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Hcuiirrsmt Haily Hispatrh ON^<DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORl ti CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. . y-SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, M C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 24, 10-10 f,UI,L1SHI'SS^u5EIf'."iooN FIVE CENTS COl'Y " —■——— —— ii t azis Push On Toward Calais Folio wing Capture Of Boulogne Only 500 Navy Planes Capable Of Meeting Europe's, Towers Says " fhe People Ought to Face tne racts,'' Sena toe iyuings Declares in Urging That Testi mony Be Published. May 24.—(AP)— • at "the people ought the Senate naval declined today to sup :iy that the Navy has vera ft cap able of meeting :ie> n equal combat. iiv. by Rear Admiral . ers. chief of naval aero that of the navy's 1.367 :.f> only 192 were less !d and the others rang v- ,.p to seven years. S2na Der.ocrat. Virginia, said i :>y Towers* figures that • " .u of the Navy crafts ■dern European planes •••bat. ! an Walsh. Democrat. • •• . >aid this presented . : • :re" of national de . ges'cd suppressions. ■iy- asserted that "I : that would be a wise ■ a -pi-It of confidence he added. "I feel that :ace the facts and the • >. ied on P&ge Three) Noted German Spy Arrested • ' y 24.—(AP)—Captain len. noted for Ger . itie.s during the ■no in recent years a nd. was detained to . T dii.e against fifth i war von Rintelcn ' • l it German spies in ' • and then came to '-'i a- a "conscientious </!-: in in Germany, allowed freedom of ■ d aboard a ship in • ' ned to the United • «• was convicted of • tions ships. lie was •i 11)20. i rotsky Safe Alter Attack ' amous Russian Exile ^niy Slightly Hurt By Band Who Fire 'nto His Bedroom. City. May 24.—(AP)— was attacked today by •i'i or 4u men who fired Russian exile's bed y was slightly hurt b\ • ts were fired into the to Mexico in 1937 i dcring exile that fol ding out with the pow > iet Russia he helped of the leaders of th< ' ky's secretary guards •>^ed on Page Four; Downs 20 Planes Edgar (Cobber) Knin Waging practically a personal war with the Nazi air force, this Royal ! Air Force pilot, Edgar (Cobber) Kain," is credited with shooting down 20 German planes. "After downing two Heinkel bombers one day recently, he was attacked by six Messerschmitts and baprged two i of those. He hails from New Zea- | land, and his nickname mean? pal. Training For Air Reserve Is Planned I Washington, May 24. — (AP)— President Roosevelt disclosed plans j today to give basic training as pilots I to 50.()0(» men in the twelve months ! beginning July 1. Through the Civil Aeronautics Au | thority. he said, three months of pri j mary training in Hying will be pro i videcl. While not all of those who | take the course will be finished nia | terial for the army and navy air | forces, the President asserted they j can be incorporated in various re i serves. j He told his press conference that ! Congress would be asked for a sup ' plementary appropriation to handle ; the pilot training program, j In contrast with large expansion contemplated in flier training, the Chief Executive noted that in the present fiscal year ending June 30 j basic training would have been pro | vided 10,000 men. MORE DELEGATES TO ROOSEVELT SUPPORT Providcnce. R. I.. May 24.— (AP)—Sixteen delegates to the national convention pledged flat iv tn President Roosevelt were Art Treasures Of Belgium Are Lost Paris. May 24.— u-u —xnnv truck loads of art treasures includ ing paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt and Van Dyck are missing, it was dis closed today, after being spirited out of Brussels during the German in vit-inn ■ from since. Allies Offer Concessions To II Duce Mussolini Quoted As Saying Concessions Reportedly Offered Are "Too Little and Too Late" To Change Position. Rome. May 24.—(AP)—Futile al lied offers of concessions to Premier Mussolini in the hope of keeping Italy non-belligerent were reported today in Italian quarters. With Italy observing the anniver sary of her entrance into the World war 25 years ago today, unofficial, observers said the French secretly of fered her credit facilities through the Suez canal and a free port at Jibuti. Somaniland. Jubiti is the only rail outlet to Italy's Ethiopian empire. Britain has been negotiating for an arrangement to lift the allied block ade in the Mediterranean for Italy. Mussolini, however, was quoted as saying the concession are "too little and too late." Some Italians more than half ex pected Premier Mussolini to cele brate today's anniversary by announc ing that Italy is ready to strike for attainment of her long heralded ter ritorial aspirations. There were no surface indications of the exact time or place of Italy's leap. Most guesses were that it would be against France or Yugoslavia, against both of whom Italy has l'iled territorial claims. Parachutists Find Death London, May 24.—(AP)—A small band of Briti.-h and French soldiers were reported tonight to have wiped out German parachute attackers armed with sub-machine guns drop ped on a small French village be hind the western front.. The air ministry announced that 16 members of tne ground staff of a Royal Air force squadron had stop ped to rest at the village when at dusk German bombers cainc roaring over the rooftops. The bombers moved around until night fell and then dropped the parachutists. The RAF men, joined by a few French soldiers, set out in search of the nazi machine gunners, the air ministry said, and there followed a house- to-house fight. ' "By daybreak every parachutist was dead", the air ministry said. Battle Of Flanders in Third Day French Advance Guards Fight Vigor ously With German Light Units Near Bou "ogne, Failing to Close Gap In Lines. Paris, May 24.—(AP)—French ad vance guards fought vigorously to Hay against small German light units in the region of the English channel near Boulogne, a military spokes man said, while the battle of Fland ers raged into its third day with sustained violence eastward into the vicinity of Valcncionnes. The French spokesman acknow ledged that the German infiltration to the Boulogne area, important channel port just 2G miles from Eng land, was continuing through a 25 mile wide gap in the allied line so"ih of Arras. The German troops were moving northwcsterlv through the gap. wNch the French and their allies wore attempting to plug. The fighting next to the coast was 'Inscribed as '"heavy", although the German detachments at Boulogne were still reported to be only "ligln effectives." The spokesman said there was lit fContinneH or> 'Popp Foirr> airplane score. London. May 24.—(AP)—Brit ish fighter nlancs yesterday shot down 20 German planes and 'ipmacod 25 mnro. the air min istry announced today. The Brit ish were said to have lost eight planes. NEW BUS ROUTE. Charlotte. May 24.—(AP)— The Interstate Commerce Commission to day granted permission of Carolina Coach company of Raleigh to extend its motor bus operations to connect Tarboro and Dunn. Pitts Denies Coercion Penal Division Super intendent Answers Charges of Political Activities. Raleigh), May 24.—(AP>—(Vcar Pills, superintendent of the State penal division, branded as false In day any charges that he was at I tempting by coercion or intimidation to secure votes from prison employ ees for .J. M. Broughlon, Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Governor Hocy reiterated thai State officials and employees were free to support "the candidate ol their choice." He said the ad minis thation was not attempting to "dic tate the nominee for governor." Don S. Elias, Buncombe political leader and supporter of W. P Mor ton, telegranhed Governor Hocy lhai he had reliable information "thai employees of the prison and road do fContinued on Page Four* Averill Sees: Brought oil High With Maxwell Second; Half-Million Votes Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh. May 24.—Half a million North Carolina Democrats, more or less, will tomorrow go to the polls to nominate: (1) A governor, (2) a lieutenant governor, (3) a secretary of state, (4) a state auditor, (5) a commis sioner of agriculture, (6) an insur ance commissioner, (7) five con gressmen, (8) approximately 90 members of the state house of re presentatives. (9) about 35 state sen ators. and (10) a scattering of coun 1 ty officials all over the state—mostly registers of deeds, county eommis ; sioners. judges and solicitors ui re corder and county courts. I At the same time those Tar HppIs ; of the Republican political persuasior ! will choose candidates for governor lieutenant governor and for a scat tering of legislators and county ol | ficials in the comparatively lew counties in which the G. O. P. offers | opposition to the dominant Demo lOacdhsA FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and slightly i cooler .except liffht rain and sta tionary temperature on northeast coast tonight; Saturday partly cloudy, slightly warmer. I erats. Without primary opposition arc: the 1 Democratic and Republican candi > dates for attorney general, superin tendent of public instruction, a half j dozen Congress posts and a large ; number of 120 representatives and J 51) state senators. Naturally chief interest centers in the Democratic primary for gover nor, as there is no doubt that the winner will be the state's No. 1 cit izen for the four years beginning next January. > Thi--- campaign is unique in many I respects. There are more candidates j (Continued on Page Four; Drive Toward Coast Tightens Steel Trap On (Pocketed'Allies Nr-A Vir.fow Parade Through Brussels German h( rscincn arc shown parading in Brussels, according to the Gcr man censor-approvcd caption Nazi soldiers who arrived in the Helgiai capital bcJore the cavalry watch their comrades ride past. Photo wa flashed by radio to New York from Berlin. SiSi Leads Roundup iOf Statewide Gang Americans Ready To Leave Britain | Lonc!'<n. ?.»<iy 24.—(AI')—Seven J hundred .Americans eager to leave England and escape the dangers «>l ! na/.i in\;• i«>n applied Cor visas and 1 exit permits lo Eire in the* last 24 j hour.;, eml>as:;y officials said today. In the lace of the growing danger , eml>a sy ol! ieials >aid thry expected | nearly half of 1lie 5,400 American jci;i/cn- in the 1'ritish Isles to lcavi j for home. QUEEN VVILHELMINA FEARED CA.PTURE London. May 24. — (AP) — (}iif*nn\VilhrImina of The Nether lands lold newspaper moil per sonally todav that she left her invaded kingdom because the Germans were determined to j rapture her and hold her as a I hostage. a- TT « "» ~W\^J 7 • x "B Eight Persons Arrest ed Last Night as Mem bers of "Biggest Or ganized C r i in i n a Gang Operating in th< I State." I ——— Raleigh. ?Jav 2i (AT')—Frederic ('. Handy. director ol tin? State Bh j j*(mi of Investigation. announced In ; dji.v 11>;it eight persons had been at i rested in :i crack-down on what h j termed "the biggest organized criin I i 11;11 gang operating in 111'' state." Agents Howard L. Pierce and V ' I. Catling with the aid of Chief Di ! teetive King ;ind other Durham ol j ficers, Lieutenant A. T. Moore of th I high way patrol and Captain Baile ! and other Durham ABC officer | made the arrests during the night "The gang's activities were stati 1 wide and crimes included every thin | from car thefts to safe blowing i Handy said. The theft of S800 wort j of cigarettes at New Bern and of i new automobile at Pilot Mountai l led to the arrests. Pierce identified the prisoners a held in Durham—Wallace Riggsbe of Durham. Graham Murphy of Bui lingion. J. D. Strong of Durhar i Helen Johnson of Durham and Ret | ben Chappell of Durham; held ; Hilisboro—Percy Newsome. an e caped convict: held at Raleigh—AlIt. Oglesby of near Morehead City at: Evelyn Britt Johnson of Durham. Bishop Purcell Is Given Assi^nmen Asheville, May 24.—CAP)— Tl southeastern jurisdictional conferent of the Methodist church assigned i eight active bishops today in accorc ; ance with the recommendations of i committee on episcopacy. The assignment- ireloded: Bishn Claire Purceli. r.'crth C>\ 1 :v: •• Wcw.6.11 Xoi'ih Cw.'.iiia Lv.'..c: '-.act Nazi Troops AreReported Near Calais German Force Grap ples With Allies in streets of Ghent; French Forts Near Belgian Border Re ported Captured. (By The Associated Press) Allied artillery fire raked ad vancing German armored col umns with a devastating cross fire in the battle of Flanders to day as other Nazi legions struck at the "gates of Calais"—only "ifl miles from Dover. Kngland—and captured the strategic French seaport of Boulogne. With the mastery of the Eng lish channel at stake, the allies j hurled masses of infantry against ! the German salient at its bottle : | neck between Cambrai and the i river Somme. 1 It was the first time in the 15-day old campaign that the two branches - of the service in which the allies ! claim superiority-infantry and artil lery—were thrown into full play. Away to the south in France, the Germans rained bombs on the Paris - Rouen railway in an attempt to cut • If the French capital from the im portant harbor of he Havre. (By The Associated Press.) German capture of Boulogne— France's strategic seaport just 20 minutes by air from London was admitted in authoritative London quarters today. The .sweeping na/.i rush to the :>eu, '.Continued on Page Four) Negro Dies In ' Gas Chamber | Raleigh, May 24.—(AP)—The State executt d Simon (C'oochic) Cih.mi. 2'.i-y( -ar-o!d Negro, t<>d;iy for I the rape of a white woman in New " i Hanover county. " | Gibson (-ontended he was eonvict " ! ed through mistaken identity. Chap r" j bin i,. A. Watts is;• id the Negro's " i last statement was: r I I did not commit the crime and I • could not ,s;iy that I did il because ~ i I didn't." Gibson entered the death chamber I at ! 0 o'clock, gas was started one * and one half minute later, and he '' was pronounced'dead after 13 min I ute:s. He was the 230th person exe cuted here, the 42nd for rape, the ^ 191st Negro, and the 64th put to ^ death by gas. 1450,000 Votes • Expected In : State Primary Raleigh. May 24.—(AP; — The State board of elections estimated that about 450,000 votes would be cast in tomorrow's Democratic pri I- mary. No guess was hazarded as to the probable Republican vote. One Democratic gubernatorial can t. didate. A. J. Maxwell. was ill at hi . f. home. His physician said Maxweli s was suffering from laryngitis, but _ would be able to vote tomorrow "if s. he has no fever." Humor- that Max well was suffering from a break p down, which gained wide eircula f] lir.n here and in Durham, were de /.icd i:y the doctor.
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