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UpttJterann BaiUjUispotrh /Mtt ^ - A'ENTH YEAR ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOKin CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. i^EASED WIRE SERVICE OF I HE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 15, 1940 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY JMENTOUS ALLIED DECISIONS IMMINENT ******** i S. To Redouble War Shipments To France * Won't iiize uests It Answers iti's Desperate .1- Aid; Asks C ommission To a cl Utilities Re ■ i me 1.1.—(AP) — • a-.: red France 1: .red Si Mt's would U> -ft)d planes : • the Allies ;is long ed "m defence of uded tii.;' this as . ith ;t "no impliea ^ i ■ nitments." .. -es> make such :• i' President said in : ..or Rcvtuuid of -age was made pub •v House. ■ :;:><> t• ► Ic' Reynaud States would not re ;'.ts of conquest of i tin ouch military i would not "consider lUvpts to infringe by ndence and territor K ranee." r11*s cable was in re open! for aid from the French pre • "d'atds of planes" • Atlantic. v - -on* shortly be : executive conferred «•> with Lord Lothian Quentin. the British l»assad<»•>. The White c.'trents <»f the Pres am was conveyed to id'Ts announced after •e that certain points ■ared up". but no de l*. meanwhile, instn'ft pi. vcr Commission ■n 'he adequacy" of >uppiy meet na ■ >■<<•! He asked the (". >» o i- -ion a No to • es reuarriiPT need ections between pri • ••:■ plan' and •• -. and to work out the power supply acts. !,!| So\ ict Tanks i I athuania With R issia Expanding '!! ■ Illlll' 1".— (AP)—Two !••(! Soviet Kussiui) tanks V. ivr passed Kaunas, in i s capital. in a new ex • ut itussiun militrav pinv '•ilr tin* main fttrtp of an division has arrived in * itself. Armored ears of "■•I army were said to be itt all public buildings. W asliington U.S. Bound niietl States Liner •trrying Refugees, >.! ij.tlv Women and I'hildren, To N e w York. I:- land. June I">.—CAP) * t i t«-fI States liner !• * i< 1 v (in her v.viv t'< ■Mi ! 1 ♦131 Aind f-an • ii d. i! wn under t<i«ir| : it tin- liner Manhattan in Kuro|>e within the '.'■■iy to take home 4.000 fili/en.-" who lied Irom • -.'on ailed *hi.- morn aboard were women !f ii. many of the latter if of ;t»e. Sailoi> \vh«i in ail mi id they never •• seen so many children • vessel. ' "he unusual situation. ri lines official^ loaded hinyton's rofriperators ' m Ii. h"""i"dlv ob o 1 i p;irtr ot Ireland. Wallace Greets 4-H Club \ Iowa delegation to the 14th national 4-H club camp is greeted by Secre tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, as more than 170 members from twenty states arrive in Washington to study Agriculture Department problems of rural life. Left to right: Dorothy Ostrander, Wallace, Pearl Elaine Ilass, Helena Dilger, and K. B. Syndeigaard, assistant state club leader. Tax Bill Unanimously Is Approved By Senate Body Debt Check Is Paid In By Finland Washington. June 13.—(AP) — Finland laid her annual war debt payment on the lino at the Treas urv today, keeping her record of remittances unbroken, despite action by Congress yesterday to relieve her of the obligation for a ten-year period. Iljalinar I'roeops. minister of the small nation which lost heavily in resources during its war with Russia, handed a chock for the .S.S1 installment to Herbert K. Gaston. assistant Treasury secretary.. I'roeops called attention to the switt action yesterday by both House and Senate in approving a resolution which would permit Finland to postpone the pay ments. He noted with "deep gratitude", he said, "the new sign of friendship and under standing of my country." Calls for Ten Percent Cut in All Spending Except for Defense; Eliminates Added To bacco Tax; Amuse ments Hiked. Washington, Juno 15.—(AP)—The i Senate Finance Committee unani mously approved today an emer-N gency SI.070,000,000 tax bill design-"., ed to finance the $5,000,000,000 de-j { l'ense program over the next live years. The measure carried $3,000,000 ' more man approved by the Mouse, and included an amendment by Sen-. ator IJyrd, Democrat. Virginia, re-j quiring a ten percent reduction in all non-delense and non-essential ex- 1 penditures. The Senate committee, by a vote of 16 to 4. eliminated House-approved ' increases in tobacco taxes, including! an increase from six to seven cents j a package on cigarettes. To make up j for the $76,'>00,000 of revenue lost, j ' the committee revised the House amusement tax schedule to raise an' additional $77,000,000 annually. Broughton Leaves Newsmen Speculating As To Leading I Appointments He Will Make Daily Dispatch Bureau, in the Sir Walter Hotel. By 1IENKY AVERILL Raleigh. June 1—Those of the writing gentry, including your Ra leigh reporter, it re finding themselves really handicapcd in trying to guess the identity of the half-dozen per sons whom next-Governor J. Mel ville Broughton will nai.ie to the six large, juicy, mlum places within his bestowing. The handicap consists in the fact that Mr. Broughton apparently has committed himself to nobody for any one ot the jobs: and when the ap pointment authority has not itself intimated to anyone how the places are to be filled, it adds no end to the difficulty of finding out any thing authentic. It follows, as a matter of course, that all the dope stories going the rounds about prospective Broughton appointees are pure dope stories and nothing else—though most of the predictions have been based on logi cal reasoning, if nothing more. For instance, it seems too obvious for mistake that the private secre tary's post will go to young Bob Wells. Kenansville attorney who made a fine record heading up a "young man's" division of the Broughton campaign. His character, his personality, his record in Young Democratic circles combine to spell acceptibility. as one of the aeutest political observers hereabouts (Lynn Nisbet) puts it. Beyond that, there isn't nearly the [.certainly about the other live "big" (appointments—commissioner of reve nue, director of purchase and con tract, assistant director of the budget, i highway commission chairman and1 director of the department ol con- I jservation and development. 1 For the first named there'd be fit- I tie speculation if ailing A. J. Max- i well were believed capable of re- ' gaining his health and strength. But nobody thinks he-can or will— and so that throws the whole thing wide open to the wildest sort of guessing. ) ] Maxwell has been "It" so long it's ! , hard to dissociate him and the of- i . lice. He held it through good times i j jand bad, through support of the ; , eventual gubernatorial winner, and j even after he had himself run against the final victor. Now it seems he is I ■completely out of the picture. « ! Some seem to think Broughton will 'settle the question by moving budget -v boss Robert C. Deyton over to the S1 Department of Revcni e. There was ■ talk of Broughton's brother-in-law J Willard Dowell, but Mr. Dowell has j assured your reporter there is ab- i ' solctcly nothing to the reports. I Latest is the report that some ' • "dollar a year" man, in the sense jthat the revenue commissionership , salary rates about that in compari son to present income, such as John ( Hanes or Walter Lambeth, will get i (Continued on Pa^e Five) Rosso-Lithuanian Dispute Is Settled AmericanDies In Crash Of Finnish Plane Helsinki, June 15.—(AP)—Henry V. Anthiel, Jr., of Trenton, N. J., ttached to the American legation in lelsinki, was killed in the mysterious x plosion of a Finish air liner yes •rday in which ten other persons »st the lives. Spokesmen said Anthiel was 011 courier service" hut had no author y to say whether he was acting as courier carrying any special doeu lents from Berlin. The governments of Finland and stoma began an investigation to de n-mine whether sabotage was in olved in the loss of the plane bound rom Estonia to Helsinki. A private source expressed belief le plane was carrying "diplomatic latter" from Berlin intended for j hipment to America through the inish port of Pctsamo. British Ships Sunk By Nazis i London. June 15.—(AP)—The ad niralljv today announced H. M. S. | 'alyp.ti. an anti-aircraft cruiser, i-as Mink in Mediterranean waters iv an Halinn submarine. An officer and 38 men were miss ig. Enemy mines sank two trawlers, lie Myrtle and the Ocean Sunlight,! n home waters. The 4,l"0-ton Calypso had a nor-j lal crew of 437 men. The admiralty said it was feared lore were no survivors of the Myrtle nd that ci/;ht were missing from lie Ocean Sunlight. Verdun Stronghold, Famous in Other War, Falls to Invaders; British-French Coun cil Decisions Are! Awaited. ltiirdraux. France. June 15.— (AP)—The French high com- j mand acknowledged tonight that tln> Germans had crossed the Khinc in Alsace, on the Maainot front, and had penetrated central Iral Franco as far sonlli as Chau mont. 140 miles southeast of I'aris. (By The Associated Press) Capture of Verdun and a breach in the Maninot line were claimed hy the Germans today as high Allied councils apparent ly were shaping: momcntus de cisions. The broach in the Maginot lino! vas said to h;ive boon made on a | broad front" sonlh of Saarbruoken. 'or two days German artillery, hour i ft or hour, had hurled shells ir-1o j he steel and concrete of the Mngi iot lino, and dive bonYbcrs had pun shed it with bombs. Both Die town of Verdun and its amed fortress fell, the Germans as orted. Verdun, where Ihe German wore topped in the World War by French -•living to the battle -slogan, "They hall not pass." is 135 miles ea^t of \-iris. and about 25 miles south of /fontmodv. northern anchor of the vTaginot line, which the Germans ilready held. British reports of vital decisions ; ndicatcd that the "next 24 hours" night prove the climax of the fight n Franco. There was no inkling of what im tendod. But the authoritative Nazi icws commentary Dienst Aus (Continued on Page Five) Lithuania Agrees To i nree Soviet De mands, Including For mation of New Gov ernment To Realize lV.ulual Aid PacL Mo:;cow, June If).—(Al')—Settle ment ul a di.pute between Itussia and Lithuania over (lie quartering ot troops in Lithuania, in which it was charged that Lithuanian authorities had kidnapped and tortured lied a.'my soldiers to gain Russian mili tary scerets, was disclosed today. (A dispatch J mm Berlin said that upon Lithuanian acceptance of a Rus ,u:n ultimatum, lied army troops began marching into the little coun try, which also is bordered by Germany). A Russian communique said the Lithuanian foreign minister gave the consent of the Lithuanian gov ernment to three Soviet demands: 1.—That the Lithuanian minister of internal affairs and the head of the political police department be tried as those directly guilty of pro vacativc actions against Soviet gar risons in Lithuania. 2.—That Lithuania form immedi ately a new government winch would be capable and ready to realize honestly the Soviet-Lithuania mu tual aid pact agreed upon last fall and to hold in leash the enemies of the pact. 3.—That Lithuania guarantee fully the free passage 1*trough Lithuanian territory of Soviet troops in numb ers sufficient to realize the pact. President Of Brazil Sends FDR Pledges Washington. July 15. — (AP)— President Getulio Vargas, of Brazil, assured President Roosevelt today that a speech which he delivered ear ly this week "can in no sense lx> re garded as contradictory" to that de livered by Mr. Roosevelt at Char lottesville. Va. Vargas' address, delivered from a warship, had been interpreted in various quarters as a defense of totalitarian ideals. President Roosevelt declared in his Charlottesville speech that the Unit ed States would help the Allies with all the supplies it could spare. The text of Vargas' cablegram, re ceived bv Under Secretary of State Welles: •'Speech delivered June 11 can in no sense be regarded as contradictory to that of President Roosevelt, whose speech I had not read at that time. My speech is a warning, a call to reality, addressed to Brazilians, and which might cause surprise only to persons devoted to routine, not to a far-seeing minrl like that of Roose velt, who is liberal - minded, pro gressive and forward-looking, crying out as the voice of the whole con tinent, regarding perils which threat en America, and who knows that Brazil will not fail him in loyally." U/mikGA FOR NOKTII C AROLINA. Considerable cloudiness to night and Sunday, possibly scat iliiU showers in west. WEEKLY WEATHER. Considerable cloudiness with s-a.-onal temperatures and oc casional local showers during the week. U. S. Is Investigating Italian Consul Moves Washington, June 15.—(AP)—See rotary Hull disclosed today that the government was investigating re ports bearing upon the eonduct of Italian consular officials in the United States. The State Depart ment chief made the disclosure at a press conference when asked for comment on the objection registered with him yesterday by the Italian ambacrador against reports' that the Cfiir-ular official* were engaging in pro-fascist activity. The diplomat handed him a note, Forms Defense Force Charles Sweeney I diaries Sweeney has completed j formation of the first unit of an American-manned force for defense j of London against possible German invasion. The unit comprises forty I armored troop cars. Sweeney is an I uncle of j;olf star Robert Sweeney, | who has been romantically linked j with the Countess Barbara Hutton Revcntlow. Italy Drives Off Attack French Naval Squad ron Bombards Ligu rian Riviera With Lit tle Success. Rome, June Jo.— (AP)—An Ital ian torpedo boat and the coastal bat teries of Genoa were reported today to have driven off a French naval squadron which bombarded the Ligurian River at dawn last Thurs day. One French destroyer was re ported torpedoed and sunk and an other damaged. The Rome radio said today three persons were killed and 12 wounded in the Genoa engagement, and that | six persons were killed and 25 ; wounded in an air raid on Savona ! at an undisclosed lime. Savona is near Genoa on the coast. Rome authorities also said air planes flew ov< r Rome early yester day and dropped leaflets, indicating , the planes were French. The leaflets called on 11i'• Italians | to quit the war. One woman was killed by anli-aircralt fire directed .'Continued on Page Fivfi) i Position Of ; Egypt Becomes More Difficult Sharp fighting between Italian and British troops on the Egyplian-Lo byao frontier after repeated iloyal air force bombings of enemy posi tions accentuated today the danger th.it Kgypt would be drawn into the war. Operations of the last 24 hours were declared to have brought the capture of the Italian forces of Cap ruzz and Maddalent by British troops. There was no immediate official reaction to Italian attack- on Kgyp tian territory—which the premier had warned would bring a declara tion of war against Italy. Hull said, wliifh was similar in con lent to a statement which the Italian embassy subsequently save to the press. The press statement asserted that the "consuls have al ways strictly limited their activities to the legal consular functions," and have refrained from all political ac tivity, so-called un-American acti vities." The facts will show whether there is any truth to the reports about th' consular official-;. Hull declared. He declined to ay v'-at agencies were conducting the inquiry. French Fall Back Still Farther Paris Radio An nounces Cabinet Meet ing For Today; Strate gic Decisions Already Taken By Allied Army Leaders. London, June 15.—(AP)—An authoritative London quarter de clared tonight that the "Allien continue as hitherto in close con sultation anu complete agree ment." (By The Associated Press) Momentous allied decisions appa rently were imminent today as the weary, driven defenders of France fell back still farther under the on slaughts ol Germany's driving le gions. The Paris radio announced a cab inet meeting for 9 a. in. e.s.t. today, following reports in London that "strategic decisions of great mo ment" already had been taken by allied army leaders in France and that "the next 24 hours are likely to show what these are." i In Berlin, the French situation was regarded as hopeless. Nazi troops have penetrated the Maginot line fortifications, the high command reported, and French forces are in flight. More than 200.000 prisoners have been taken since June f). it reported, and inestimable amounts of war ma terial have been captured. Exultant nazis declared that what still remains of France's armies is on the verge of collapse. "The French are fleeing wildly", a German spokesman declared, and I the Maginot line on which France once relied to keep her safe from German invasion, "soon will be past history.'" Allied forces admitted that this was the bitterest hour for France in 70 years. But the French withdrawals under never-ceasing nazi pressure were described as orderly, without panic and General;! simo Maxime Wey gand's troops were said even to have launched counter attacks at several points to check the German pood and cover the retirement. Fighting in Normandy, west of Lnuviers and F.vreux, and "violent" German pressure in Champagne were reported by the French. What France's leaders would do next was unknown, but an authori tative. British source said that a separate French peace with Germany was not being considered. Anxiety on other margins of the nreading war was reflected also in Switzerland, whore the public was told how 1o resist a possible para | chute invasion, and in Rumania, whore King Carol asked Turkey to stay neutral in order to save the Balkans from becoming involved. Says German Win Means World Rule Ilennington. Vt.. June 15.—(AP)— Secretary Wallace predicted today th.it a German victory in Europe probably would result in division of the world into four great spheres of economic and political influence. lie listed them, in the order of their power, as follows: German-controlled areas of Europe and Africa, plus Asiatic territories, which once were British and French colonies; North America and South America, with possibly Australia and New Zealand included; Russia and Japan. "if Germany wins," he said in a speech prepared for delivery at Ben nington College, "she will have the complete resources of the European and African continents, and a slave population of 400.000,000 people." The secretary declared Hitler look ed i'pon the Western Hemisphere ;t| Germany's "eventual happy hunting ground." "Once the leaders of the German regime have stolen the soil of Eu rope and subjugated its people, they hope to channel New World exports to Europe through their own cor porations, bartering in such a way as to create the maximum of economic nuisance value, looking toward even tual military penetration in anticipa tion of the creation of military nuisance values which will yield cither loot or conquest alter the Eu *. jiiudel.
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