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Henderson, h. fteithprsmi Haily 0iapatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUP>LISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOK 1 ii CAROLIN A ANM Y'!K< SEVENTH YEAR - ' —' — — X. V_/ A/Ulk7 l I AA ' - HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, 11)40 ruui.istitu KVKKY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COi'Y If 4 am m* ft * 11 MANS *********** TT-r**** ******1 * * ^ ^ July Believed Preparing For War .b; ckouts a. .., Air Raid v v \o ; . ii Minister "ays in Milan rcmcna Italy Only "1 he Qrd 1 ' Day" From AE1 > Italy. Ger t ' .iliy. appea' - • .r rii, to enter i hl;u'ko;:ts and ■: chief industrial ..»• tt-l beginning ,. , ,. . I .ji M; :t; -ter l lano >11.1. in v\ hic-ii he fMty "the order . •: Mussolini c iit d upon it." _ among Italians called shortly to • frontiers. attached sig rticle in Ciano's • :-.4 "the hour is near : on the course ot more active." • n. >ve. it added. . c.- will be "ter . .aied that although F:.nce undoubtedly' leiently now to Itai iley did lo months ! : "too late." >. ;twc'uons between ..oiKiosi, meanwhile, re ... nciei. •y Hi Italy's entrance :c* :n the immediate l'u '■ited tuither by the air ch were the lirst or ■ ipen.ng days ot war LRiTiSH BOMBERS RAID NAZI UNITS Aia.v ii.— (AIM—The !-tr> announced tonight .-.li bombers had "suc ilaekru" (ierman arm ■ m the Arras and r i art*a> of northern M^tcrday. 1 »ra >poiKlcnts ■ i o London \|.iV >1. — (AD — ritrrrspvndrnts who i ith the British army '•i returned today to *. 'i .»!■; them was Drew . i 11;• i hi the Associated v. A- York nfl • ;ii! «•<•:! e. pon ■' . h tl i k >[).- i ill the • !.»•< >1 ordered baek. • ; • *i '1 ;i »m ittdi i ,'iMii <>! the Uriti: h bad beeome ex < . . the re "lit of yV mechanized ish channel. briiish Admit 1 wo Ships Lost 21 ' A!') Loss of ■ i-i M; i inuham and ?111• Victoria was y ?.y th" admiralty on <-! the war for IJri :.y threat of na/.i in -i the Effingham >:' i . !i .itinti a rock ;i:.n '.-oa X. She became board weie s«;v • t iTn»■ crew, 21 men . . < ! the mine layer fit-:;. v.i'ie pressed the f i< i man Itghtn v. .id Fiance's north ■teadily nearer the . air aitacKs and ac asion. Britain i.- perfectly ■ d the Daily Express, " be successful if we echoed Prime Min demand Sunday that quickly more tanks. • . more shells ;ind more i> indicate a lack of ' i.is"d repeated with • .a>t "defensive battle" Border Betw een \ ugoslavia And Skoplje. Yugoslavia. May '21.— <AP). — The frontier between Yugoslavia aiul Italian-held Al bania was closed today by Italian order. News of t'*c border closing wa; r'-e-ived hers* shortly aft'-r t!»*" announcement in Kom^ tbat ft-« 1 - i.tn foreign minister Count Cian » , . |«-ao" Albania, now part of the Italian empire. Reports fiPorine across the f "ontTor to Yugoslav military ouartcrs here said the Italian j rrrry bat! s-v—d-d un transport rl' law e;"»»t!*ies of war ma l »-;ab; to Albania. President Roosevelt Opposes #50,000 Limit on Cost ot WPA Pro jects, Saying It Would Hinder National De fense Projects. Washington. May 21.—(AP)— President Roosevelt urged Congress today to remove a relief bill cost [unit on WPA projects and contend ed that advocates of the limitation :ould "be charged with a desire to return to bi - aiuo&gimy. ine President in a letter to Repre sentative Cannon, Democrat, Mis souri. expressed opposition to provi sions in the pending $975.(>">i,UM) b.L ivhich would limit the co.-t of a fed ?ral project to S50,000 and the fede .;! contribution to a non-federal project to the same amount. "The commissioner of work pro jects informs- me that the proportion :>[' relief labor on large construction projects is in many cases greater than on small projects and. further more. that the overall proportion of relief labor on ail construction pro jects- now in operation is between 9 j and 97 percent," the letter said. : • ; tu«< u. "The limitation would have a particularly harmful effect upon the attempt which i.; being made to use the program of the Works Project : Administration to further national defense." Mr. Roosevelt vetoed as not nodd ed in view of "a sufficient backlog' a bill authorizing appropriation of! •.Continued on Page Kour) Closed i housaiids Help Raleigh Celebrate Raleigh. May 21.—(AP)—Thous-j ands of visitors helped Raleigh ccle brate today the centennial of its con nection by railroads with the outer world and of the completion of its state Ccipitol. A special train to Raleigh covered as nearly as possible the route taken 100 years ago when the first train j operated from Gaston to Raleigh over! the Raleigh and Gaston railroad. Governor Hoey. Governor Burnet1 R. Maybank of South Carolina, and i Thad Eure. secretary of stat'.>spok.: at the open^'i ceremonies on Capitol Square in tne early atternoon. Retired Army Officer Dies New York. May 21 — (AP)— Col Charles P. Echols, 72, former pro cessor of mathematics at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, died ciU'iy today after he was found un conscious in the rear of the New York public library, apparently a robbery victim. The retired army officer lay bleed ing at the foot of a stone stairway leading from the library promenade into Biyant park. 6th avenue and 42nd street. He died at Bellevue 'lospital of a fractured skull and internal injuries. Col. Echols' empty wallet lay be side him. Police theorized he had beer, robbed and pushed down the Jtcpo. Louvain, Pulverized by German Bombs C. I'. Cnbtpphoto Residents of Louvain, Belgium, wander through the debris-littered street, their homes reduced to shambles by German bombers. Luuvain, destroyed in World War i and rebuilt, was a fine modern city before th» Nazi blitzkrieg struck. Photo was cabled from London to New York. Raynaud Confesses France Faces Serious Situation ilooscvcit Ais«I yiidon To S2sl«l Coiiica'caicc Thursday Chicago. May 21.—(AP)—All' M. Landon. who said last night an in vitation to a White house confer ence Had been rtscinricd. announced today he was going to Washington after receiving a personal Ulepnonej call from President "oovevelt. The Republican lender received a long distance telephone call in the' midst of a conference with reporters regarding last night's cancellation cV a White House invitation. Landon! said the call was Irom the White' House and the President "wants me: to come on down." Landon received word from Brig.' Gen. E. M. Watson, presidential sec retary, last night that the meeting had been postponed "indefinitely." He had answered a question con cerning the rescinding of the meet ing. but after talking with the Pi t si dent declined to authorize publica tion ol the statement he had made. I Washington. May 21.—(AP)—The j White House said today that All' M. Landon definitely would conl^r v.'itn President Roosevelt tomorrow. al though there had been a mixup in arrangements and that as a pre liminary Represc illative Wau.worth, Republican. \<_w York, would lunch with the Chid' Executive today. Stephen Early. presidential secie tary. said that efforts had been made to postpone the visit of Landon, 1'JJJG. R-.-publican pre iriential candidate, until Thursday. Rut, through a misundr r landing, he said. s< m;1 of those involved in malviJ.'^ the arrangements th:• »'.i?4ht the engagement was being wnceiied. Nov.". Early explained, the original plan for the Pre: ident to talk with Landon tomorrow will be I'oil'.wed. Hitler May n'ot Attempt To Take Paris At Once IS.v LOMS I*. I/K'UNKit With tlic German We U-in Ar-.k' M;iy 21.—(Al'/—The !.••.«»i s Ki.ie! tower of I'ari^ was clrarlv i-!»:•<• i<> the advance <>1 Aci»»!Miller', army tliis mm nnji, !>iit ii v. :: hv mm mo.-ns certain titut the liichn r v/oul •' att< nipt to capture tin- French capi tal in a hurry. He seemed more concerned vi'li routing Belgian. Frenelt and Krit*li.;!i ! ><i;i li: ,nl' ;l I'n' 1«;'• I"rcn"ii «• >;i. of ih'j Kiii'li ii cli.imicl. No less ;i m;in tlitin Cr«-o. vV;> 1'Ii'*s" \ • »n KoichMi.Mi. '.DMiii-iiKifr <>1 t!i • ;i: my, v."is .^clectcd !>• i»• -rJfj:*; i this t;i.sk. Yd t'Vcn von Rfichrnini \v;\s • > t'o Iji.j y Id nllcr :i wflconi" i • Atne i it: ;:s roiTe.sponclcnt.s visiting the Gcr i Continued on pnyc tv."n Premier Tells Senate "The Truth", Declares "We Must Take Im mediate Decisions'', Explains Army Fail ures. Paris, May 21.—(AP)—Premier Rcynaud blamed the French hig'i command today for "incredible faults" because of which "disaster \xx total disorganization" was in flicted by German armored blows on the French army defending the Meusc. The premier solemnly told the sen ate "faults will be punished." But he declared there was no r>nr>' for further disaster "if each rnldb" realizes his enormous task and th° millions of sons of France realiz? their future is at stake. xxx "France cannot die! II a miracle is needed to save France I believe in miracles because I bc'hve in France." Telling th^ senators "the truth" because it .lion" "can save the fatherland." th«* premier declared • V" mii: ) tnl'r immediate decisions." l',<■ admiii'd ihat France had suf ;v !•« d Iron lac!: of machine guns. !'e explain'd ih^ disorganization ' !'■" v : s''if d Ui hold the line ! i!ie Men e river in Belgium by • !' i'i i iV t T,v'' nch flivi io-is were "!r<p-'nieroiis" in that sector. "The best 1 nmps had boon xf,nt I -»i*11 :'c :»ito Be'sit! n," ihe prem'er continued, declaring that made it "tit*, y" for enemy mobile units to penetrate into liu* Mouse. The j i mier laid pari of the blame ' n f e f:> i 111»•" of French defenders t'• blow no b'-idi»'is across Ihf Meuse. 'i'ius" faults "will be punished" he shouted and the senate, which had been listening in somber silence, br »k*e into cheers. Broughion And Maxwell Strongest in First Four Congressional Districts Da/ly I>isj»atch Bureau. In the Sir Waller Hotel. By !IP;\RV AVKRILL (This is the first o;' three ar ticles dealing with the suix-ni: - torial primary by Congre: sionnl Districts. First t(» Fourth are sur \-r>vr"i in today's: Fifth to Kighlh will be considered tomorrow and Ninth to Eleventh on Thursday.) Raleigh, May 21.—The lead in Con gressional Districts One to Four. elusive, in North Carolina's gubei natorial campaign is a neck and neck struggle between Raleigh Attorney J. Melville Broughton and Commis sioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell. Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton is likely to be preyed hard by Rocky Mount's "busines's msn" L. Lee Gravely tor the third ;; isition: while the balance of the fie id will ir.iil the.-*:-* i' :'dcrs !;t quite a respect able di^tanec. That. <it iou.ct. is how it looked to your ffniCigh reporter, who oniy wiyho he coi'i .i bo like the old > r: try jud^o who proclaimed .ioin iric bench. "There may be error in thi.; court's decision-. but there is no d"ubt." in the instant ca-e thr.-.-e ' not only be error, but there is ever, more th:n •< modicum of doubt lurn ii!" in tne back of the reportorial mind. iVcA-erthch s-- ;-nd notwithstanding, it is repeated that these districts, which embrace 38 counties casting 172,484 votes in the 1D36 fir t guber natorial primary will wind up by giving a ie;id over the field either to Broughton or Maxwell—probably the former. 'woniributing to this are several factors. Both Maxwell and Brough ton live In the fourth, as. for that matter do Horton. Gravely and Grady, bin they enjoy t}-. 1 > nr!vantag<-' 01 iivins in heavier voting units thar. Ihrir rivals. Wake, lor example, cast mor»" t.'i.'in 23. ifK) votes in 193G, and it is general'y c< needed :h-it the great hulk of the Wake votes of next Sat urday will £?f» t-< Broughton and Max well. i'i that order. Nash, which voter] approximately 3.5'10 :n 1933. will be almost solid for Gravely, so solid that the leavings v. ill hardly be worth picking up. John ton (practically 10,000 four years ago) is in th^ Grady bag. with many estimates that he will, get 85 per cent of the total cast. Chatham will handsomely back its citizen, Horton, but it will have to stretch i, "-"ke a 5.000 total (only 3,400 in 1936). Maxwell's home county, Wayne, had better than 7.300 four years ago and registration is heavy this year. So on the ba.-is of local pride. Broughton and Maxwell start off ^Continued on page two) Nazi Force Driving South Within Sight Of The Eiffel Tower U. S. havai be Speeded Act ng Secretary of the IN'avy Compton f'rders Additional Shifts and Increased Forces for Ship Build ing Establishments. Washington. M;iv 21.- (AP)—All N;ivy establishments were ordered to day by Lewis Compton. acting secre tary, to speed u») deigns? prepara lions by working additional shift* :>nd hv iner'- s:np civilian ^hin build ing forces by ;it least 15.000 men within three months. Compton sent a letter to the com mandant ; of all naval d'striets, yards and stations, all bureau-; and offices of the Navy department and to head quarters of the Marine Corps. There are 66 warships under con struction or projected, including eight battleships. Tn connect;on with the Army pha: e of the cmcrgency defense program, meanwhile, it was foreca t t!v>t th" ""•"•o in-'lH-vv c-nr m;14would vol'1 to remove for a prescribed period all limits on the number of planes the army may procure. This action, committeemen said, would be in line with President Roosevelt's proo 'snl for a 50.000 planc Armj" and Navy airl'orce. The Army has asked only the air corps' present limit of (5.000 planes to be raised to 10.0 tn. but committee members said that in view of Presi dent Rorrevelt's recommendation ;.nd the uncertainty "f world conditions the Army should not be hampered by |egi«lative restrictions. Even as Compton':-' order was an nounced. President Roo>r\"!t con centrated on navy affairs, summon ng ranking admirals and Senate an i House committee chairman to a con ference at which the effects of labor laws on ship building were to be dis armed. The House committee approved a oropn.-ai to authorize the Navy ta dismi-s without reg: rd to the civ ! service law employees engaging in subversive a"tivities. The c-nnrvtieo withheld final a'dion en 11 e Ie?' la iion, however, until Chairman Vin son of ti'.c Hon e iv val committc*1 -•oi.lld t'ke to the While H'.i e a t •if anierdmcnl.s dc igncd to relax the 'abor laws. LOsatkcfi FOR NOKTII ( AROMNA iMoslly cloudy tonight and V'-diir-''■!>• showers in r.ioiin tains; .slightly warmer Wednes day. French Cities of Arras, Amiens and Abbeville Taken; Ninth French A*'my, Defending Mei:r,c Front, Crushed. J'ariy. May 21.—< \l'»—The Germans, striking with drvas "orce. burled their arm ored ears today almost to the lin&lish channel. Amiens and Arras on the cd?e of the eoastal plain were ablaze and in German hands. Nav.i traloreyele vanguards had readied I he outer environs of Abbeville. 12 miles from the channel. (By The Associated Press) Nazi blitzkrieg legions, in ;i Uvo forKed Hash tn the west and 11!*. drove to within 15 miles ol the Eng 1 is!": channel. the German high com mand ;;!in:m need today, and said they were within sight of the Eiffel lower in Pari*. only fi!) miles away. The French cities of Arras, London. ."May 21.—(AIM—An authoritative source said today that the claims made by today's Gciman communique (which de clared the Germans had captur ed Abbeville. 15 miles from the English channel) were regard ed as grossly exaggerated. /•miens an i Anboville were sei/.e'l. the hii»?; c itimand m;id. A French war ministry spokes nun aid ti'i.' Germans were meeting "fi:rious re. i-tance everywhere." Tiie drive to the west—apparently in quest of springboard liases for a < •Uriels <<n England itself—surpassed 'he westward gains scored by Kaiser Wilhelm's imperial army in all the woi Id war. Other German columns, forking .outh from the Meusc river front in ;he Sedan sector, were reported witli in sight of the Eiffel tower in Paris. The German high command re joit d that the ninth French army, defending ihe Meuse front from Nannir t<» Sedan, has br^n crushed in the "biggest attacking operation of all time." By eontrv t, a British spokesman de-eribed the battle on the wester i front as "mor • confused than ever ((!• hitit><M-«i on Paae Two) Big British Warship Hit Berlin, Wry 21.—(AIM- A .hi j> probably of 111* • 29,150-hn !{»: oh tio:i" el'i s. wa ).:t heavily '• rr.er »orv."»rrl burets an I •i :r: vy e " i rr was : lso bit by /.ma- off Fvai'vi':. Norway, the high :•! ur; r.d a»:rr 1 red I'dav. (li e cla s j«: finip'i"rl *»r fi e- ■rinanght- fach r • I 2'). 150 ton: with norma! c»m pl"ir.f nt of abo'u 1 oTfievr- **»nd men. (One. 1 h if' V 'l ' »ak. was torpe doed ,,!ul 'ink hi S'-'pa Flow, th" onlv I attie hip tiie Iii i 1 i ii have ac knowledged I'.: in.",). Pan America Prefers To Stay Democratic, Stewart Says Hy CHARLES I'. STJUWRl (Ccnlri.i I-res- Columnist; W;i.-iunai'in. iVi;.y UI.--\V:i i.s \ciy w^il salisliod v.illi < /id :icv it the Pan Americas' d 'termin^ti > 1 to i' main democratic no mailer '..ha. ii; ppens in Europe. All ; dv'<■ c p. It Is mI the &OLlnc;n republics are to 'lie ciTec! I: .('•ty - ioviii „ icr.KTl.j 'I1 art of 'no new nrkl '• :piy '' en 11 n'?:hr-n • ••fern". Gf nvtn" :cces e... in thei; jsclve !'• kr"V !itariP'_ i m »»m lining "< '.ootho' • our hc:ni -pheie. If the re's any Nthern country oncr>r. *i" whion Josephus \Va Ivnp'm. nn-t Daniels conridenti..!l>\ ha. been a ir.tie lines-y. i:'.» ?.ic::ic . Congressman Martin Di . !Vr i". sir.nee. ha~> rusge-trd thr* ;n-Amr. ican propaganda i:s dantr :"'i !y pi— vaJcnt just below the Rin rir^nde. However, Joiepiv.i:- !).:ni ! . our aniba sador to Movi'-o ''ifv. • probdl ly is <>? god -i r\ n. Si oc.:ir.w.r. L^iss. C3** it ! n't. iii ambassador, temporarily away I rem his post on a visit home, reports thai, while there's a Mexican C'onimun i. lie party, it i n't strong, and that Nazi-ism i- unpopular it) the repu - lie. Further'more, he mentions that, if the Die--, committee knows any thing more of totalitarian t«n ; on Mexico's side of the border th;i i the Mexican government knows, the latter government will be glud to be enlightened. This doesn't ourid par ticularly undemocratic so far a; Mexico i-: concerned Of eoi:r e, Yankee-Mexican rela tions have been somewhat strained by the oil controversy. out th..t doesn't in the lea t impiy that Mex ico is totalitarian. Emphatically Neutral Argentina. Uruguay and Panam i have been quicker than Uncle Sam has been to resent oversea? di ifg-rd of American neutrality. They we: • prompt to take offense ;<t th^ land ing Briti.-h and French marne, :m the Dutch \Vo«t Indie . Wc we disposed to wink at it. They are al most more nei ti ai than we are. They're s.o neutral that they verg • on being willing to light for ir utral ity. They're for Pan-American .-«'»li darity, anyhow, i! it does have to b : (Continued on Page irourj
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