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Utenitersrm Haihj Htspatrb > — * ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. TU KN l'V-SEVENTH YEAR ~thIeL^-,aS HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, M.AY 17,1940 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY ermans Claim Roul Of Allies V, S. May Finance Plants For producing Defense Materials Support Of ense Plan Is Evidenced < rcctUcnt I ells Press cot:.'crence Govern ing t is Considering K -c mmissioning All Remaining W o r 1 d '> ar Destroyers. . My IT.—(AP) — •:* disc!'».-ed today t : .t was considering i !1 remaining world —35 of them—which] ■ -orvice. :.:o;ence he said also - being given to the u '.eminent financing xpended production terlals. perhaps with ; itely operated but ■ v.ned. betore the President! was asked by the • ••.* ;•> remove the exist- : < limit on the Army's a me military may • ; • ward the goal of 50. - in machines set up by; >evelt in his defense \ - : Congress yesterday. the program he out- | ed to be evidenced in i rters today. In New i President Hoover said . ■red it and added that e no partisanship upon national defense." i : all the other defense :::ch the government is' Mr. Roosevelt disclosed • - conference that atten ; given to the advisabil . -lung in the interior of factories vital to de l i.es primarily to new i existing plants, he said.) . to picking up those! •derating and moving the seaboards. ient discussed at length; expected to do with the which he asked Con-j • -.t his disposal for de- : • ns and the additional contract authoriza • c-nme up during the, he would not want to! - back, he explained, i do taken care of if he j n the funds. i f"-|uest for removal of iration was presented < Uitary committee bv Crfneral L. D. Gasser. iot of staff. • the hearing started •Ji the SI. 182,000,000 : royram !!'.! GIAN CAPITAL NOW IS AT OSTEND I "(!•>!!. May 17.—•( AP) The mi ^ivfrnmfnt is now at <» > ml .11 Belgium's north sea t tiavine moved there yes Ki'iilcrs (British news n-ported today in an 1» • :i«l dispatch. \ >/!> vr ANTWERP r.-rlin May 17.—(AP)—f'cr" luri-i's reached the outer i' ilions of Antwerp. DNB. 11 (ii-rman news agenc>« • tonight. U. S. Citizens Advised To l^eave Britain M;iy it.—(AP)—The '• < embassy, on instruc U'ashington, today ad ti citizens in Great urn home if possible, '^••ites is sending Ameri ieet them on the west nd. > : icans callcd at the ■ y seeking advice and " ng out of Britain and ^age for home. v estimates there still -.500 Americans in the -Horn more than halt London area. Ramsey Lauds Record Of Democratic Rule In State; Praises Administration By V. JO WES MacFAKLAN Raleigh, May IT.—(Al'j—Forty years of "honest" Democratic gov ernment in North Carolina i.ncl the courage of President Roosevelt tu take •"unprecedented measures" to stem "the fur^, of the depession" drew unstimeu praise today lrom D. Hideti Ramsey ut Asheville, key noter at the State Democratic con vention. Ramsey is general manager of the Asheville Citizen-Tunes newspapers and a veteran Democrat. The con vention had a record delegate strenght of 4.616. The State and nation are on a sounder basis, and are richer, Ramsey said, because of changes brought about by the President and the state's Democratic governor. He especially lauded Governor Hoey and said the governor had "loved this state into a unity of spirit and purpose which it has never known before." The key-noter recited in some de tail the accomplishments in the United States and th> Old North State under Democratic administra tions. then warned that the party and its leaders must not surrender to "a spirit of smug self-satisfaction." Not only at home, but abroad, the problems and opportunities challenge I "the very best that the Democratic i party lias to offer in vision and I I leadership," he said, and pleaded for the Democrats to stand united. "These are dangerous and an guished times," Ramsey warned, as j he briefly touched on the foreign situation. "In Europe, the great de mocracies are in a death grapple with I evil forces that seek to subjugate them. Over there decent civilization 'trembles in the balance and people ol good will are threatened with all of | the barbarism of a mechanized i medaevilism. j "The actual fighting may be con fined to that continent but no one can safely place metes and bounds to the territorial cupidity and the foul and filthy ambitions of the German ruler. Certainly the repercussions of that conflict are already spreading into every crevass of the world. No one knows what the morrow will bring to this nation in shock and in { peril. "This is no time lor division with ; in the Democratic party. We must ! close our ranks and exalt the wel | fare and security of the republic and J of the State above every considera tion of factionalism." Only briefly did Ramsey refer to the Republican party: "The foe who was once able to give battle on vir tuMly equal terms lias been reduced to a powerless minority. The Repub lican party has fallen to such low estate in North Carolina that it has lost its capacity to irritate, not to mention its power to command re spect. It arouses in the compassionate Democrat more or sorrow than of anger." The 40 years of .Democratic rule in the state. Ramsey said, "have been years of prodicious progress for North Carolina and of notable achievement for the Democratic party. They have seen North Caro lina win her rank as one of the im perial commonwealths of the nation." He praised Governors Aycock, Craig, Bickett, Morrison, McLean. Gardner and Ehringhaus by name, and also paid tribute to Senator F. M. Sim mons, who died recently. "Let this be said to the etcranl and unquestioned credit of the Demo cratic party in North Carolina," Ramsey asserted. "In lean years and in fat years, in times of undisputed power and in times of alert and pow erful opposition, it has always given to the people of this state honest ad- | ministration of their affairs. "No North Carolinian in the last i two score years has been forced to (Continued on Page Eight.) State Delegation Is Instructed For FDR North Carolina's 26 Votes in Democratic National Convention To Be Cast For Third Term; Delegates Are Named. Raleigh. May 17.—(AP)—With a mighty shout the North Carolina Democratic state convention instruct ed today that its 26 votes in the na tional convention be cast for a third term for President Roosevelt "if and when his name is presented." The delegation would be bound to the President "until he is nominated or until his name is withdrawn from the balloting." The convention adopted a platform pledging the party to reapportion ment of the legislature on the basis of the 1940 census. The platform also states that "we indorse the principle of collective bargaining and equal justice to labor and capital"; pledges the party "to the continuation of the policy of non diversion" of highway funds; as serts that the first objective of the party in highway matters is to im prove secondary roads so that they will be passable the year round: and recommends a retirement plan for teachers. VANCE ( Ol M Y DEMOCRATS NAMED TO COMMITTEE I'OSTS Raleigh. May 17.—(AP)—Demo cratic district meetings today named delegates to the Democratic national Belgian Army Is o J Intact And Its Morale Is Hi^h Paris, May 17.—(AP)—The Bel gian army "remains intact and its morale is high" although it and its allies "moved to a new positions," de clared a Belgian war communique issued at noon today in Brussels, ac cording to a French news agency. The communique said: "In relation to the operations by the allied forces and in close co operation with those l'orces, the Bel gian forces have moved to new po sitions calmly and in good ordei. "Despite the numerous and dif ficult combats which many units have had to engage in since the start of hostilities our army renimns in tact and its morale is high." convention. Each district has a to tal of two votes in the convention. Delegates by districts included: First—E. G. Flanagan, Pitt," and W. B. Rodman, Beaufort. Second—R. I->. Corbett, Edgecombe, J. C. Eagles, Wilson; also, if tlicy can be seated, John H. Kerr, Sr., Warren, A. F. Williams, Wilson. Third—Graham A. Barden, Crav en, D. L. Ward, Craven, Dr. C. C. Henderson, Wayne, John Croom, Duplin. Fourth—-J. R. Poole. Johnston, alternate Mrs. B. A. Scott, Vance. (Continued on Page Eight) ShouldHorton And Maxwell Be High Men, There'll Be No Run Off, AverillDeclares Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, May 16.—There is hardly I a chance that even an unwritten i "gentleman's agreement" has been I made between headquarters of Lieu tenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton and Commissioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell, but there is a very pre valent belief that it these two can didates should finish one-two in the I first Governor's primary there I wouldn't be any second heat. | Politics being what it is, this can't ; be proved if it is so, and it will no J doubt be vigorously denied if men ; tioned to henchmen of either: but it is being widely accepted as gospel truth. Those who feel this way can ad vance very logical reasons—reasons which have convinced them if they [ v. ill (.on. inee nobody else. Or all these reasons, the only real ly vital one can be reduced to a live letter word meaning gold, silver or other metal stamped by legal au thority and used as currency. Which is to say that the second man in a Horwell-Maxton primary (to mix them up so as to show no partiality) would find himself ab solutely unable to finance a second race. This is true, 'tis said, because the groups which are giving financial aid and comfort to Maxwell and to Horton are doing so more out of tear of J. M. Broughton than be cause of any marked preference be ! tween the commissioner and the lieu I tenant governor. That being true, there would be no I point in putting up money for a sec i (Contnueci on Page Seven. > Czechs OIF to Fight Nazis Members of a Czech legion formed in London to take a crack at their arch foe are shown petting a "bori voyage" from Mmc. Edouard Benes, wife of the former premier of Csiecho-Slovakia, as they left for France to begin training. Franco already has a Czech legion on the Western Front. (Central Prest) German Radio Says Nazis In Brussels British Say Situation Is Improved, Tliougii Serious London, May 17.—(AD—An authoritative source said today that the military situation from the standpoint of the allies "though very serious, may be regarded as slightly better than yesterday or 011 Wed nesday." A meeting of the allied supreme war council in Paris yesterday was described as having had "a very bcneficial effect." This is an authoritative British view of today's war position: 1—The situation 011 the French battle line is very serious. 2—However, the outcome is awaited with "complete confidence." 3—Reports from the fighting zones make it clear that the Iloyal Air Force "machine for machine and man for man is decisively superior to the enemy." Germans Claim Brussels Is Not "Open" Berlin, May J7.—(AP)—Alexand er Kirk, United States charge dc af fairs, was summoned to the foreign office yesterday and informed why Germany no longer regards Brussels as an open town, it was left to the, American government's discretion I whether to pass the information on j to the Belgian government. It was understood the Belgian capital's immunity lo German bomb ing attacks expires today unless the city is stripped of its character as a fortified town to the satisfaction of the German high command. German scouting planes, Kirk was told, established the fact that there were large army concentrations within the Capital, that railway sta tions were jammed with war ma terials, and that cannons were mounted in parks and public places. ORDERS. Paris. May 17.—(AP)—Gen eral Maurice Gustavc Gamelin. the allied commander-in-chief, tonight ordered his troops to "die on the spot" rather than cede further ground to the German invaders. GERMAN BOMBERS SINK DESTROYER Berlin. May 17.—(AP)—The Ger- | man high command reported today j an aJlied destroyer had been sunk at Dunkirk, and two other vessels • hit by bombs off that port in a series ! of raids by the German air force, j (jJ&aih&Ji FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Sat urday, except some cloudiness in mountains Saturday: slightly cooler, north cod&t tonight, Back In West Military Situation De scribed to British Pub lic as "Extremely Grave." London. May 17. f AI*) Allied i troops v.imv n ported tonight to have j fallen hack along the 115-mile front j Irom Antwerp to Sed;m ;ind the Uri- [ ti:!: public was warned th;d the inili- ; t;iry situalion is "extremely grave." | A inilitaiy spokosniiin said allied troops still were covering Brussels, 10 miles east of which the British ■ i (Contnued on Page Seven.) Earlier Dispatch By Associated Press Cor respondent at Front Says British Forces Have Stemmed Nazi Attacks. By DREW MIDDLETON. Willi the British Expeditionary Force on the French-Belgian Front, May 17.— (AP)—British forces have stemmed nazi attacks in the Lou vain area and the road to Brussels, 16 miles west of Louvain, still remains in allied hands. Berlin, May 17.—(AP)—Ger man troops marched into Brus sels, the Belgian capital, toward evening today after British and French positions south of Lou vain had collapsed, the Berlin ! radio announced. The British army is holding its po sitioris after two days of open war fare wilh German shock battalions i and is wailing to •ee which way the German power concentrated in the Sedan area, some 8(» miles airline to the south, will strike. The Germans Ihere are poised to . frike either to the north toward the defense before Brussels or to the south into France. They may try to roll up to the British lines in a northward thrust Iroin the Sedan area, hut it was | pointed out such a movement would leave them open to vigorous counter I attacks by the French field army! from tiie south. The Germans have attacked j heaviiy in the Louvain area and have, senl bombers far behind the lines! in an attempt to bomb infantry and cut communications. j The latter movement met with; ..mall success. But three days of ! bombings in Belgium and France \Continucd on Page Seven! Babson Cites Growth Of Spirit Of Cooperation By ROGER \V. BABSON, Copyright 1940. Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc. Worchester, Mass., May 17.—More and more people are coining to the belief that the solution of world economic troubles does not lie in communism, fascism, or state capi talism. Rather, they believe it lies in a 100 per cent cooperative system. I am now attending a large church convention where this thought is being discussed. Cooperatists envi sion the entire world developed into cooperative groups for buying, job seeking. health, insurance, etc. For cooperatives to succeed, however, their leaders must be inspired by a religious fervor—not merely by a desire to save a little money. Container cooperatives nave nc; made as much headway in the United ' States as in Great Britain, although they have grown steadily. The chain , stores have done for us much what j the consumer cooperatives have done . for Great Britain. As handicaps in the paths of chain stores are built . up. however, there may be a greater j need for consumer cooperatives, j Low farm prices will fertilize the ground for more marketing cooper- ' tives in rural areas. Recently the co- i operative spirit has been given a i tremendous boost by the Blue Cross Hospital plan and may be due for another big victory in the White Cross Doctor program. Forty Plus Clubs But the real triumph of the co (Continued on Page Seven) Allies Admit Reverses But Deny Rout Hitler's Armored Units Drive 30 Miles Into France, But French Claim 'Pocket' Is Being Surrounded and Situation Is "In Hand". Berlin. May 17.—(AIM—der ma n troops tonight were reported "deep in northern France"—one source said without confirmation they were within 7(i miles of Paris—in a continued drive from a broad opening forced between Mauheuge and .Montmedy. "Kvents in the next few days will show what it meant to force tii is opening" an authorized source said as it hinted the tier man campaign now is aimed at Franco in general and Paris in particular. Berlin. May 17.—(AP)—'The allies haw born runted from Antwerp to Sedan and German forces have pierced the Maginot line in a way whieii even German optimists had believed impossible, authorized Ger mans claimed today. These sources asserted the allied lorces were unnerved by Germany's awe-inspiring dive bombers and were "in hopeless confusion." For Belgium, they said, there is only one sensible choice—capitula tion before Brussels is laid in ruins and the remaining Liege fortress an nihilated. The army said in its regular com munique that the Maginot lino (ac tually the "little Maginot line" in that region) "was broken through on a width of 100 kilometers ((>2 miles)" around Sedan. It reported that in Belgium the Dyle river defense system was pierced south of Warve, 20 miles southeast of Brussels, and on the Namur front "the fortress was taken." (In London, British said that Ihe allies had fallen back from some po sitions in the Antwerp to Sedan line, but that the situation was not com pletely clear due to the heat of bat tle. They said "rubbish" to ^German contentions that Belgium virtually is "finished.") <jerinany s iinusi iiiio nonuci n France has been against the; so-called little.- Maginot line fronting on Bel gium, rather than on the main Maginot lino. Holh of them, oven as is Germany's west wall, are deep systems of Jollifications rather than mere lines so that they may he pierced without hiring broken. Paris, May 17.- Hitler's swift armored units have driven miles into France to a battlefield about 100 miles northeast of Paris but French military spokesmen said the situation i still "inhand." Three great battles are raging— one in the German bulge toward Paris in the RelheJ region southwest of Sedan; another south of Sedan; and the third in Belgium where the Germans are thrusting toward Brus sels with Louvain, 10 miles east of the Belgian capital, the main scene of conflict.. 'Die French high command admit (Continued on Page Seven) FDR Opposes Public Works In Relief Fund Washington, May 17—CAP)—Pres ident Roosevelt voiced opposition to day to devoting part of the pending relief appropriation to public works. That, he said, would cut down on the number of jobs available to needy individuals. In the House, where the measure i:> up for debate, Representative Wood rum, Democrat, Virginia, advocated that hall of the money be allotted for public works. Such undertakings, the President said at his press conference, require a much larger expenditure on ma terials which come from mines, for est-;, steel mills, and cement plants. Automatically, he said, that decreas ed the number of relief cases which can be cared from the available* funds. The President said his new de fense program would of course pro vide considerable employment, but it would by no means take care of the people on relief. He said the $975,650,000 relief bill must go through Congress rapidly because existing funds are expected to run u.it July 1.
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