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Henderson's 1940 Population Given As 7,647—Iwk'p^e Hettitersmt Daily Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. '• i V-SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 8, 1940 ''"""""M'" FIVE CENTS C0PY Tanks Smash Into French Flank * ******* KXKXKXM*** ***#******#1 j ily's Entrance Predicted For Next Week Ii Ouce To Speak After i; oops Move L i-viiiy well Inform ources Say Action \\ Probably Start on il; h t of June 13 or June 14; Reasons For Vv.tr Given. -\r> Italy's en- i .r against Groat i- iihy within ;i week! • : y ;n Usually well; U'COS. - Id Italian ac-1 . w-'uld start >>n tho I no K> i.>f June 14. with : i>y Premier Mus y has moved. • ; t" preclude a p«>s— <vh by I! Duce next ■ i :t Switzerland, people are on the eve < . declared lit^lii— i • ■ !e. authoritative . :ueh. it said, will be i p: v.: e independence". !nottii: "bet : y a lion than a hun •' fhcep." ot foreigners. the | • . 'ed six reasons why, •;nu to war: . - followed a peace po-1 \t seeking to "balance j "en distances and im-! humane political d England always Mussolini's /olicies. v.e "Italian people asked; work they were offered • 4 Italian in domestic . a> m tl.v international i-tentatiously under • French and English." • c Europe which has • •• Italian people can t. The Italian people n hmit of their pa - ilvc territorial e 1' lian people which Corsica. Tunisia and "i the Italian people French and English! u.-t insure her inde-1 British Extend Air Raids .1 ,,v The Brit- | bed German troop! ville through- j and la.>t night and at- ' y objectives in north the air ministry an ' v ;iici the railhead at ■■ airlield at Abbeville ««-d. j (i'-.' tnan planes were re • • .<d bv ii'iyal Air force ?'-day. Twelve British • ■ ikI to be missing. Children And Aged Evacuate Alexandria ... «._(AP)—The ■ ij1♦ • nt today suddenly 1 ; ii:ldren and aged men •us Alexandria to the ;il Italian ships in the ; were rejwirted to nave :• to return immediately ;<rc;id war move in the i was believed iinmi > i:^ agents announced .ill their ships to go ■ At the same time, the panics refused to ac "'kings for passage to < Kgyptian government ' ons ordered 10,000, cards printed and at " announced it fs pre a petroleum in the near Dewey Brings Campaign To N. Carolina THOMAS E. DEWEY Greensboro. June 8.—(AP)—S.iy- i ing that the task of strengthening j A men ca's defense should not be "blindly leit to our "existing na tional bureaucracy." Thomas E.I Dewey, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, said today "we must see to it that America does not miss the bus." In an address prepared for delivery at a luncheon meeting of district young Republicans. Dewey said that "all of us must be ready tn accept as citizens some of the responsibility i to see that the job (of rearming America) is done". "In Great Britain," he continued, "the people compiecently relied upon their government to muddle through. In France, the people left their fate too long in the hands of a govern ment that was more concerned with socialistic experimentation than with national defense. "In those two countries the par liamentary form of government makes it possible to change a na tional administration at a moment's notice. France dismissed the social ist popuiar front two years ago. Even that may have been too late to pre (Continued on Page Eight.) Ford To Study Plane Army Plane to Detroit For Study Preliminary To Possible Mass Pro duction. Detroit. .Tune *!■—(AP)—Henry Ford's assertion that under certain conditions he could make 1000 air planes a day for defense purposes moved a step nearer an assembly line effort today as he awaited arrival for the inspection by himself and his engineers of an army plane of the design the government considers most needed "in an emergency.' In a telegram to the War depart ment Ford asked that such a plane j (Continued on Page Five) French And In Oise Area Struggle Centers 48 Miles lNorth ot i'aris, With Somme Front Declared To Be Hold ing Despite Furious Attack. Paris, -111no i>.—(AP) —The French fought the invading Germans bitter l.v tonight mi both banks of the Oise river, the struggle centering 451 miles north nl Paris, in the Ours Camp forest south of Noyon. T!»is action was in the center of General Maximo Weygand's line where the nazis struck hard after between 200 and ."'Oil of their tanks had broken the French left flank, crossing the P.resle river and racing -onth nearly 20 miles to Forges-les Eau.x—midway between the river and Rouen. The Somme front in general, how ever. was declared by the French to be holding on a line which was roughly only 7 to 12 miles south of its starting point despite the tre mendous four-day long assault of the nazis. The German armored units which broke the lelt flank went around French support points without an in fantry follow-up and their entrap ment seemed probably. Parking Free On Raleigh Streets Raleigh. June J!.—(AP)—The Stale Supreme Court ruled today that the City of Raleigh did not have the right to use parking meters for the collection of a fee for the privilege of parking. In a test ease brought by M. H. F{1 lodes. Inc.. and Vehicular Park ing. Ltd., against the City of Ra leigh. the tribunal held that no sta tute cited "confers upon the city the necessary authority to enact or diances imposing a parking fee or tu charge lor a parking space." The court decided 37 cases ana adjourned to June 14. The tribunal also held that Wake county might levy an ad valorum tax against a ten-story office building here owned by Sir Walter Lodge No. til of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Wake county had sought to have the property listed and taxes levied against it for the years 1!KJ! to l!).'-!!l and the lodge protested on the ground it was not subject to taxation and it was exempt from an ad valorum assessment. It was held in Wake superior court that the plaintiff was a non-profit, benevolent and charitable corpora tion, held the building 'Tor the ben efit of a charitable, benevolent and patriotic institution or order" and was not subjee tto taxation. State REA Offers Big Electrification Program Daily Dispatch i'lircau, In th«» Sir Walter Hotel. ffaleigh. June IS. -The State Rural Flectrification Authority is now ac tively engaged in promoting Federal-j ly-finaneed rural electric lines which I will cost approximately $3,200,000. I These lines will extend for nearly 3.000 miles and serve a minimum of 10,000 customers t when completed. Almost half the state's 100 counties will be touched. A total of thirteen projects is in volved in the whole program. Ten have already reached the point where they have been sent to Washington with State REA approval. These are awaiting only allocation of federal funds before actual construction of the proposed lines is begun. Three projects will be exim!n°d and pacst-d upon by a sub-committee nf the State REA at a meeting called by Director Dudley Baglcy for next Tuesday. Maps »»(' these projects have been drawn, customers have been signed up, and practically all the work preliminary to obtaining fed eral aid has been completed. Three other projects are still in a more or less tentative stage. For them, some surveys have been made, organization meetings have been held or are proposed, but it is still too ear ly to give anything more than n rather vague outline of what they're all about. Engineer J. M. Grainger of the State REA says that the increasing demand for rural electric service is surprising in view of the current upset situation of the world in gen (Continued on Page Five) Navy Trade-In Plane for the Allies Shown in flipht is a Curtiss SBC-4 dive bomber of the U. S. Navy, of the same type of which fifty have been made available to the Allies. It is reported the planes were flown back to the Curtiss plant in Buffalo as a trade-in on new planes for the navy, after which the company can release them to the Allies. (Central Press) Allied Naval Power Given Balance of Strength" Said to be Far Greater Than at Start of the War. London, June ?!.— (AP)—An offi cial source stated today that "the balance of naval strength in favor of the allies is now far greater than at the outbreak of war." The statement said: "Since the be ginning of the war in addition to re inforcements of warships in all classes except battleships, the navy has been strengthened by more than 50 armed merchant cruisers and more than 1,500 minor war vessels and auxiliary craft of which 58 have been1 lost. "The French navy is a very power- i lul and rapidly growing force. "The allied fleets have been rein forced by acti\ * cooperation of Polish, Norwegian and Dutch ves sels. ••During the next few months the royal navy will receive a further large increase in strength, compris ing every category of warship from battleships to motor lorpedo boats and a very large number of auxi- I iiary craft." The statement listed the following losses: 1 of 15 battleships, 1 of 7 air-i craft carriers, 2 of (>2 cruisers, 20 of !«5 destroyers. <5 of 5<» submarine;;,! (i of lu}i mine sweepers, sloop.-, patrol | vessels and gunboats. I French Planes Repay Visit Of Germans Paris, June K.—(AP)—• French ) naval planes have repaid the deadly i visit of nazi bombers in a ni;jbt raid j on the Berlin environs, the Frcnch j admiralty announced today. The attack l.cl ni^ht on factories in the suburbs of Berlin was the firs! in which allied raiders had dropped j bombs. Until now the German cap-j ital had been only scouted or show- . ercd with pamphlets. IIow heavily the French fliers hit or with what effectiveness was not disclosed immediately. The score the Germans left them to settle in their raid on Paris last Monday was more than 1000 bombs dropped and almost 1000 dead or wounded. iOeaihsLh FOn NORTH CAROLINA. ] Partly cloudy tonipht anil Sun day: scattered afternoon showers. WKATIIER FOR TIIE WFEK. Occasional scattered daytime j thiindershowers. otherwise fair during; week: about normal torn- ( peratures. > i Pershing Favors More Aid To Allies Germany Denies Raid On Berlin Berlin, June 8.—(AP)—An au thorized spokesman declared to night that tliere is "absolutely no truth" in a French announce ment that factories in the Ber lin suburbs had been bombed last night. "We have been out with spy glasses all day looking for dam age." the spokesman said. "There have been no air raid alarms in Berlin and no rumors of such bombing." Standard Oil Loses Verdict New York, .fune <i.—(AP)—Stale Supreme Court .Justice Samuel Ilos Ltiuian ruled today that the Staiul trrl Oil Company of Indiana and five individuals had interfered unfairly ivilii the competitive business of the i'an .American Petroleum and Tran.s xii't Company and ordered tlieni to iay damage.'.—which the plaintiff ji iginaliv .et at $5(1,000.0(10. 'J he amount of damages to be paid ivas not specified in the decision, be ing dependent on an accounting of nuliUi Miice April. Bi'iiCjian ri:figi:i.s Berlin. June 8.— (AP)—Uc sponsihlc Americans said to night that 2.000.000 Belcian civilians have been dislodged by (he upheaval caused by the Ger man invasion and the subsequent battles on Belgian soil. Homes and businesses have been destroyed. WARNING Rome, June 8.— (AP)—The newspaper II Giornale d'ltalia, speculating on the course of the Furopean war when and if It;« Iv enters it. warned today that "for every Italian city bombed five F.nglish cities would suffer the same treatment." World War C o m - mander Also Express es Approval of Com pulsory Military T rain ing; Calls Attention to World War Experi ence. W;r hington. Juno <>. (AP)—Oen cr;il John .1. Pershing urged today tliiit llu' United States send to the allies '"unlimited quantities'' ol' air planes, artillery. sm;ill ;inns ;md am munition ;is well ;is food, clothing and medical supplies. Appea'ing in a statement for con tributions for the I!ed Cross, the commander of the American World war army assc rtcd th;it the sillies were lighting "a w;tr lor civilization" and tSi;11 they were "holding our front line." "We h;ive ;i vitid eoneern in the uuleoimv' he s;iid. In talking to reporters ;i short time; previously. Pershing said he was! heartily in I. \'or of compulsory mili-j i;iry service. lie .'idded 1h.it if such a! plan w« re ,'idopted ;in iminedi;ite ex- ! pansion of the army would be pos sible m ca e of Ihreatened invasion, lie recalled that the training of re cruits for World w;ir duty had re-J r|iiired m;iny months. Asserting in his statement th.it "there is no lime to lose," Pershing continued ! "The allies need every encourage-; ment it is possible to for us to give." Retired Admiral Dies at 81 Years Washington. June 8.—(AP)—Ad miral Hugh Rodm.'in. retired, died ;it the Naval hospital hist night where' he h;id been suffering for some time from coronary thrombosis. He was ( 81. Admiral Hodman was commander of a division of the Navv which join ed the I'.ritish grand fleet during the World War. lie also served with Ad miral Dewey in the Spanish war bat tle of Manila Hay. Russia Concerned Over Nazi Aims In Baltic Area London. June 3.—(AP)—Reliable 'jondon sources declared today that Soviet Russia was watching closely Iitlcr's military advances, alert t<> he possibility of infringement on Soviet interests. There has been no whisper of iclual conflict between Ru^-ian ;*nd German aims, but the naz> gr'f-p ^"i he low countiiei, Denrnaik and thr southern .portion of Norway has l".d the natural effect of attracting Sov iet "attention." those sources said. They pointed out that the Soviet Union has guaranteed the Baltic states under her Baltic defense pro gram and therefore is bound to be concerned over .•■ny^ing bearing on then-* as well as on her own B; lti" position. Nazi Gains Attained By Huge Losses French Declare Wey ganii Line Holding on All the Rest of Front; German Communique on Developments Is Vague. (By The Associated Press) Nii/i tiink detachments reported totaling between 200 ;nnl 300 tanks smashed ;i!«• 1111 twelve miles through the French western Hank on the upper Bre.sle river today. The French high command, how ever, declared that the spongy Wey gand line—planned like a shock ab sorber, to take the first impact and then recoil was holding "on all the rest of the front." While the French previously had acknowledged withdrawals at many points along an 80-mile section of the line. Iliey said these were strategic hills designed to .strengthen the line, adding that the nazi advances were attained only with huge losses. Informed German sources in Ber lin asserted that the western cam paign had "definitely shattered Fiench hopes" of fighting from fixed positions. The German assault, concentrated at four points, also appeared to lie making headway in the vicinity of the Oise valley, broad natural thoroughfare to Paris. The French admitted that the na/.i drive down the Oise had car ried yesterday to Curlepont, only 53 miles from the capital. A force of 1000 tanks was said to have led the assault. For the third successive day. how ever, the nazi high command com munique on the battle was vague* its report contained only these three sentences on front line develop ment.-: "Our operations south of the Somme and the Aisne canal continue to proceed successfully. On the southern lower Somme, also, the enemy was pushed back. "The air force supporting the army aground, fighting on the southern Somfne, successfully bombed with strong forces troop concentration;, columns of infantry and artillery positions." British military sources in Lon don put the German military strength (Continued on Page Five) British Armed Vessel Sunk !<oudout .June H.— (AIJ)—The ad uiir;illy announced lonight the arm i (I ci hier C11 (•;11111;i had been tor pedoed and sunk by a submarine with two officers and two seamen killed. The Carenthia, a Cunard liner of '.I'l.'in ton.. lurmeriy was in the trans-Atlantic : erviee. Tlie 11i|> was built ill 1 It was one of ii'l merchant cruisers which the Mriti.h have armed. Ex cept for the four dead the crew was saved. The admiralty did not say where the Carenthia was sunk. Nazis Predict Gibralter To Be Spanish Berlin, June 8.—(AP)—The au thoritative commentary Dienst aus Deutschland predicted today that Ciibralter would become Spanish as it was before Britain made it a Med iterranea11 stronghold. The commentary said that areas opposite Spain on the African coast - apparently meaning some in ad dition to Spanish Morocco—"must be in Spanish hands. '"Spain if this position will have the function of an independent trustee for all nations living on the Mediterranean or doing business there. •{.A great proud independent Spain in the new Europe as a friend of the axis partners fGfmany and Italy; will correspond not only to moral obligations among 'he three <'a1e^ hot t<> t^e real interest of the two axis powers."
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