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Nazis March Into Paris
I ritain Drops Plans
tor Long War; Wants
(/. S. War Materials
Money And I
Credit Fund
is Released
liccb 5 tee i-Produc
ing Plants Now In
Nazi Hands; Ammu
nition Factories In
S >iuh France; Much
.VdUrial Lost.
! 4.— <AP) — The
has caused Great
tier plans tor a lony
II out" with her re
- ri -.-e to the govern
fund of money and
cha>e in Ainencit of
. will tire explosives.1
, : ..y was allocated tor'
tiie change in policy.
.» id. Britain is giving
>• tt - a blank check in
• y kind of usable war
a- can provide.
i-up was indicated iol
urc in British military
• Britain had sent rein-,
France t<> join the a I- |
.-.hting behind Paris.
aimed at later pro- >
be permitted to stand in j
•tie fullest possible effort .
British sources declared,
tly the result of the loss •"
. sources because ot the :
■ ri"kt "U France. J _
• . (in percent of France's
: plants now are in j
i.-. these sources said,
• i- true of many tac
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heaped Com ict
Recaptured 1 oday
X. t\. June 14.—(AP)—j
-yc.'ir old escaped con
• county. who escaped
• m !; near here Thurs
ri'nred m Halifax coun
: i noon today.
['• • fieiura>s and Anio
prison guard.--, an
• re. They said they
' -b hideout at a farm
• •« >!iiks from here
1 s irojn Wilson.
Bullitt In
Nazi Custody
r .»,«.• 14.—f AP)—Tru<t- |
•■••ported today that
\mb.i -tidor William j
i •« ;! placed in protec
in Paris by German
■■■••: ;ties.
ema:ned in Paris dur
iii occupation with the
Wa hington. it was un
to yesterday informed
v rn n'-nt of France's
c no deiense in Paris
. *
•i June 1 1.—fAP)— In
• >l Berlin reports that
.Vidian ('. Bullitt was
• • «■<i .tody" in Paris
ri• iiad . ent the word
1 • •;• were "inside the
•if iioo eve It posed this
:t.i. -ador be protected
t and whom?
nge was at the Presi
conterenee some ten
■ State department re
iaconic message
tying "the city was
■ ate of France's capi
14.—(AP)— German
•oniHht denied a report
i a source which is us
thy that United States
William C. Bullitt had
.r protective custody by
. .ry auu-orxties.
Boarding Train at Halifax
Shown on the rear platform of the train which bore them from Halifax,
'ova Scotia, to Ottawa are Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, holding
er ninc-months-old daughter. Princess Irene. At right one of the mem
ers of the party holds Juliana's eldest. Beatrix, now two and a half years
Id. The Dutch Crown Princess and her children arc guests of the Earl of
ithlone at Ottawa for the duration of the war.
Leaf Referendum
Bill Signed By FDR
Grew Protests
Jap Air Raids
Tokyo. June 14.—(AP)— United!
States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew I
was reported authoritatively today
to have protested against Japanese'
air bombardments of Chungking, |
China, because ot American property \
there.
Chungking. provisional capital <■ I
the Chinese government, has been
bombed repeatedly during the past
tew days.
Xc^ro Is Executed
At State's Prison
IJ: > !• -i . June 1-'.— (AP)— Charlie.
Hopkins. 63-year old Negro, was exe- I
cu ted today at State's Prison for inur- !
der and became the first person exe- 1
cuted in the death chamber here from
Rutherford county.
The Negro contended that his gun
accidentally discharged, killing
policeman Roy Watkins. Four de
puties who arrested him witnessed
the execution and said that Hopkins;
1:1 »«.iv v lwit twice at Watkins. '
Measure Permits To
bacco Growers T o
Vote on Question of
Establishing Tobacco
Marketing Quotas For
Three Years.
Wa. hington. Juno 14.—CAP)—Ley-1
islation tn permit tobacco growers to
vote nil the question of establishing
tobacco marketing quotas for three
yar periods instead of one became;
law today with the signature of
I 'resident Roosevelt.
The act amends the definition of |
-carry over" in the agriculture ad
justment act so as to exclude from
consideration in determining the
marketing quotas tobacco of the
HI.'!!) and 1!)tu crops nurciiased for
the IJritish trade and temporarily
stored in this country.
The measure authorizes upward
adjustment of the national tobacco,
marketing quota for any period by j
not more than 20 percent and makes
it possible to spread over a period of
two or three years adjustments re
quired to eliminate surpluses.
Th«» act provides that the national
mai l t liny quota for flue-cured and
burlev tobacco for each of the three
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Case Now In Federal Court
Could Vitally Affect School
Setup In North Carolina
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir W -lu-r Hotel.
By HENRY AVLKILL
Kaleigh, June 1 k- As North Caro
lina's School Commission wrestled
with more or less minor problems:
Thursday, a Federal court in Ashe-:
•. ill<- ua> preparing to hear ar.uu
ments in a ease which could have
the must profound affect upon the
entire otlup of North Carolina s>
caching profession in the publicj
chools.
The case is of a Nor;olk, Virginia, i
iCgro who contends that under the j
'ederal Constitution all states must
ive equal pay to teachers of all races
k-|io hold the same class teaching
crt!!'ieates and which are assigned to
lie same kino ot teaching. To do
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Babson In
Plea For
Allied Cause
Noted Economist Says
American "F ront"
Now in Europe; De
clares America
Should Give Credits
To Allies. !
by koc;i:r w. babson.
Copyright 1!M0. Publishers
Financial Bureau.
Washington, June 14.—It now must |
In." clear to every American that Hit- >
lor stands lor world domination. The j
United States .- uddenly find? 'icp-tII j
in a desperate position—caught be- 1
tween Allied Canada and un.table;
Mexico. New methods of warfare j
bring home to us the slartling pre- \
c.'i ioic ncss of this position. Until the
advent of the bombing plane, isola
tion was a wonderful theory. Today, 1
tins concept, like neutrality and in- j
ternational law. is as dead as a door j
nail. A pack of wild animals are rov- j
ing over the world. To protect Amcr- i
in. we should immediately give the .
allies credit and all our available
material.
To be realistic, the question today
is not shall we get into the war—but j
rattier, how shall we get out of it? !
Do we choose to fight on American '
soil or choose to t'iyhl on foreign soil?
The iine between defense and par- !
ticipation is becoming thinner and j
less distinct every day. Back in 111lii, !
we were sure that we had l'uught for j
ii right cause. The imperial German j
army differed from the present nazi i
army only in that it was less dia
bolical. less brutal, less ruthless.
Twenty-five years ago we joined the
ullies to save the world for demo- j
iTacy. We believed that we were !
right and I am sure we were.
Too Kind or Too Harsh?
Our great mistake was in under- J
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A T1 T' •
Army 1 o I rain
10,600 Airmen
Washington, June 14.— (AP) —j
Plans to product' 10,U00 trained men i
a year, including 7,000 pilots to stall \
Hie nation's expanding army air
force, were announced today by i
Secretary of War Woodring.
The plans involve use of three of
the air corps' principal operating I
bases as training centers lor pilots I
and instructors, in addition v> the |
existing "West Point of the Air" at |
Randolph Field, Texas.
The period of training has been '
ordered shortened by a month. It!
will be 33 weeks long, Woodring dis- j
closed.
In addition to the 7,000 pilots, 3.
[>00 bombardiers and navigators will
L>e trained annually to man the vast
ly expanded air forces.
French Army
In Retreat
Tired Soldiers, Assail
ed by Mightiest Forces
of Germany, Await
Word As To How or
Whether Battle Is To
Go On.
Tours. June 11.—(AP)—Beating a
ictrenl from Paris, (lie tired PV'ivh
irmy withdrew southward \>night.
assailed by the mightiest forces of
Ihe German Reich and awaiting
word a-; to how or even whether
the battle of France is to go on. j
The latest word here was that
Herman divisions preceded by Mash
ing columns of tarjhsj and armored <
?ar^ had closed aroi&id the French
capital. I :
It was officially confirmed that 1
o the cast and south of Paris the ]
Hermans had reached Romillv. 65 !
niles southeast of Paris, well down 1
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FOR NORTH CAROLINA. I
Partly cloudy tonight and Sat
urday: scattered showers in in- i
terior. 1
Bold Frontal Attack Begun
Against France9s Maginot
Line; Le Havre Also Taken
Quick Change in Nationality
■ • • jiOtUSSSt v :
A mechanic at the Curtiss plant, Buffalo, N. Y., with a spray pun is
shown at work on one of the U. S. navy bombing planes recently marie
available for purchase by the Allies. At top, the U. S. insignia on the
trade-in plane is marked out. Bottom, the plane is marked with the tri
color bulbcyc of the Allies. (Central Tress)
Roosevelt Says All
Possible Aid Given
President Points to
Hitler's Record in!
Comment on Report
That the Fuehrer Had!
Said Invasion of
Amcricas Is "Grotes
que".
Washington, June H. — (AP)—
President Kooscvelt repeated today
that all possible help was being ex
londrd t<> the allies, and pointed to
Hitler's record in response to a re-1
port that tlx- German canecllor had '
said invasion of the western hemis-j
Inhere was grotesque.
Mr. Roosevelt was told at a press'
:*o:iferencc lhat Hitler had called the
l)os:'il)ilily of German invasion of the
Americas •"grotesque" in an interview
ividi a newspaper man.
Asked for comment, the Chief Exe- •
•utive said he conid give none except
[o say "that it brings lip recollOe
lioiis."
lie authorized direct quotation.
lie added lhat his remark could
n> enlai'ged on with dates and na
tions, going back over quite a pe
riod of years.
Mr. Roosevelt announced two ad
i font in wed no page two)
Italian Envoy
Visits Hull To
Lodge Protest
\Va> lyton. June II.—(AT)—
Aniba.. iiclnr Ascanio Colonna of
Italy v i.-itc-d Secretary II ill today,
and one of i)i.s aide . aid ih.it lie* had
prote ted against what wa described
as a campaign to arouse anti-Italian
h cling in the United States.
The Italian embassy was said to
lie prcpai ing a statement concern-!
ing lite prote.!, the reason lor which
wa. n>>t specified by the aide.
Karlicr, the embassy had said it
might have a statement about a re
port Iroin New York that police
there had doc ument.- showing that I
the Indian consular service was
seeking to promote fascism in this
eounlry.
Whether I're ident IJoosevelt's re
cent • |)(4'ch at Ch-'U'lolte-ville. Va., |
in which he termed Italy', entrance]'
into the war a stab in the back at'
France, figured in the protest was j
cot disclosed.
AH Peace Talk Rejected
By German Press Chief
By LOI'IS P. LOCIIXER.
With the Gorman Army enroll to to
"\iris, Juno 13 (delayed) — (AP) —
Countless thousands of fresh German
roops were being speeded into the
:one of operations today as Dr. Otto
Dietrich, personal press chief of Adolf
^itier, rejected all talk of peace and*
aid Germany's only aim now is to
vin the war.
Adressing foreign journalists. Dict
ich said:
•Germany is simply unbeatable no
natter what may yet come. The
uehrer towers high above all our
■ncmios. Nothing can avert their de
eat and disaster."
Ridiculing earlier assertions by the
cyders of Great Britain am! r:;v>c.
hat Germany would be forced to her
knees. Dietrich pointed In Germany's)
present j>«>-iii«in and said that com-j
plete victory was the goal.
He said that peace might have been'
had before the war started at the
price of the Polish corridor and of
i plebiscite in the regions of Poland
ivhich the na/.i government claimed
is German. As he talked, the new
troops marched. looking Iresh and
confident and accompanied by the
nosl modern equipment.
While questions concerning cxact
y wliere the troops were going were
net with a shrug of the shoulder,
neaning it was a military secret. I
have Ve definite impression that
. filler, while at present e-ineentrat
ng on Paris, n .-i n"t le;-v:ng En;,
JxllCl Oi-lt -1 V. a.wi—i*
French Government
Flees From Tours,
Presumably to Bor
deaux; Hitler Orders
Three - Day Celebra
tion Throughout
Reich.
(By The Associtled Press)
Hitler's armies inarched into the
treets of Paris today, captured the
•itaI .French port of Le Havre on the
English elumnel, and in their hour
)l triumph—bitter defeat for France
—launched a hold frontal attack on
the great Maginot line itself.
Rapidly-swarming German mech
anized columns poured behind the
main Maginot fortifications be
tween Paris and Montniedy to im
peril from the rear the 1,000,000
French troops manning the steel and
concrete line.
In case of an assault from behind
it was not believed that the French
could turn their Maginol guns
around.
"Pursuit of the enemy until final
destruction has now begun," the nazi
liigh command declared.
The nazi high command said
Montniedy, vital northern anchor of
the Muginol lino, lias been captured
and declared there has been "coin
plate collapse" ol the French all
along the 200-mile western front
France's high command, however,
insisted the French retreat was be
ing carried out "in the greatest ord
er."
The French government was re
ported lieeing from Tours, presuma
bly to take reluge in Bordeaux, on
France's .southwest coast.
The frontal attack on the Maginot
line centered in the Saar region.
Destruction of eight allied trans
ports off Le Havre and damage to
six others was reported by the nazi
high command, indicating heavy
losses to British troops rushing to
support their beleaguered French al
lies.
Madrid announced that Spanish
troops have occupied the interna
tional zone of Tangier in the name
of the Sultan of Morocco, "to safe
guard the independence and neutrali
ty of the city"—which lies opposite
the British stronghold ol Gihralter.
it was not immediately apparent
whether this action heralded the en
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Reynolds Demands
Senate Action On
Deportation Bill
Wa him;ton. June 14.—(AP)—Im
mediate Senate action on a resolution
for the deportation of Harry Bridges,
west coast CIO maritime leader, was
demanded today by Senator Rey
nolds. Democrat. North Carolina, in
view of House passage by a 330 to
42 vote.
The Harry Bridges defense com
mit!'e gave notice at San Francisco
thai it would call for a nationwide
protest against the House for approv
ing the legislation directing the at
torney general to send Bridges, an
ali<n. hack to his native Australia at
once.
Undeterred. Reynolds told report
er.1 that "if the immigration com
mittee doesn't act on that bill within
five days I will ask the Senate to
discharge it and bring the legislation
to the floor."
"Thai man ought to be deported
because he is opposed to our form of
government," Reynolds added.
British Ships
Sunk By Nazis
Berlin, June 14.—CAP)—The 17.
000-ton British auxiliary cruiser Scots
town was sunk yesterday by a sub
marine. the German high command
declared today.
(The British admiralty announced
that the Scotstown was sunk.)
Another U-boat, the German high
command said, s;ink a 12.000-ton
transport north ol' the Hebrides in
an attack on a strongly protected
convoy.
Eight other jillied transports were
sunk off Le Havre yesterday, the
communique added, two by aircraft
ind six by artillery, and six more
kvere damaged, three each by air
planes and artillery.