North Carolina Newspapers

Hfcm&ersmt Battg Sispatrb , mrm T"llliT> TN THIS spr/pON OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGIMA. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN EVE.«r afternoon FIVE CENTS COPY : \TY-SEVENTH YEAR l?»IeLso?iatSIdVpSeS°3f HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1940 except sunday. • I ^ ' _ The Real Victims of War • • ;! sut:> rers of war. A mother and her three small chil ly through the ruins of a town in Belgium. Even as • iu- i hi'ux.' in the background part of the crumbling in a cloud of dust. Photo passed by the British censor. NLB Charged With Hampering Defense 1 ao House Members' Make Charges As Amendments to Wag ner Act Near Discus sic:--; Delay Jn Ship men' of Motors Men honed. 2i5.— ' AP> Two; '»••• ii>- • e as.--rtccl '"<1 y .tu. 1 Labor Iloavd was! intense preparation. • e Hol'ttrtan. Iit:puijli : . said the agency was! df lay ins a -hiptaent• ! • the Philand er.: * factory and U,,i>- I ■ l' >>:. Democrat. Georji'a. i bus- • iiii corrupt administration i ! - ;•> the Wagner act board have been j •• veiv„to cotne uu in. . - , * i . mis week. I . t \ ■: y !av with • ny ; Jlot i t 'tu de- i :< ( t) the Warner law : i ■■ vr\ as it i.» n w." ' •. an iid that the [ d« lay had occurred j • t: < I John Aiinr.iriiici .. -.ration at Detroit! Navy fr'Wi nsiny • :> i i • ti»»n t'T th" ! cii turbane • • Dr. I » i\ ;i S ip ■ ' ( » • >! !• <•», I i. "(<'M • ( . I .(iu . on. than t 15. !'•:;<• i a Pacific roast. j t<> fi«-i>o|-; Rri(l|>.-.: '. ; • : :rl»-r what we are i 'A t. S;tp->'f. Mad .•» t»:-aj;:«b!e Sno:u." , •' i . -1 ci 11 x-i/ed !.■ »('I • -v. J. iio;i '\ ii'ltian. . member. a welt 1 ' -ii ayette Lscadrille v- ithdr&ws Honorary membership Confer •ui in 1927. •}.- I i!-;.v» it. Ksciid-! ■ <! mm ( '.! ' (*h;irlr< A. i 'i i i i Atlantic: • ! ■• mil .ihil Air A.-^ociti 'Mil Vollint' « 1 ('oil!- : I*' < fi'-Ji .limy hi 11M4 ; loiinir pilots of Hit-1 on .• 1111<>i111(<•<! its ;»«•— t ■ nil of I.iii'U>«-iH;h's! i!> • inch it rla.>.-il'icd: '.j.jl'l ( <1 to tin- . pii it; • ri \'»lunl«*»TS <>l lilt'| ■ "ii .||i- and Foreign j 'it t'» lilt' llfifllSC of; i ;>! I.'' ■ ■' n•]«annootici'm«nt i 'A I') Honorable ■ il l.'li awn today \>y "i iionotary member un Pa^e roar) Sortli Carolinian Says Sweden W on't Have Fifth Column New York. May 28.—(AP) — Sweden won't be taken by "Tro jan horse" tactics if the (iermans attempt an invasion. A. N. Daniel. Jr.. of 209 Goldsboro street. Wilson. X. said today on his return from Stockholm aboard the I'. S. liner Washing ton. "Sweden is armed to the teeth." he said. "The government and army have been combed for en'-my sympathizers. It is the only country in Europe that I visited where there is no food shortage or rationing." In contrast to Swedish confi dence in national integrity, Daniels said hp found Switzer land seething with rumors and fears of "fifth column" activity. Hitler Assigns Belgian Castle To King Leopold London. May 28.—(AIM — A fii'i-man radio announcement heard in l.oudon today said Kinjr l.eopold had been assigned a Kclsiaii ensile to stay in follow ing his order to his army tu cap litulatc to (irrmany. The announcement said: "The fuehrer has ordered that the kins; and his army be given until further notice the consid eration due a hrave people. Leo pold has been iNvsitrned a Bel gian castle for his stay." SLOWS EXCHANGED AT DEMOCRATIC MEE1 Wi.cn. Tex.. May 2K.—(AP) M;iynr iM.;i:ry Maverick of San An lonio. ard'-nt advocate of a thir< t« ' hi fur President Roosevelt. ex changed blows today with Mayo Tom Miller of Austin outside th hail where the Texas Doinocrati convention was deciding whether t |>]' dge the state's 4G delegates t T« va.' own John Nance Garner o to Roosevelt. New Taxation To Finance Increase In Debt Limit Washington. May 2f>.— (AP)— New. taxation to finance an immediate $3, 1)00,DOO.OOO increase in the national debt for eim rgency defense outlays was agreed upon today at a confer ence of administration and congres sional leaders. A special issue of "national defense obligations" would be offered the I public to supply funds for strengthen ' inu armauif-uts in .i program approval ed by President Kooscvelt which: would require lifting the present! $ J5.000.000.000 debt limit to $48,000, 000.000. The new taxes would be designed to produce between $600,000,000 and 37MO.uuo.yoo a year for the next ijve. 5ut exactly what levies were con emplated was not revealed. Indiea ions were that this would be left up o Congress to work out. Congressional leaders had expect d to adjourn early in June. The new >mgram calling for major legislative etion presented them with the pros »ect of an indefinite delay. The plan ratified by President toosevclt was drafted in a three-hour \ :on ferencc by Secretary of the i "reasury Morgenthau. Chairman! Joughton, Democrat, North Carolina, if the House ways and means coin- j nittee and Chairman Harrison. Deni >crat, Mississippi, ol the Senate fin :iice committee. Leopold Surrenders To Nazis, Is "Disowned" DEFENSE NEEDS BROUGHT HOME TO CITIZENR Y Congress Talks of New Taxes to Pay Preparedness Bill ; Morgenthau Hints of No New Automobile Models. — Washington. May 20.— (APJ—Thci demands of national defense were' brought home today to the country's | citizens by talk of an immediate tax increase and hints of no new model automobiles alter this year. Both houses of Congress manifest ed a growing sentiment for consider ation of new taxation before adjourn ment to help pay at least part of the $3.1)00,000.000 preparedness bill. There were signs that any new levies probably would be coupled with an increase in the $45,000,000, 000 federal debt limit to permit fur ther borrowing. Tax discussions were bracketed with an official announcement that j served to dramatize the proportions ! of the rearmament program ahead. Secretary Morgenthau indicated that : defense needs might make it neces sary for the automobile industry to j abandon it^ custom of yearly models.; to make machines available for build- j ing airplanes and other defense' weapons. Other events on the defense front yesterday included: 1—President Roosevelt asked Con | gress for an additional $32,000.000, ' for the training of civilian pilots. | 2—The White House indicated that i Mr. Roosevelt soon would make j known his plans for the creation of! a national defense council. 3—Former President Hoover in a | speech at New York urged the ap i pointment of a "single-headed ad-! ministrator" with virtually supreme] I powers in defense measures, i 4—The House naval appropriations ) sub-connnittee. holding a secret hear-i ing. worked on legislation which would give the Navy the $250,000,-* j 000 in extra money recommended in President Roosevelt's emergency dc i tense program. Many Deals Under Way In Headquarters Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, May 28.—There were more political "deals" on in Raleigh Monday than there were transactions 1 on the New York stock exchange, but so far little or nothing has leaked i out about the outcome of the at * tempted trades. Posted in the Sir Walter lobby the keen-eyed observer could see scores of the state's best-known political ' j figures hurrying cither to the me/.- I zaninc floor (where arc the offices j of J. M. Broughton, leader in the first i , primary) or to the ninth, where run- I jjner-up Lieutenant Governor Wilkins | , P. Horton has his staff located. ■, There was no apparent weakening (Continued on Page Four) Political Split Seen Second Gubernatorial Primary Campaign Threatens To Divide Administration. Raleigh. May 28.—(AP)—Political realignments in the wake of Satur day's Democratic primary threaten ed today to split the administration faction wide open in the second gu bernatorial primary. J. M. Broughton. Raleigh lawyer who led the seven-man race, and Lieutenant-Governor W. P. Horton, of Pittsboro the runner-up, will en ter a second primary June 22. The third high man. Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell, urged Horton not to call for a second pri mary and to concede the nomination, but Horton countered with a state ment that he would concede nothing. "Come what may. may,*' Horton told reporters, "there will be a pri mary and I don't mind saying that it's every man for 'irnself." Horton declared that even if Max well supported Broughton in the sec ond primary, many Maxwell work ers would join the Horton headquar ters. A Horton spokesman said that Bur gin Pennell of Asheville. Maxwell's state manager, had been offered a job as Horton's state co-manager, and that Ronald Wilson of Raleigh, Maxwell's associate manager, was ex pected to join the Horton forces. Pennell and Wilson declined to comment. » Governor Hoey. who was neutral in the first primary, indicated that he would remain so. Army Fliers Die In Crash March Field. Cal., May 28.—(AP) —Two officers and a crew of four in a Douglas bomber were killed last night in a crash near Mojave, Cal. One man. Sgt. John B. Stewart, of Midway, Ala., survived the crash but he was injured seriously. He was I'lown to the General Hospital in San Francisco early today. The plane was on a night bombing mission. The crash occurred about 10 p. in. official said, at Murdoc dry lake, which is the Army's bombing range in the Mojave desert. Maxwell Said To Be 'Very III Man' Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Iiotcl. By HENRY AVERILL Ra Leigh, May 28.—Commissioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell, who just missed finishing second in last Saturday's gubernatorial primary, is a very ill man. His condition is much more serious than has been allowed to get into the public prints; and it is almost a certainty that had he been entitled to call for a sccond primary he would have been un;ible to make any campaign because of his illness. Your reporter expects that the statements above will be denied in many quarters, but the information comes from sources regarded as com pletely reliable find, certainly, un biased by political considerations. There are reports indicating that '.Continued on Page Four) UJsiaihjih FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Wednesday, ant jnuch chanift in temperature. Surrender May Bring Italian Move Italian Entrance Into War Expected to be Hastened; French Cit-1 izens Stopped From Leaving Italy; Stu dents Get Orders. Homo. May 28.—(AP)—The sur render of the Belgian army was ex pected in foreign circles here today to hasten Italy's entrance into the war. to help Germany finish off the allies and win a share of the victor's gains. Official Italian comment on the new disaster for the allies however, was not immediately available. It was disclosed that French cit izens attempting to leave Italy had j been stopped because they had no1 exit visas. Allind sources said the require-! ment for exit visas was new and that thus far it had been invoked only, against Frenchmen. The stopping of the visa-less! Frenchmen—suddenly and without i notice, allied informants said—gave! rise to rumors that Italy had closed; her frontiers with France and Swit- [ zerland. Fascist militiamen among univer-! sity students were ordered to gather! with their arms throughout Italy to-J morrow for "specially significant; military ceremonies" marking the lfitii anniversary of the establishment of the university militia. Battle Of Flanders At Culmination I Paris. May 28.—(AP)—The Bel-! gian army surrendered uncondition-j ally to the Germans today under or-: ders from King Leopold III, break- J infi the bark of the allied armies of! north and bringing the battle of Flan ders to its culminating point. The blow was as heavy as the col- j lapse of the army of General Corapsi in the battle of the Meuse, May 15,! i which permitted the Germans to break through France to the Eng lish Channel and split the northern I i and central allied forces. The French and British remnants' of the northern army carried on the Flanders fight but a military spokes man acknowledged their resistance j was "extremely difficult." The outcome of the war now tui'ns : on the central front along the Somme j and Aisne rivers and down the main ] Maginot line of defenses. The Belgians, battered back al-i ' most to their western shore by 18 day of blitzkrieg, capitulated before I dawn today. NOTES SOLD 1 1 Raleigh, May 28.—(AP)—The local I [government commission sold $27,500 j of Wilson county notes to the Wa- j jchovia Bank and Trust Co. at a prem- i lium of $1.53 with interest at 1 per- i ctent today. SUCCEEDS IRONSIDE Replacing General Sir Edmund Iron- ! side. General Sir John Greer Diil ! (above) was appointed chief of the British Imperial Stall and will di- j reel Britain's war operations in France. Ironside was named to the post of commander-in-chief of Bri- i tish Home Forces. Crop Loans Approved Senate Banking Com mittee Approves $500,000,000 Increase in Loan Fund. Washington, May 23.—(AP)—The Senate banking committee approved unanimously today :i $500,000,003 increase in government funds for • crop loans intended to protect Ame-; rican farmers from wartime price shocks. Senator Byrnes. Democrat, South j Carolina, who sponsored the legisla- ! tion which was advocated by Secrc- ! tnry Wallace said he would seek prompt Semite action on Ibe bill. Officials of the crop loan agency said the present lending limit of Sl. 000,000.000 was nearly exhausted and that the additional funds were needed to cushion crops against; wart ime d ist11rbanees. Senator TaIt, Republican. Ohio,' made some comment on past gov- j eminent losses on price-supporting; crop loans but he said that if "you ever had a justification for making loans you have it now. because of tho cutting off of exports." Taft noted that the government; ajjen cy now owns outright about fi, 500.000 bales of cotton on which it made loans. II ha« pending loans on another 2.000,000 bales it may have I to lake over, he said. "How are we ever going to get rid of this cotton?*' Tall asked. "I don't know" Senator Byrnes re- ' plied. He explained that Congress had directed that loans be made on cotton, corn, wheat and other crops whenever market prices fell below (certain levels. Government loan officials esti- j (Continued on Pace Four) Allied Divisions Massed Near Rethel For Drive Bern. Switzerland, May 28.—(AP) —Thirty allied divisions were re ported moving into position tonight j south of the'Aisne river near Relhcl | for a "now or never" offensive to, I rescue French and British forces] trapped in the Germans' Lille pocket. Reports reaching here from both sides of the war zone indicated that allied Generalissimo Weygand had placed a major part of this force in position before the Belgians surrend-. crcd. j Allied divisions ranged from about i 15,000 to 18,000 men—450,000 to [ 640,000 in the 30 divisions reported massed for attack. Both allied and German source here believed that if Weygand found that he h;irl time ho would strike within the next M hours. The center ol' the French concen trations was reported to bo midway between Rethel and Montmedy. Allied, German and neutral mili tary attaches in Bern generally agreed that Weygand must strike now or lose not only the encircled armies of the north but risk a Ger man offensive in the Rolhel area. 95 miles northeast, of Paris. A German blow in this area might eut underj the Maginot line to Reims and Paris, j German sources said that when the Belgian line was broken yes terday fresh nazi re: crve;: were mov ed immediately into the S'-dan sen tor to block an expected alli.d counter e. Allies Say Campaign To Be Continued Belgian Government, In Exile in Paris, "Dis owns" Leopold and Says Belgian Forces Will Be Reorganized; Nazis Advance. Paris, May 28.—(AP)—Belgian loaders in France announced to day they had decided to "dis own" King Leopold after his ord er for unconditional surrender of the Belgian army. The leaders said they would met at the Be lgian embassy to day to Jay charges against the 38-ycar old monarch and organ ize a provisional government. (By The Associated Press.) King Leopold of the Belgians or dered his army of approximately 300.000 men to surrender to the Ger mans today, was promptly "disown ed.' by his own government and Brit ish Prime Minister Churchill told the house of commons that allied gen erals had been ordered to continue their campaigns. The action of the refugee Belgian government, now in Paris, means in effect that the Belgian king has been declared deposed. Premier Hubert Pierlot announced, contrary to the monarch's order to lay down arms, that Belgian forces Paris. May 28.—(AP)—A war ministry spokesman said tonight that the Belgian army "almost in its entirety" has given itself up as prisoners to the Germans and that the situation as a result of King Leopold's capitulation is "very difficult" for the allies. He placed the number surrendering at 300.000. German divisions are pushing hard in an east to west direc tion on the northern front above the Lys river, the spokesman said. This is in the direction of th \ channel ports. Ostend and Zeehrugge. The unconditional surrender of the Belgians broke the back of the allied armies of the north and brought the battle of Fland ers to its culminating point. which would be reorganized would continue their Fight. All indications were, however, that the main Belgian army—the Germans said between 400,noo and 500,000 men —had ceased to light and lhat only minor unils or now levies raised from among the throng of Belgian refugees in Franco would bo at the disposal of the Belgian government. While Frenchmen in the streets of Paris cried "1 reason" at the news of King Leopold's capitulation, Chur chill lolrj the house of commons that the British and French governments would ignore Leopold's action. The allies, he said, will carry on with all vigor. Churchill was wildly cheered as he declared: "Nothing which may happen to us in this battle can in any way relieve us of our duty to defend the world cause to which we have bound our selves." With the German high command declaring that the allied armies ■•pocketed"' in Flanders wore doomed, British naval spokesmen hinted that the British expeditionary force was preparing to withdraw from the bat tle in Belgium. It was not immediately indicated whether the British contemplated complete withdrawal from the con tinent or merely a shifting of their trapped armies south to aid France in her defense along the Somme river front. At the height ol' the l'uror created by King Leopold's sudden surrender, the German high command announc ed a new series of smashing nazi successes. Hitler's mechanized columns broke through strong French border forti fications "on a broad front," the high command said, and captured numer ous towns and villages in the giant •'squeeze" movement on the trap ped allied armies in Flanders. The Belgian monarch's decision to lay down arms came at the most cri tical hour in the struggle for mastery of the English channel. The nazi high command reported its armies had driven to within six miles of Bruges, Belgium, and had partly broken allied resistance in the battles of Ailois and Flanders. The German breakthrough, it said. (Continued on Page Four)