North Carolina Newspapers

IHenilersnn Sailu Hispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNOKin CAROLINA AND VIROjNiA- __ — PUBLISHED KV1CRY AKTEItNOON FIVE CENTS COI'Y 'II YEAR t»"TS!S?a\1d,'prebS3of HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 11, 1940 except • azi Armies Al Gales Of Paris •*"'*' *** S ¥ « ¥ ¥ V *********** Neutrality Act Invoked By Roosevelt j lions Are Postscript i {i Address vicnt Issues Se I Proclamations . iiig Strongly vd Speech I n 11 iVl a terial Aid Is ed Allies. it.—<AP>— In •y not against ' i\ »* !t hold cllt : !!;(■> today ait urt : i ..terial and the I'nited • <;<■ • ii proclama > • named Italy :>:eci !■> "cash and \ e-'rictions. pio postscript to a ; : •nount'oment on - by the Chief Exe govcrnment. Mr. ;• historic address •. Va.. had rejected peaceful negotia * held the dagger •• •■ t ,.ck ot its nctyh ; -ternly. • •ttici;il Washington Roosevelt had in >n the world that >• . Vs was shifting its y t" one of non-bel C ingress who heard • were either enthusias >.• ; pprehensive that creased the danger of • g drawn into the war. „ _ mly ipon the con America should the achieve world dom • : executive held up • " ■>: a "helpless night \ > ran people "with i^*-d i n prison. hand .. .. fid fed through the y day by the eon *y;::u asters of other . ents he made in a thy graduating L*:i:> : ity <>t Virginia i it-, an address to :i..vl on Page Two) Piins !• ired By f jcnnan Bombers V'ii'k. ftitle II.— <\P>— I»| 'ia'lt ailing Company "I tits in Furope report tli.it naves ol (ierman v.: it- 11 vim; over Paris •'it part ill the city was i'.it'- \K( correspondent i s lid that tin* F re licit lln-ri*. still in comntuni "■ illi Paris, hud eonlirm • i that part of the capi ■< ill.I Mil'. in the suburbs is yreat rot-respondent reported, i: It ii s also were believ • heavy. ; li es. h«- said, were catis m< i-iidiary bombs. The oil roads leading away J'-ri. were thronged with Navy Bill To H hite House 'n ature Provides For landed Navy Air u: and New Com '>r'1 Vessels. Juit«- 11. (AP) The ■' *1 congressional i.il! permitting the *>.taI id in.noli planes • and to buikl 22 new t legislation now go House lor President unature. r-» the fighting ships, '• measure would per on of a similar numbet ••ssrls. the bill permit* an n'.. reuse in the Xavy'i Italy's Armored Legions on the March to War One of the nm-t modem cogs in the Italian military machine is the motorized corps (leit) which has been in constant maneuvers since war flared on the European continent. Right, is a long line of Italian baby tanks, |rt of the ttonu.n machine thai went into high gear with de claration ol war again*', the Allies. Italy Marshals All Resources Turk Stand Undecided Soviet Russia Said To Hold Key to Turkey's Fulfillment of Allied Treaty. I Ankara. Turkey. June 11.—CAP) — Soviet Russia holds the key to Tur key's iuliillmcnt <>1" her mutual as sistance treaty with Great Britain and France, it was acknowledged in informed quarters today. The cabinet met throughout the afternoon and its stand was reported to depend on a response from Russia as to tin- Soviet attitude in case Tur key should join the allies in fight ing Italy in the Mediterranean. The official newspaper declared that Turkey possesses "the might and capacity to accomplish the national tasks" and was ready to fight any powt r infringing her rights, hut did not mention the pact with the allies. The other small nations of south eastern Europe clung precariously to their neutrality and expressed hope that they would be able to avoid war. Greece anxiously watched for naval activities tearing that because oi her geographical position between Italy and Turkey her peace might be threatened. Princess Juliana Arrives In Canada Halifax. \. S., .Finn* II.—(AIM —.itilhuiu. crown princess of the .Netherlands. came to the new world today with her two young daughters for refuge from Lu i rope's war. Announcement of the safe ar rival of Juliana, heiress apparent to the throne of (ici'nian-oc cupied Holland, by Mutch war ship from England was an nounced by Canadian Prime .Minister W. L. Mackenzie King. With Princess Juliana were her j daughters. Beatrix. 2, and Irene, 9 months old. French Armies Check Nazis Paris, June 11.—(AP)—General Maximc Weygand's armies were de clared tonight, in dispatches from the front, to be checking the invad ing Germans on the French lett (west) flank where the deepest na/.i thrust had carried light armored columns across the Seine. Meanwhile, thunderstorms broke over the vast dry and hot battle fields, impeding the dive bombers and tanks at the head of the Ger man advance toward the French capital. !n the central section of the front, northeast of Paris, a heavy German offensive was being met head-on in the Ouzo valley. The French right was dsciared holding lirru. i~D8k io Ask Cofiigr* %% 1 os Sj0,00(MM)0 SFor 4 ,roi« Washington, Juno 11—(AT)—President Roosevelt today dratted a letter asking Congress to appropriate $5'',000,000 to be used by the Red Cross for refugee relief in Europe. The letter will be sent to Vice President Garner and 1 Speaker of the House Hankhead today. Stephen Early, presidential secretary, said the request for funds for the Red Cross was a sequel to Mr. Roosevelt's declaration in a speech last night that the United 'States would extend its material resources to the allies. Food, clothing and medical supplies, he said, would be considered as material resources. House Appropriations Group Approves New Defense Outlay Wellington, June 11.—(AP)—The House appropriations committee re commended ;in additional SI,70i»,05.'J, 'J07 outlay for national defense to day to prepare this country for what Army chief of staff called "all man ner of possibilities in the western hemisphere." The huge increase, submitted one day after Italy's entrance into the war, would boo. t defense appropria tions for this session to 612. would add 95,000 enlisted men to the regular Army, provide 3,000 new warplancs for the air corps and permit the Navy to start work on Git additional warships. The measure also curried j?!,!!(l() to give the Federal liureau of In vestigation 500 additional agents to deal with espionage, sabotage and other 11:11 i<in;11 defense activities. Among olher items in the bill were SIfur the n.iti<ni;il delense; council ;ii:(i it.: recently appointed, advisory com mission, $47,;VUI,0(I0 for the ,ic(|iii. itinn ill slrateyic minerals ; and materials and 000.000 addi tional for Hi" Civil Aeronautics Au thority to give training to ;i total of 87.000 civ i!i;iii airplane pilots. i General (Jeorgc ('. Mai.-hall. Army chief of .stall, was recorded as tell ing Ihe commiltec that "this plan is entirely devoted to the problems as we visualize them in the western hemisphere, x x x VVe do not visual ize any invasion of (hi. com dry. An air raid or something of thai :ort is possible, but IVatihly, at the present moment, wo do not see it in the oiling. ISnl we see ail mannei of pos sibilities in the western hem;, piiere." Tobacco Tax Is Opposed Cooley Leads Opposi tion to Proposed In crease in Levy on Cigarettes. Washington. June 11. — (AP)— House members from the tobacco growing stales of Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia opposed today a decision of the House rules com mittor to restrict .amendments to the Si .004."00 tax bill. Their opposition was predicated on their desire to eliminate a proposed increase in the levy on cigarettes. Representative Cooley, Democrat. North Carolina, declared that tobac co was "a sick industry", already heavily burdened with taxes, and ex pressed opposition to an increase in the cigarette levy from S3 to $3.50 a thousand. Representative Flanagan. Demo crat, predicted that the ci^ British Navy Bottles Up Italian Ships (I'v The Associated Press) Britain's ii.'ivv moved t«icl«*»y bot He up the world-scattered ships of IU.ly's merchant marine. Within 21 hour.-; of Premier Mi is ulini';; decla ration ill war, nmre llian aO.fiO'l ton ol Itiili.'in shipping were reported seized or scut I led. A Reuters (British news agency) dispatch from Gibraltcr indicated at least six were caught there. Two ships were scuttled yester day in Spanish waters. Two others were listed as beached on south African capes. One; ship was seized at Capetown and another was seized off Australia. A Canadian prize crew brought under control the flame.- that swept through Ihe Italian steamship Capo Noli in the St. Lawrence river. UleaMwi FOR NORTH ( AROMNA. Partly cloudy tnnicht and Wednesday: scattered thunder showers Wednesday. nrt taxes Are Levied Rents, Prices and Salaries Are Fixed; Punishments for I Crime Are Harshened. l!"inc. Juno 11.— (AP)—Italy mar-! sluiIlc*fl nil Iter imperial resources for! war today as authoritative sources said fascist troops, naval and airj forces "undoubtedly arc engaging"! the allies. New taxes—in some cases increases of I'lO percent -were levied by the eabincl in a one-hour session devot ed to war legislation. Rents, prices and salaries were! fixed to suppress speculation, assure, .'lability and guarantee the army's purchasing power. Punishments for crimc were) harshened including death for all olTen-es formerly punishable by lite imprisonment. 'in make Rome an open city— therefore* not legally li;ible to air at lack I he military command and of ficers of ministries directing the arni lContinued on Page Two) Judge Harding Dies Today Ch.irlolle, Juno II.—(AP)—Judge W. F. Harding ci'-.ni of the western (I:Vi i"ii "f the North Carolina su-1 |.c!.or court heneli, died in Ins hotel • uiiint here today alter a long period of ill health, lie was 72 years old. i?'or the last two years Judgei Harding had been inactive in an of- | lieial capacity because' of his health. Hi. death was unexpected, however, as yesterday he had appeared to be about as well as usual. He had lived in Charlotte for about 4<i years and had been a judge for 2? .years. He was born in Aurora, j N. C. Surviving are his widow and one son. Leche Given 10-Year Term Alexandria, La.. June 11.—(AP)— Former Governor Richard W. Lethe ol Louisiana today was sentenced to erve ten years in Federal prison on his recent conviction of mail fraud in a deal involving purchase of slate highway trucks. Federal Judge Ben C. Hawkins sentenced Lecke. who was the state's chief executive from 1936 to June 26. 193.0. when he resigned under fire, to serve two five-year sentence enn c rrtjvely under two counts of his conviction. . Destruction Of Two French Armies Is Claimed By Germans Britain Cheers Roosevelt's Declaration London, Juno 11. (AC)— Presi dent I i-M I. c\c. 1 .s If.'.MII'ilMCCS 'il 111: i — terial aid from llic United Slates 111 ,-ured an ;illicci victory in tin; war against (it rmany. I lenient K. Att lee told 11if In»ii i 11! cmiiiiniiins in ;i .var report li d.iy. "f'Yuiii ;n toss tli.*> Atlantic has come t!n an. wer hi ;i great d< inocracy," All ice said. 'it was ;i: Ihough day hsid fol li/Wed night when. only ;i lew hours filter the dictator ui Italy h;id made his dastardly announcement before the serried i.mks ol" the blackshirts, the President of lite United States delivered to the youth of his coun try ;i message worthy of a great :infj free republic. sending the whole of America's sympathies to Ihosi: na tions who are gi\ ing their lifehlood in combat against tin- forces of hate." Attlee said Hoo.eveit had "vitally inspired the free peoples of Europe. Ills assurance that the material re sources of iiis great nation would be placed al the disposal of the allies makes it inevitable that, however, long the road, the cause ol civiliza tion will in the end prevail." The house resounded with cheers. Si;b> titul ing for Prime Minister Churchill who was absent, Alllce told the house that Hritain had al ready seized 14 Italian ships, and ten others are in British ports, lie said. Hitler and Mussolini have united to destroy democracy, he said, but ••democracy will answer the chal lenge." Ford Ready For Orders Edsel Ford Says Plant Ready For "Mass Pro duction" Of Pursuit Planes. Washington, Juno 11.— (AP) — KdsH Ford said today after a con ference will) William S. Kntidsen. member of tin* n;itioii;il del'r u <• com mission. th;it his company was ready to swing into mass production o! air planes a. soon sis the government granted it contracts. The Ford company pit id«-iit con ferred with two and one half hours with Knudsen. [)roduction member of the commission. lie scheduled ;inother meeting with Knudsen lor this afternoon. Ford told reporters 1h.it the Army's pursuit plane. the I'—ID, (Continued on page two) ITALIAN ACTIVITY Rome, .Inin* 11.—(AIM—Fas cist troops occupied valleys and mined bridges on their own side of the French frontier last night as soon as the frontier was closed an Italian dispatch reported to day. Defense Tax Bill Debated Washington, June 11. (Al') — House leaders drove III" SI .001,000. 000 defense fax hill toward passage today to ihe accompaniment of Re publican cries that it was not big enough. "This bill i. but a mere drop in the bucket." declared Representative Miehiner. Republican. Michigan. "Personally I would liked to ha/e seen the amount of the bill doubled," added Representative Allen, Repub lican. Illinois. There were less vocal objections from Republicans to the parliamen tary procedure adopted to prevent any amendments to the bill except those ordered by the way: and means committee. "The majority of the House wants to enact a tax bill (hat will pay for these expenditures as we go along." Michiner said, avserling that th" pie cent measure - • r;n: p,.* ore:; pective defense spending. No Authentic Reports of Any Italian Move; Anti-Italian Riots Are Staged in British Cities; Paris Nearly Deserted. (By The Associated I'rcss) Hitler's armies stormed at the Kates of I'aris tonight. Berlin re ported. reaching at one point the Maine river—historic battlefield where French soldiers stopped the Kaiser's rush in MM 1. Simultaneously. the Itrilish war office announced that hos tile aircraft raided Alalia. Brit ain's vital naval base in the Mediterranean near Italy. The Berlin report of na/.i arm ies smashing through the French Weygand line to the Manic did not say what point they had readied. It was intimated, however, that the thrust knifed down through the center of the French defense lines extending from the Maginot line to the Fnglish chan nel. If so. it was possible that Ihc German onslaught engulfed or passed Reims and penetrated to or beyond the old battlefield of Chateau Thierry, where Gen eral I'ersliing's American ex pendionary force repulsed the imperial German army. Berlin also asserted na/.i le gions had crossed the lower Seine—west of I'aris—"at va rious places." Amid these unconfirmed re ports of sweeping German vic tories. the same sources in Ber lin also claimed the "destruction" of two entire French armies iu the great battle for I'aris now apparently fast ncaring a climax and said that mechanized Ger man columns were speeding southward to slice France in half. Nazi: estimated Ihe two French armi'v comprised between 400,000 and aOn.lKMi men. The French high command report ed that General Maxim'* Weygand's French armies had stemmed a na/.i " cytiu " altack aimed ;■ t seizing the French capital from Ihe rear, while J1;11v still masked her plan of at tack as a lull military partner of Germany. "On the Alps front our troops are in position and have not been at tacked" : aid the French communi'iuc*. Berlin ha estimated that 1,500,000 French troop are entrenched on France", southern front awaiting Italy's expected on. lauyht. At dawn the beleaguered French capital pic. ( tiled u wierd appearance MALTA RAIDED Malta. .1 11.—(AI'l—Air raiders repealed attacks today on Malta, British eastern .Mediterranean naval stroiiKhold, ai:d inflicted slight damage. The first attack brought ac tive anti-aircraft fire and it was reported that two air raiders were shot down. Air raid alarms shrilled seven times between dawn and noo;i. Sub Stops Washington American Vessel Told to Proceed After Some of Passenger? Are In Life Boats Washington, June 11. fAP)—The State depnitment announced today that thf 1'nil'd States liner Wash ington. with 1.02H passenger.; enroute Irom Imii'>pe wii.s stopped early this morning by an unidentified sub marine y/hieh fir-1 ordered ; handon ment of tin ship but kitcr allowed it to proceed. The liner was on its way from Lis bon to Oalway, Ireland, to pick up nrldit ion;i I A rnericans. The State department said that up on the order to "leave ship" the pas -engers :md drew, the hitter num bering 570, were ordered to life bouts ;ind Mime of the boat;; were actually being lowered when the order came from the submarine to "please go on." The Washington proceeded and soon afterward sighted a second sub marine, bat without any interference.