDAN SECTOR
/ oosevelt To Request
i Hg Defense Program
( .grass To
mrrow
sessional A p ■
proved of Program
••sting Near billion
>sn\6 Certain; Persh
. Counsels Against
I npreparedness.
. M.iy I 5 - (A E')—Pi es-i
' sped work today on!
. n « \traordinary de- ;
r\pe«,-*.'.*d to cost $9Tf),-|
W: .ite House said he j
• nn.ible t<> whip it into j
ss >n to Congress be- I
r itive worked until i
White House said, and
• " his calling list tor I
"•> ;i minimum so thav
drafting the re-'
.liter his own rearma-[
and that of General j
•nmg yesterday—seem-|
• cv:'am ot congressional'
i'resident has devided
. ■ -unt he will request to
" ' an:.y and navy, it was
• the figure would nut be;
.:-1:1 tiiu- message reached;
l-.cl fire pace of the war
. - said, has made it ex
derinite wnether the Chief
il carry through plans j
... >und the country after |
t.:;.;ed on Page Seven)
( mdidutes Report
i unpaijjn Spending
. May 15. -(AP)—Thomas!
Wilmington reported
■ ' h;id received contri
t;»»• his Democratic
•i! campaign and had
■ s:.47iM;K. I
•..i.cia'o for nominations
'• primaries filed cam
tii iiiad Euro, secre
. They included Graham
uaui:bent in the third
di.-trict. contributions
; c :pend:tures of S2o5.50.
FIXED
"lay 1">.—(AP)—-Super
Ti'.f if Fh vie Sink fined
Kayetteville $1,000 to
• f conspir.rv to vio
• ! ua slot machine law.
One Killed In
Auto Accident
. M;,y 15.—(AP)—The j
: !■'. ?.MIey. of Fuquay
' • ?iy injured and Noill
;ii'!'4ton. former state,
critically hurt in an
>>n two miles north ;
;< 'day.
upon his arrival'
i»o|;mce.
unconscious and was;
avc condition.
.iii>ton. Harnett county ,
' . who wa< riding with i
d with minor injuries, j
.-.on took place at the!
,i v. ays 421 and 210. j
s'oil Trails In
West Virginia
*• nniary Vote
A.-sociated Press)
dent Roosevelt and
• •' A. Taft were winning
•» ition the Ohio delega
•><mocratic and •i.epubli
conventions yesterday,
' ons in Ohio and West;
hed the following high j
i—Senator Rush D. i
• >eal critic who was to;> j
"■'ke office when first i
!>-S4. trailed for Demo- j
i u:: PagL Seven..;
Nazis' Stratosphere Cannon
This, says Germany, is the kip gun about which she has done so much
boasting and which is now set up, ready for action, on the Western
Front. Hurling shells through the stratosphere, it can shoot staggering
(but secret) distances, Berlin claims. In World War 1. Germany startled
the world by bringing out the "Bipr Bertha" which shelled Paris from
sixty miles away (Central Free*)
WPA Bill Sent To
House For Action
Mobilization Of
Switzerland Army
Completed Today
Berne. May 15.— (A!*)—Switz
erland's mobilization is complete
and "all tiir troops occupy the
positions which have been as
signed to them", the federal coun
cil and high command announced
today.
The communique said:
"General mobilization has been
completed in the shortest pos
sible time. All the troops oc
cupy the positions which have
been assigned to them.
"These positions on our fron
tiers are held by powerful armed
forces."
(This means that the forts on
the Italian frontier, which until
the recent intensification of the
crisis had only a skeleton guard,
are fully manned).
CAPITULATION OF
DUTCH IS SIGNED
Berlin. May 15.— (AP)—The
German high command announc
ed tonight "the capitulation of
the Dutch army was signed at
11 a. m. today by the German
commander in chief and the com
mander in chief ol' the Dutch
army and navy."
Appropriation of
$975,650,000, Spend
able in Eight Months
if Necessary, Recom
mended; Lessening of
"Abuses" Reported.
Washington, May 15.—(AP)— A
$975,050,000 WPA appropriation,
spendable in eight months if neces
sary, was recommended today by the
House appropriation committee,
which reported a lessening of
"abuses" in the relief administration
The WPA appropriation, which the
committee approved as President
Roosevelt had requested it. was part
of a $1,111,754,819 emergency relief
supply bill for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1. The committee sent
the bill to the House floor.
At the same time it reported to the
House that the administration of re
lief heretofore had been marred by
abuses including improvement of
private property at public expense,
i overmanned projects, "padded spon
' sors contributions" and inadequate
| supervision and operation of projects
| on which a high percentage of non
{ relief labor was required.
i The worst situation found by the
sub-committee which investigated
WPA. the appropriation said, was in
Louisiana, where some state offi
cials have faced criminal charges.
The committee's report declared that
it was "incomprehensible" that Fed
(Continued on Page Seven)
Nearly 200,000 Children
Enrolled In High Schools
Of State, Statistics Show
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, May 15.—Nearly 200,000
children were enrolled in 946 North
Carolina high schools during the
school year 1938-39; and on the aver-j
age, nine out of every ten were pre
sent on every day of the school year,
according to statistics compiled by
the Department of Public Instruction.
The exact total enrollment for the
year was 196.407-—of whom 88.330
were boys and 108,077 were girls;
while 160,384 were white and 36.
023 were Negroes.
Approximately nine of every
eleven high school enrollees were,
therefore, whites; while girls out
numbered boys in a ratio of almost
exactly 11 to 9.
This preponderance of girls extend
ed to every division. In all white
schools there were 53.5 per cent girls,
in all Negro schools 62 per cent. In
county schools the percentage was
55.7 girls while in all city schools it
was 53.7.
As for the average daily attend
ance as compared with enrollment
the figures showed that of the grand
vContinued on Page Seven*
Salient Four
Miles Deep
Established
German Thrust Origi
nally Penetrated Pen-j
Nearly Twenty'
Miles Into France;
Renewed German At
tack Expected Today. j
Paris. May 15.—< AS')—1The
French command reported to
night that about half the (Jer
i man forces Which crossed the
Mouse river yesterday had been
driven bark.
It estimated thai 20 diviions
i on raoh side—a total of (100.000
men — were pitted in a finish
fight in (he "battle of the Mcuse"
Violent French counter at
tacks were reported after a
French war ministry spokesman
admitted that nazi forces smash
ing at positions south of Sedan
had crossed the river and estab
lished a salient four miles deep
on its south side.
The major struggle apparently
was centered around Sedan, ten
I miles within France from the
Belgian frontier.
But the French also reported
a successful counter attack on
the northwest flank in Belgium
and solid defenses to the south
east in France.
Paris, May 15.—(AP)—Nazi forces
smashing at French positions south of
Sedan have crossed the Mcuse river
and established a salient four miles
deep on the south side of the river,
a French war ministry spokesman
said today.
The German thrust originally
penetrated ten miles south of the
river—or nearly 20 miles into Fiance
(Continued ui. Pc.ge Seven)
Fears For Safety
Of Former Kaiser
Partly Relieved
Potsdam, Germany, May 15.—
(AP)—Worries ol the Hohenzollern
family over the 81-year old bond ol
the dynasty, former Kaiser Wilhelm,
were relieved partly today by a
laconic telegram from General Wil
helm Dommes, chief of the Hohen
zollern administration, saying: "Goal
I reached, all is well."
j Authorized sources said they had
, nothing concerning the former Kaiser
who, they doc la rod, is not of interest
; to the present regime. They express
| od the opinion that lie still was at
: Doom and would not be molested,
| anyway.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S
16 VOTES FOR FDR
Columbia. S. C.. May 12.—(AP)—
! South Carolina Democrats voted
238 1-2 to 1 06 1-2 at their party con- !
vention here today to instruct their j
delegates to cast the state's 1(5 votes j
for a third term for President Roose- j
! velt at the national Democratic con- i
1 vention.
Italy Bans
Police Disperse Near
! ly 10,000 Persons
Gathered for Anti -
I British Parades.
i
Rome, May lo.—(AP)—Police dis- !
persed nearly 10,000 persons—most-{
ly students—who gathered in various j
parts of Rome today with the inten-!
tion of launching a third day of anti-'
allied demonstrations.
Foreign observers interpreted the'
action as placing an official damper j
on the manifestations which dip-1
lomatic circles have feared might re- |
suit in repercussions which would
push Italy into the war.
Troops continued to guard the Bri
tish and French embassies, focal
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(jJrnihM
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy with widely
scattered showers, slightly cool
er west and central portions to
night; Thursday partly cloudy
and colder. preceded by show
! ers on the northeast coast.
Warpaths in the Lowlands
German troops are reported to have overrun northeast Holland and to b«
on east coast of the Zuider Zee at (1)^A German force has crossed tha
Ijcsel River at (2) the Dutch High Command admitted, and Dutch troops
are taking stand behind their inundation lines. Nazi motorized unit*
moved across the Hollandsch Diep, south of Rotterdam, to cut Nether
lands in half at (3). Nazis claim flanking troops have driven thirteen
miles past Liege (4). Intense artillery action below Luxemburg (5) if.
reported under way.
Successful British
Air Raids Reported
100,000 Dutch
Soldiers Said
|
Killed by Nazis
Paris, May 15.—(AP)—Nether- j
lands Foreign Minister Eelco van
Kleffens estimated today that
the Dutch army had suffered
100,009 men killed—or one-fourth
of its 'total strength of 400,000.
Van Kleffens, however, said
Holland's fleet was almost intact i
and had joined the allied naval
forces.
He said that resistance was j
continuing in Zceland and that
troops whi'h escaped into Bel- .
gin in would enter the allied
armies.
His disclosure of the army's j
staggering losses was part of his I
government's first review of the I
campaign which forced virtual
capitulation to Germany in five j
days.
Masons Elect
M. F. McKeel i
Charlotte, May 15.—(AP)—The !
York Rite Masonic bodies of North
Carolina, closing a three-day annual <
convention here, today selected New 1
Bern as their 1941 convention city. !
Officers elected included M. F\!
McKeel, Jr., of Washington, grand;
master first veil, and J. Edward Al
len of Warrenlon, grand captain of |
the host.
At Same Time, Con
quest of Holland Ham
mers Home to Britain
Her Own Exposure to
Air Attacks by Ger
man Raiders.
London, May 15.—(AP;—"Highly
successful" British air attacks behind
the German lines were reported to
day as the Nazi rowdiest of Holland
hammered home to Britain her own
exposure to air raiders.
Machine gun lire sounded this
morning near the mouth ol the ilum
ber river, along the English cast
coast.
Berlin broadcasts heard here shar
pened Britain's anxiety and spurred
recruiting of a new home front army
to light a possible invasion by nazi
parachute troops.
"German planes arc already with
in easy reach ol the port of Harwich,"
a German announcer warned. "More
than that, they have base:, lor direct
; tlack against the wlioie of Kngland
x x >:Jn this ."'ge of modern war
fare the insularity of the British isles
has ended".
Harwich is less than 1125 miles from
ti e but eh mainland.
The air ministry said British fliers
had given the French "valuable a::
. i. lance" in the great battle which
developed at Sedan and the cross-j
ing of the Meuse yesterday.
Uri?ain\air force, it said, "destroy- :
ed permanent bridges and two pon
toon bridges and with anti-aircraft
guns brought clown 15 German planes'
in a terrific battle near Sedan x x x
"Repeated low flying attacks on
enemy troops and tank concentrations'
were made." .
It acknowledged loss of 35 British
planes.
Bomb-Blasted Holland
Surrenders To Invaders
Amsterdam, May 15.—(AP) —
Bomb-blasted and encircled. The
Netherlands high command last
night ordered its troops to cease
fighting the German invaders every
where except in the fringe of low is
lands on the kingdom's southwest
coast.
The order was given by Gen.
Henri Gerand Winkelman, com
mander-in-chief of the small Dutch
army which for five days took all
the punishment the German army
could administer.
Holland's queen and government,
in leaving the country, had made
General V'inkelman their highest
! representative and empowered him I
1 to make any military decisions he \
considered necessary. He had su- j
j preme power, therefore, to issue the
i "cease firing" order.
The government had fled to Eng- !
Jand with Queen Wilhelmina. From j
| there she will rule The Netherlands j
colonial possessions, an empire of i
750,000 square miles and a popula- j
tion of 60.000.000.
. But the proud, rich motherland, i
I with 8.600,000 people and a territory !
' of 12.700 square miles, has fallen in j
the war between Germany and Eng
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Nazis Take
Two Forts In
Namur Area
Crossing of Meuse
River in Sedan Sector
Places German
Troops in Position of
Having Pierced Exten
sion of Maginot Line,
Paris. May 15.—(AIM—Ger
nian forces which had forced a
passage across Hie Mouse were
reported at tonight's French war
conference to have pushed for
ward and pierced some allied po
sitions along a line north of
Sedan.
Berlin, May 15.— (AIM—The Ger
man high command declared today
that Nazi I'orccs had "pierced" the
northwestern extension of France's
Maginot line in the Sedan sector.
"By the crossing of the Meuse in
the Sedan sector" its communique
said, "the northwestern extension ol
France's fortification system—the
Maginot line—has been pierced xxx.
"Here two French counter attacks
were frustrated with heavy losses
for the enemy."
Coupled with the powerful thrust
into the French section of the Meuse
line was the Nazi report that a Ger
man spearhead aiming at the Belgian
fortifications of Namur had over
whelmed two forts in that defense
sector.
Authorized sources said the Ger
mans had crossed the Meuse river
Monday and the same day had con
quered the forts of Lantin and Lou
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Measure Would
Deport Bridges
Washington, May 15.—(AP)—The
House committee on immigration
gave its approval today to a bill in
Jrodueed with the single purpose of
deporting Harry Bridges, west coast
labor leader.
The bill was introduced only yes
terday by Representative Allen,
Democrat, Louisiana, who said it was
the only bill of its kind ever offered.
Dean .James M. Landis of Har
vard law school, acting as a special
investigator for the Labor depart
ment. recently held Bridges was not
deportable.
BRITISH DESTROYER
BEACHED BY CREW
London. May 15.—f At')—The
1'rilisli destroyer Valentin'1 has been
beached alter iK'ing damaged by
German air attacks oil' the coast of
Holland, the admiralty announced
tonight.
It .sj'i'l c;> oalliei; were believed to
have been . liyht.
TRAINS SI'SPKNOKI)
Paris. .May 15.—(AP)—The
French tonight ordered suspen
sion of main jar sender trains ef
fective at mionifrht on a number
of important lines near the
Italian border.
i m i;t sails
Loudon. May 15.—(AIM —
Renters (British news ateney)
reported from Cairo today that
the allied fleet had put to sea
from Alexandria for scheduled
maneuvers.
Hitler Praises
Storm Troops
Berlin, May 15.—(AP)—Adolf Hit
ler in an order of the d;iy paying tri
bute to his soldiers who conquered
Holland said today that "the future
will demonstrate the military im
portance" <>/ their five-day campaign.
The German fuehrer especially
praised the "audacious bfhavior" of
parachute troops and soldiers landed
by airplanes.
Blaylock Gets
Assn. Office
Raleigh, May 15.—(APj—Charles
P. Rogers of Sanford was elected
president of the ^'orth Carolina Fun
eral Directors and Embaliners As
sociation today.
The officers elected included D. W.
Biggs of Lumberton, first vice pres
ident. District governors included
Robert A. Blaylock of Henderson
ar.d J. L. Stephens ot Lumberton.