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ALLIES
£ wplemental Army Defense \
Flan To Cost $600,000,000
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si Army
knt Roosevelt
rs With Cabinet
? n:: trs and Army
Over Army
\\ 'Js; Congress
:•o:i3 Tax Measures.
7vT:>>- 29—(AP) —
• ,nfl War dcpart
v reported today
: >upplementnl de
\rmy equipment.
~c'n nization which
than Sfinn.lVlO.OOO
;,,.e>s expenditures al
i;eted.
c ? -orence in which
ient'nau and Wood
• : •• n.-'in. assistant war:
i Gen. George C. Mar
of staff, reviewed
the President, there
• that Mr. Roosevelt
c -imress t'i>r the further
•he defense program
:» -,v days.
••• House conference met
• ' committee decid
;e I"'." speeding up
. »i> tax program laid
ci .y by administration J
• "dnal leader?.
Dough ton of the House
•".ns committee, revising
.-♦imntp of skrs noo.nnn.'
nitration hoped t > raise
defense taxes in a
•' :-.:ch he will introduce
4"* finance committee
"e to meet and dis
■•uram informally un
i r\ pd action on
: -d possible toward
i : e attained.
developments in
' hv Attorney Gen
• >r immediate enact
ion reciuiring regis
• r;ns in the United
• "A" "p H'Hise conference
• • were indica
■pnkmentary pio
" procurement
: * • : and ariti-a r
• "ch <ni/rd eouip
'.! c« ".e in for a share
British Retreat
In Good Order
:(AP)—Britain's
■ • in the Flanders
•i by 11 liable sources
• ';riu ".-till rear guard
■".cr :t.s withdrawal to
reported in coin
' fiout chaos '>r con
: !(_• of {lie trapped
< d "quite unshaken."
•>y army was said
! iu-d a strong rear
regarded as "almost
• ■ iiff; equipment and
!' 1 have to be ab»ndon
' - said, would be de
Li. S. Planes
lNow In France
v 2f) CAP)—A govern
• aid today Amcr
. ar»' now arriving in
-iciabli' quantities."
nan said America*!
.< c: illy were proving
nc\
i these have been able
yards of the ground
'c-c with bombs and
ooiiibcrs. the spokesman
uch faster than Ger
<asy to maneuver.
• > dispatch from the
•flay:
i' American bombers
have placed so much
■heady entered the in
th.e north. They have
'i.inding victories over
lines. All so far have
bu^ei iaiely."'
Is This Hitler's "Secret Weapon"?
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Here is an artist's conception of what a German refugee declares is Hitler's dread "secret weapon." En
cased in the fuselage of a giant transport plane is a huge tank, which can be dropped through a trap door
after the plane lands behind enemy lines. At least 200 of these blitzkrieg weapons are reported ready
for use in an invasion of England. (Central Press)
Hatch Bill To
House Floor
Measure Approved by
Committee; Bridges
Deportation Bill Also
Voted Out. j
Washington, May 29.—(AD—The j
Hou.se judiciary committee today
voted out the Senate-approved Hatch i
bill to extend to federal-state em
ployees restrictions on political activ- '
ity.
The committee, which once shelv- ,
ed the legislation, reversed itself and i
agreed to give it further con.-;idera
ti >n. was reported to have approved j
it by the vote of 1C to 7.
The Hatch legislation would j
broaden the so-called Hatch "clean
politics" act passed last year for fed
eral workers. It would apply to j
state workers paid in whole or in j
part by federal funds the act's re- j
.frictions on "pernicious" political
activity."
It also would limit the expendi
tures of a national campaign com
mittee to SS.OOO.ODO in any cam
paign.
A unanimous vote in the House
rule committee gave legislative right
of way to a bill directing the Secre
tary of Labor to deport Harry j
Bridge;:, west coast CIO leader, to j
his native Australia.
Secretary Pork ins recently di > •
mi sod deportation proceedings
again, t ri»"ion findings by I>:ip
James M. Landis of Harvard law
in ypf-o'al proceedings. Bridges
to tilled that he was not a oonmmn
i t and did not advocate the oxer
throw of the government by force.
Dewey Blasts
Roosevelt
Spending
Birmingham. May 20. —(AD—
Thomas K. Dewey, candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination
declared today that the Roosevelt
administration "blandly proposes" to;
turn over defense expenditures "to
the same miscellaneous collection of
incompetents that has managed to
squander $60,000,000,000."
Dewey said in a speech prepared
for Republican party members that
after "seven destructive years" un
der President Roosevelt "we must
face the menace of a warring world
with our business life restricted, our
industry weakened, and our whole
system suffering from artificial
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Belgian Refugees
May Be Received
In United States
Washingt' n. May 29.—CAP)—Sec
retary Hull said today active con
sideration was being given to the pos
sibility of receiving Belgian refugees
in the United States.
The State department chief said
conversations had been held with
representatives of the British and
other governments.
Hull said the matter of whether it
would be feasible to receive war
refugees here had been discussed, but
thus far there had been no develop
ments.
G ra velyA nnoun ces
Eroughton Support
Bank At St. Pauls
Robbed of $2,000
Lumbcrton. May 29.—(AIM —
The St. Pauls branch of the
Bunk of Kowlaml was robbed
by an armed man and a woman
accomplice early this afternoon
and H. B. Ward, assistant cash
ier who was held up at sun
point, estimated the loss in cash
at more than S2.000.
The couple escaped in an au
tomobile, and town and Robeson
county officers began a hunt.
Sheriff Clyde Wade statin? he
would put "every man I can
s:ct" on the case.
Texas Votes
Go To Gamer
Woco. Tex.. May 20— f AP) —
Texas' If! votes at the national Dem
ocratic convention bear Cactus Jack
Garner's brand.
Fist-swinging supporters of the
Vice President herded the voters into
his corral at tin4 party's state con
vention ye. lerday.
The Democrats strongly indorsed
i he administration of President
Roosevelt, lauding his "matchless
leadership." and promising pot to en
rtrt'in in any stop Roosevelt move
ment.
i tie convention was concluded in
an atmosphere? of gener.d good hu
mor. Everybody sang "Let Me Call
You Sweetheart".
BRITISH STRENGTHEN
SEACOAST DEFENSES
Somewhere in the Southeast ot
England, May 2!).— (AP) —P.ritish
troops began today the construction
of concrete machine gun posts on the
promenade of this port to strengthen
its defenses against parachute troops.
Machine guns in s-Hnd-bagged em
placements already guard the bei-ch.
MAY AITFAI.
London, May 29.—(AP)—An ap
peal to the United States to take as
many refugees as possible is under
consideration, R. A. Hut lor, under
secretary for foreign affairs, told the
house of commons today.
Candidate Who Ran
Fourth in Saturday's
Democratic Primary
Says He Hopes There
Will Be No Second
Primary.
KaJeigh. May 29.— (AP> —
Lieutenant Governor Wilkins I*.
Horton reiterated emphatically
today that lie would wase an
active second primary campaign
for t!ie Democratic gubernatorial
nomination even with L. I.re
Gravely of Pocky Mount throw
in? his support to J. M. Brouffh
ton.
"I have no statement to make
except that I am running for
governor, now. today, tomorrow
and throughout the campaign,"
Horton said.
Raleigh. May 29.—(AP)—L. Loo
Gravely of Rocky Mount, who got
6(1.000 votes in Saturday's Democra
tic gubernatorial campaign. said to
day that there should be no second
primary, but that if one is held he
and his supporters will back T. M.
trough ton. who led Lieutenant Gov
ernor W. P. Horton bv more than 40.
000 votes in Saturday's Democratic
primary.
Gravely did not mention hi* sup
port of Broughton in the formal
«tatomon1 he released for publication,
lint in answer to a direct inquiry he
said lie would vunivjrt Broughton and
oxoected his friends to do likewise, j
fn the nieanlime there wa« no new
statement from Revenue Commis
<;o""r A. .T. Mavwel1, who ran third
in the race and lot about 100.000 j
votes. Paul D. Gradv. of Kenl'-v vho '
ran sixth in the seven-man field, yes
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IRELANn cAT i S n*>
ARMY RESERVISTS
Dublin. May 29.—rAP>—Treland
railed up army reserves today and
moved swiftly to put her fo'-ees on a
war looting in the face of tiie grave
s'ti;;ilion confronting her neighbor
Britain.
At the same time volunteers began
applying for service at the recruiting
stations: but outwardly Dublin went
: on about its business pretty much
! as usual.
Activities Of Pacifists And
Alleged Communists At UNCI
Cause Stir In Many Circles
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL
Raleigh. May 20.—Recent activities :
of pacifists and alleged communists:
at the University of North Carolina,!
climaxed by the recent "We Won't,
Fight" rally, have caused all sorts of
a stir and furore in all sorts of cir- I
cles.
One of the most likely results of
the shouting and tumult is that the)
North Carolina department of the
American Legion may have to take,
its annual "Boy's State" away from,
the University and locate it elsewhere
this fall.
"Evy'o S'utt" ii. jn activity o£ the!
Legion designed to give the youth of
North Carolina a thorough and com-,
pletely practical education in citizen-'
ship and its duties. It is an outstand
ing item nn the Legion's citizenship
and Americanism program and it
would be a big reflection on the Uni-j
versify it the department should de
cide to In ild 'Boy State" else
where because of its fear of com
munistic and pacitistic contamination.
No decision in the matter has been
made yet. and none can be made un
til after election of a new department
commander to succeed June Rose of
Greenville. This election will be held
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commission (•> coordinate tlx- arma
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the '-"v no it; [ho government's
prvhasini? ::?rnt
Thf» ii| nwinin-»i>nt also carried with
il the chnirmMisIii;) of the Presi
dent' 'ommit;;•(• i:i coordinate for
oton -i trl doo'siic airplane and other
military purchases.
GERMAN .SUBMARINES
RESUME OFFENSIVE
Vi^o. Spain. AI; i y 20.—(AP)—The
fjrtvr.,- n ii! I- :no i\T on al
!'H i ml n*f re iirncd todnv with
an attack on two ships five miles
from S.dvora island, off Spain's
northwestern coast.
A French merchantman was tor
pedoed and sunk and a British tank
er was battered by shell l ire but re
mained afloat and was being lowed
into Vigo.
NAZI SUIT'S SI NK
London, May 29.—(AP)—-British
naval forces have sunic seven Ger
man transports in the last throe day.-;
in wains near Nprvik. fa northern
Norwegian port. affording to a . dis
patch from SlocUhoim hy the Ex
change Telegraph, British news
agency,
Mrs. Burleson
Guilty Of
Manslaughter
Mrs. Mav Walker Burleson
Columbia. S. C\, May 29—(AP) —
Mrs. May Walker Burleson. 51-year
old socially prominent Galveston,
Tex., woman, was convicted by a cir
cuit court jury here last night of
manslaughter for the slaying of her j
divorced husband's second wile here'
March 8. The jury recommended
mercy, bringing in it-- verdict alter I
deliberating three hours and 27 min
utes.
The stately defendant, first wile j
of Col. Richard C. Burleson, United
States Army artillery expert, listen- ,
ed intently as prosecution lawyers j
reviewed testimony of state witness- !
es that she walked into a hotel cafe- j
tcria here March 8 and fired two
bullets into the body of the second
Mrs. Burleson, the former Mrs. Isa
bel Reece Knowlton, widow of a
Boston lawyer.
The first Mrs. Burleson had been
declared "not ins.me" in a report by
officials of the South Carolina hos- i
pita I. where she was held for 30 days'
rVs^rvation after the slaying.
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FOR \ORTII C AROLINA.
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; scattered showers
southeast and south central por
tions: not much change in tem
perature.
Envoy to Canada
Jay I'ierrepont Moflfat
C. /'. Phonrplioto
Selection of Jay Pierrepont Moffat
as Minister to Canada indicates the
increasing importance of the post.
He was chief of the European Divi
sion of the State Department. He
succeeds James II. R. Cromwell, who
resigned to run for the Senate from
New Jersey.
Far Northern Nor
wegian Port Captured
From Germans A.fter
Long Siege.
London. May 29.—(AP)—A joint
admiralty-war office communique
announced today that Narvik far
northern Norwegian ore nort. had
been captured Innii the Germans.
"Information has boon received
t!~,i morning that Narvik was cap
tured last night by allied forces. and
Fagenes and Forsnoset al.-o aro in
our hand.-" the communique said.
(The German high command an
nounced the British with the aid of
numerous warships had succeeded
in entering Narvik Ii >m the north.
(A communique sairl the German
air force attacked and seriously
damaged a British batlloship at Nar
vik. The ship >topoed firing, the
communique said, after it was en
veloped in smoke.
(The high command also said that
three cruisers, a dc-troycr and a
freighter had i pen heavily hit by
bombs).
Narvik, lone tin4 goal o! allied
pressure by Jai: I and sea. had been
in German ii ands virtual'v since the
April 9 opening of the German in
vasion of Norway.
The garrison at one time was said
to have numbcroH 3.000 but in rc
eent dry- tb" German high com
mand has told of reinforcing it.
The strength of Iho a!li»r! force—
Norwegians. British and French—
has not boon stated.
The legion around Narvik remain
ed as the only allied foothold in
Norwav following thf v Uhdrawal
from Namso sand Andai nes about
the first of May.
British Bombers
Stnife Germans
With the BritMi Air Force in
France. .May 29.—CAP)— Low diving
British bombers are hitting hard and
often to ease the fierce German
pressure oi^ allied troops fighting a
way out of Flanders.
German transport columns, tank
and armored convoy trucks were at
tacked repeatedly today with bombs
and machine gun fire by planes
which plunged as low as 500 feet.
Italy Is Near
Entering War
Home. May 20.—<AP)—The sur
render of the Belgian army on the
western front appeared today to
have ended any chance the allies
may have had to keep Italy out of
the war by relaxing their blockade
restrictions.
Italy's war fervor heightened with
the Belgian collapse and active Ital
ian intervention in the conflict seem
ed to many to be but a question of
days. J
Civilians began toda^' to take over
»ome of ih'1 posts left vacant by men
called to arms and the government
prep:.red to pmanv other such
rcpiarenion's in • ' r- • 'c:vil mobiliza
•tl'vr; ji'.tl iiitO Clicd.
Lille And
Ostend Fall
To Germans
Allied Retirement To
English Channel Be
comes Apparent; Ger
mans Say F r e n c h
Counter Offensives
Beaten Off.
(By The Associated Press)
In three pulverizing •! 11: i lies. 11 it -
ler's nazi legions loday stormed
Ypres—famed World War battle
firld—and captured Lille and Os
tend. the high eommand annotineed,
to tighten the steel-jawed trap on
TOii.DUO allied troops encircled in
Flanders.
On the strength of these reports it
was apparent that the allies were
now retiring to the English Channel
—seeking that means of escape from
the German "surrender or die" on
slaught rather than attempting to
break through the German salient to
the south.
Lille is a manufacturing city about
1!{ miles southeast of Ypres.
Ostend is the .strategic Belgian
channel port, one of the main bases
of supplies for the harrasscd French
and British forces.'
The nazi high command said des
perate French counter attacks had
been beaten off with the "bloodiest
losses."
Wave alter wave of nazi bombing
planes roared over the French and
British forces falling back to the sea,
but the British expeditionary force
was reported "still fighting as a unit"
in the harried withdrawal.
London military circles said the
BEF had retreated "some miles to
ward the coast."
This was the fir. t indication that
the encircled allies were attempt
ing to escape by channel ports—even
at the risk of undergoing a "hellish
fire" such as attended the British
embarkation from Boulogne—rather
than trying to break through the
German corridor to reach the main
French armies in France.
Fighting in the streets of Dunker
que was reported by German sources,
who intimated that the swastika llag
migh' ho hoisted at any moment over
the port.
Unofficial reports that the French
were massing their armies of the
center lor a drive to relieve the
pressure in Flanders were giv'n col
or by a Paris communique announc
ing new .-i ccess along the Soinnie
and Aisne rivers.
The la-1 German forces on the
south side of the Somme were re
ported driven back across the river
and Ihe French said th" situation
there was ".highly favorable".
Sir Ro<>er Keyes
Defends Leopold
London. May 29.—(AP)—Admiral
of 11 if Fleet Sir linger K'-yos. who as
;i rieci.'il IJrilish liaison officer was
will) K t'u Leopold until late Mon
day iiiylit. i.sued ;i statement today
hinting 1 h;it there were certain im
portant fact not yet generally known
«i11« trim;; the Belgian monarch's sud
den capitulation to the Germans.
While tin majoi ilv of the British
press was bitterly denouncing Leo
pold. Sir I'og< r issued a statement
requesting that judgment he suspend
ed 'in a very gallant soldier until
nil the fuels are known."
Belgians To
Decide Fate Of
King Leopold
I'aris. May 29.—(AP)—The legal
tale ol Leopold III as Kin« of the
Belgian- will be decided Friday by
the Be Igian parliament.
The refugee parliament in emer
gency session already has approved
the action of Leopold's cabinet yes
terday "disowning" him as sovereign
because of his surrender to Germany.
A dispatch troin the Belgian fron
tier reported that Leopold had been
returned to trie Brussels palace by
the German army.
Berlin. May 29. — (AP) — The
whereabouts of King Leopold of the
Belgians is kept a secret, authorized
German sources said today, since in
view of bitter attacks on him by al
lied leaders it was declared con
ceivable the allies might try to bomb
his castle if nis whereabouts were
known.
The strictures of French Premier
Paul Iie>naud and Belgium Premier
Hubert Pieriot were cited as justi
ijCuiion io* Wiio acivecy.