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Heniteraun Hailij Bispatrb ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNOKiii CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. _____ XVI - 1,HA pUWblSHKI) KVKRV AKTKKNOON FIVE CENTS COPY I'H YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE o, 1J40 except Sunda». [iiler Launches New Offensive I oader Income Tax se Is Recommended !v: action Of Exemptions Suggested iiu use Ways and a; t'd ii6 Committee Uuvcts Ion-Man Sub C ur.iiniltee To Find To Add Two I kindred Million in 1 axes. • lime 5.- (AIM— The committee.' •icy to;- {"rowing ected a ton-man ' -tLiv to find a way 111)0. (MM) to tho ' < pending detense j >posal laid before t was a broadening . base to reduce in • ■ \ exemptions from • tor heads ot families ■ 11 to $800 for single in ) auhton. Democrat, e.-t.mated this would ;ci--n.ns* and an increase iddle and lower in ;ct.- as has been sug . ise a sum estimated > upwards of S4U0.000. u that whatever funds : ! ■■ >m the taxes would • t. a S l.oou.ooo.tiiii) fed it increase already ap •• committee. Any excess ; i-it needed to retire thi^ ' nto the general fund • .-.;rv. • > other questions. n*• consideration : \ c-o;: mittee to . • -- ; ; ot:ts tax or to a r-r"« Armenberg 1 ax Claim Settled . • .f-im- 5.—(.\I')— The; _ ( c(i to . pread pay » \:j\ claim i \niM*nb»*rji over it <( provided the i'hil pay- t on • • . intern 'I revenue ■ v aid in report ' \ >ettleinent to il •[(• ;.;tl plus intere>? ■ • •<!>♦ ry\ total pity 11 I.ll(l.tll)l). • v Annenbcru v.a • ■ • I-V'ieriil Judge • •.»i tn be vet«'nee»l : J ! • ,'J'Jhin uiemne .< ,i! 1 !»;>♦» alone. >•» mooi.s < i.osr.iv — ( \l'i—It was .mummed tonight that : im.ir.v schools will be '••i-.iiisf children were in Monday's (iernian ' ;.r; u| il|i> city. 1 ■hikIs will be closed be vituiday. it was stated. • >l the bombings of i! !i hit many schools and many children." Hoods Hit - Nebraska • — : i.east Five Dead Light Missing; .jvriy Damage As Unes timated. ■■k- .A1 * >—Stories of i •!<-!-rii>nj were told to v.':il;e of northeast Ne 'v tin flood that elaim • ;:d in which at least ■ e>e reported missing, e homeless as a re ;i ns that sent small • iCCi Oil x^a^e x wo) C. I'. Rudioitiiolo < I Youngsters forget quickly. As soon as the "all clear" sounded in Paris, these ehildsen ran out into the sunshine, played in the debris left by Nazi | bombs. Mote than ten children were killed in one school. Forty-live per sons died in the aerial bombardment of French capital. Photo radioed from Paris to New York. Qf StlPPUCS \ st°rc' jrianderS left 1* r Son Is Born To John Roosevelts Boston. Juni* —(AI*)—I'res idcr.t Roosevelt iwamc a grand father auain today when a 7 pimnd. 9-ounee son was born to ."Mrs. Anne (< lark) Roosevelt, wife of .lolin. his youngest son. Dr. Charles ('<. Shedd. who de livered tli«* child, said both mother and infant were in ex cellent health. GermansBomb Central France Pari.*, June 5.—(AP)—An area ii central France was bombed today bv German planes. "Virion objectives" were hit b\ the enemy raid'-r.. ;fini-ol'l'icial re port air!. alter 11ie alarm had beei sounded trom 1:U'» p. in. to p. in A qtiadron of French fijjhtinj. plain-, collaborated with anti-air craft batteries in attacking the raid ers. Information on object:; hit ant damage done \va. not immediateh available. AP Correspondent With German Army Sees Supplies Suffi- J cient to Equip Forty German Divisions; Sees Work of Bombers I : i By MM IS I\ LOCIINKK With tlif German Army, .Juno 5. —(AIM—Stores of supplies l"l't ho- 1 J 11ilid by the British expeditionary 1 J force in its withdrawal from ! I* landers, a German officer told in" 1 today, could equip 40 Gorman divi | sions—forces equal to all those of J | Czechoslovakia before its dismem j bermont. | The abandoned supplies indicated i the British had kept excellent look out for the wants of their oldiers. j i Travelling some 200 miles along ! ! Germany's front in France and th°n 1 I toward the channel ports and finally ( j into tho .meat Flanders trap nave m" i ' a vast picture of the retreat of the \ I BFF, France's army of the North, 1 and Belgium's defenders. ( We had hardly crossed into France j I ! Saturday when at Beaumont w saw evidence of the fury of Ger-1 many':, dive bombers. i Some of France's heaviest tanks of the 30-ton type had come along a (Continued on pace two) Daily Dispatch Bureau, lit th<* Sir Walter Hotel. BY IIKNRY AVKRILL. Raleigh. Jen." f>. — .J. Melville J5roughton, N'>rlh Carolina's next governor in the ;ibsenee of death or a political miracle, will take office next January with very few definite commitments, either from his own or the Democratic party's platform, to tie his hands. He ha- pledged his best efforts for establishment «.•!' a system of teacher retirement: he has flatly advocated removal • »1' the sales tax on foods for home consumption: and he has def initely committed himself to the prin ciple that funds derived from sale of hunting and fishing licenses should not be diverted to any other pur pose. Beyond that he will have a per fectly free hand to take almost any position he piedies on any isaue I whicn may conn- u|j m u<n 1 era! Assembly. Of particular interest ' i.> the fact that lie is completely nn cvimmilted <m a statewide liquor re ferendum or reapportionment. The specific pledges mentioned were made either in Mr. Broiighton's • »ri- ■ ginal platlorm declaration or in ' speeches during the campaign. J The Democratic platform, adopted ; here last month, was notable lor its | failure to promise anything whalso- ] ever. It was one of the most indefinite i on record and was one upon which anybody in the world could stand < without the slightest fear of falling ^ off. ( Now that he has been duly nomi- : nated and all the fighting is over, it might be of interest to review the i original Broughton platform, which ] (,Continued on page two) Fifth Column Fears Cause ILS.Concern General Marshall, f Urging Passage of Bill I Authorizing National Guard Mobilization, Tells of Activities, \V;is"!iiii;*t«Hi. .June a.—(AP)- A sc •rct statement I»*<»in (lie Army high 'ommand on "filth column" activities n several Latin American countries sept hemisphere defense probli ins to he lore today in the crush of pre paredness considerations. Reasons for the Army's manifest ■oncern over 11«t* potcntialitie of c<in-< litions m some parts of the western icmisphcre were outlined yesterday n ;i closed meeting of the lionse nilit-'iy committee by General joorge C. Marshall, chief of staff. General Marshall, some members ;aid later, named live countries in ,atin America where he declared •fifth column" activities were cause or apprehension. An intensification >f efforts might be expected. Mar shall was quoted, if Britain and •Vance appeared certain to lo^e the var. Discussion of "fifth column" act ivities hinged on preparation of a >ill that would empower President toosevelt to mobilize the national {uard in case of necessity without Congressional approval. The Presi ient's request for this authority !vs Irawn the fire of some Congressmen. Marshall said it was needed be :ause there were "dangers that might je serious, specifically with relation o the Panama Canal." One high official later asserted that he reason Mr. Roosevelt asked the power to call out the national guard vas the possibility that regular army xoops might have to cope with an emergency elsewhere in the hemis phere. If it was necessary to mobilize the juard, this official said, it would be i ised to relieve regulars who might lave to be sent to the Panama Canal 'one, Puerto Rico, or some other , joint. itKMAN-bWi^ AIK BATTLE IS REPORTED Berlin. June 5.— (AD—A Swiss German air buttle was reported to lay by a German spokesman t'i have : •es lilted in the shooting down i»: me German and lour Swi -s plane-;. : The battle oeenred either Monday i light or early Tuesday, was aid to lave taken place over French terri ory where the Germans were "carry ng out operations." (The Swiss high command an- • louneed yesterday that two or three 'ierman planes were believed to lave been shot down by Swi s fight ers over the Swiss Jura mountains). *OYAL AIR FORCE IN GERMAN RAIDS , London. June a. (AP)—The air Ministry announced tonight that •' \oval air lorce heavy bomber; again lad attacked militarv oljjeelives in ' •crmany Tuesday night. Oil refineries and fuel depots in J he Ruhr and elsewhere "were sub- ' ected to intensive honibing attacks." ' Jne British aircrai! was missing. INTFKKKTKD. London, .lime f>.—(AT)— The j ministry of aircraft production lias instructed representatives in the ( nited Stales to "investigate fully" any proposition Henry Ford might he able to inili" to 1 the British government in eon- 1 »•»«•»•!jo»» with his recent slal''»»"iit < that his company could produce 1,000 aircraft daily within six months. Louisiana Delegates Uninstructed Baton Rolige. La.. June 5.—(AP)— -.ouisiana Democrats refused to ap nove third term support for Presi lent Roosevelt and drove Un'led states Senator Allen J. Kllcnder rom the platform with boos and lisscs at their first state cunven ion in lfi years. The convention voted to send dele [ates to the Democratic national con tention at Chicago uninstructed and lirected them to cast the State's 20 otes as a unit. This action came last night after he convention had howled down blender's attempt tn have the dele (Continued on page two) FIERCE DRIVE TOWARD PARIS BEGUN ON THE SOMME-AISNE SECTOR Measure Given Quick Approval By Committees WasJ'ingloi:. .Mino — (AI*)—A rcM»k:t:on recording Congress as opposed the transfer of any region ip (Ins hemisphere from one non-^merieau nation to an other was approved swiftly today by the foreign committees of both the Senate and Mouse. Supported by Secretary IIull. the resolution won unanimous approval of the Senate group. In a matter of minutes. Chair ma!] Hlooin of the House commit ter announced that in it Demo crats and Republicans alike had supported the resolution and that all but two committeemen voted for if. At its session today, the Senate committee also rejected. If) to 1 a proposal by Senator Pepper, Democrat. Florida, to direct Pres ident Roosevelt to aid the allies short of actual participation in the war. Cha'rman Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, said speedy senate ac tio*) wonl»I be sought on the reso lution to deny I'nited States rec ognition of any changes in west ern hemisphere sovereignities. W bx Goes On in Norway British, French and Norwegian Troops Try To Free German Held Narvik Railway. Stockholm. June 5.—(AD— llrit v.li, French i.nrl Norwegian troops !i''I-1111it', eastward the Narvu •ailwav were reported in Swedish dispatcher today t«. have sto' m -;| the Geiman defen: es ;it Sildvik. ,i)(1iit h;ill'-vvi«y between the Arctic ,re put t of Narvik and the Swedish Morwcfiian frontier. v;,rvik i:o\v is in allied hands and ,||iful forces are 1rying to free the •nilway into Sweden from the Ger 1!,'l'iu< di: patches said the Germans vc-re yielding under llie heavy rain ,f shells from British destroyers and and butteries. The battleground is a mountain ■nilway wliieli burrows through 1-1 .,»«>* tunnels. In-ide Ihe:e tuiinels the Germans lighting furiously, in many in l ,,„•(• holding on to the last man the month of the tunnel llv linwer:: of bursting shrapnel lw>m ! (> «ni)M of liritisli destroyers lying ,, fjord al"ii« the railway, and land batteries. Casualties are reported heavy on xitIt sides. •FIEDRICHSHAFEN IS BCMBF.D BY ALLIES Zurich. June 5.—CAP) — Allied v.-i'planes early today bombed 'rieflrichshafen and other objective-! ,n the German side of Lake Con l-.nce and dropped six bombs on foil es and roads were damaged Unices and rands were damaged n Switzerland but there were no nsualtics. Anti-aircraft fire spurted I mm Jrrman batteries and bombs explod ed ;it >everal points on the German ide. The nationality of the raid rs could not be determined. daxwell Better But Vet Ycrv III Uulcich. Juno 5.— (AD—Re venue Commissioner A. .!. Max well was "better this mornincr hut still a very sick man," his physician. Dr. W. !5. I)cwer. said. Maxwell suffered a stroke ol paralysis while campaigning un successfully for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. (jJslaJtlWi FOR NORTH C AROLINA, ra'tlv cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonipht and Thursday, with a few scattered showers this afternoon. Hitler Hints That Some Sort of Peace Terms Had Been Offered and Rejected By Allies; All Evidence Points Toward Beginning of New and More Terrible Phase of "Total War"; Allies Retaliate For Nazi Aerial Attack on Paris. (iJy The Associated lVess) General Maxime Weygands French Poilus were reported "holding solidly" late today in a gigantic battle of 2,000,000 men, raging along Hie 1-0 mile Somme-Aisne front as Hitler launched a violent new blitzkrieg into the heart of France. Uy contrast, authorized German sources in Merlin asserted that the na/.i army's right wing was sweeping forward "on the broadest front"—heading south and west along the English chan nel coast toward Le Hav re and liouen. The (jetman thrust was aimed at further separating France ! from England. As the struggle surged to new heights of man-against-man ferocity, London reported that German "armored vehicles"— probably swift striking motorcycle vanguards—had reached both : sides of Amiens. This would indicate a typical blitzkrieg tactic of speeding around strongly fortified cities without attempting to storm or j capture them. f'.erlin reported that nazi dive bombing planes had wrought "great destruction" and an "extremely demoralizing effect" in attacks on French tank* south of Abbeville on the Somme front. Many French tanks were reported "completely disabled." Paris and the lower Seine river were the apparent ultimate objectives seemingly in a mighty smash to turn the flank of the main Maginot line. Touched off by the German fuehrer himself from his head quarters on the western front, the massive attack began at <1:04 j a. m. (10:04 p. m, Tuesday EST) with a furious artillery barrage. While the nazi air force thundered overhead, bombing and strafing, musses of uniformed German infantry moved forward through the dawn haze, The heaviest blows were directed at the region of Amiens and along the Ailetta canal between Laon and Soissons. The lat ter is only ~>S miles from Paris. Merlin declared Paris—the apparent target of the new blitzkrieg—lay "practically exposed*' to the German onslaught. With Belgium crushed in a 26-day campaign. Hitler sent his legions striking into the heart of France with a hint that he had offering the allies son1.;' kind of peace terms possibly a sparate peace to only one side—and had been rejected. Thus in his "order of the day'' addressed to his armies, the fuehrer declared: "The plutocratic rulers of England and France who pledged each other to avoid with ;ill means the bloom of a new and bet ter world, want a continuation of the war." London several days ago reported that Hitler was expected to offer a separate peace in an attempt to split the allies—and Prime Minister Churchill pledged yesterday that Britain would fight "alone if necessary" to win the war. Allied planes again retaliated for the nazi aerial attack on Paris—which left 2•"> 1 dead and 6")2 wounded—by bombing Fried reichshafen. home ol the German Zeppelin and site of nazi air plane engine factories. The news that the nazi legions had struck anew was an nounced to the German people by Hitler in a special message in which lie said his annus were again en the march "to fight for continuation of the liberty and future of our people." All evidence pointed It, the beginning of a new and more ter rible phase of "total war for Europe. Anti-Allied Demonstration Is Halted Romo. Jtinp 5. (AP)—Fascist stu dents attempted to organize a new rii i ti-;i 11 ic*d demonstration today ;is Iliiiy marked lime on the edge of \v;ir. I)iit wore disbanded by police in the vicinity of the British consulate. The youths formed a procession in the downtown streets. After they were di..pursed armed troops were stationed at doorways near tl>e eon j sulate and the guards at the French ; and British embassies were rein forced. The soldiers were withdrawn from the consulate in midmorning. Rank and file Italians, adniittiji£{ privately that the on-and-off state uT Italy's war preparations was getting on their nerves, took the view that | "if we're going to fight let's get it over with." The comment highlighted clamor for an Italian blow for her territorial asperations- -stirred by fascist writ ers' descriptions of plans for attacks on British and French Mediterranean territories, with conquct of the Suez canal as a main goal, perhaps to be followed by a move into the Balkans. ITALIANS FLEE. Alexandria. June 5.—(AD—Ships bound for Italy were crowded to cap acity today as war fears ^needed the oyodus of hundred-- of anxious Ital ians trom Egypt, Sy;ia ana Russo-Allied I Relations Are l Improved London. Juno 5.—f AI' >—Soviet Kus.ian circles in London said today that Kiissi.i views her inteicst in the Black Sea and the eastern Mediter ranean as parallel with tho.se of the allies. These .sources, surveying the in ici nation;.! situation. particularly the factor of Italian pressure, in the light of Moscow's acceptance of Sir Stafford Cripps as Britain's new am bassador. hinted that there at least was a good possibility of diplomatic cooperation between the Kremlin and the allies in the Near East. Fiance's move to name Erik La bonne. former French resident gen eral in Tunisia and ambassador to republican Spain, as ambassador to Moscow also was cited as a factor in improving Soviet-Allied relations. A Russian source said, however, that Britain must "show by deeds as well as words an honest desire for friendship with Russia."' NO LABOR PEACE. Washington, Juno 5.— (AP)— John L. Lewis declared today in a statement authorized by the CIO rational executive hoard that resumption of peace negotia tions with the AFL would be "fuiilo a:;d wasteful of time."
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