Utenitersmt Hatlg dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ffr _ — t PUBLISHED EVKRV AFTKKNOON FIVE CEN1 'S COPY Vi:N I'Y-SKYENTH YEAR ™ HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1!), 1940 _excbit sundai. French Peace Talks At Madrid ******** ********** ***** *********** ongress May Recess By Weekend, Bankhead Says r ecess Until illffUSt 1 Is npletion of Work \ppropriation Bills a jor Goal of Con -s lor This Week; mamcnts Bill To . -Iline — (,\P> — hf. <1 expressed tin* ■ • > tii it Congress could v.it .-end. but added ; ■ ''u to take whips and • '■ :d ridinu and some • . oi-npU-te mil's— d. "but I think we •:d*«ned plans to ad i'i ":td other Hou*<* v canvassing members to t :her it might be pos •intil August !. He- ' d they would agree! ■>>t : "re than a week. • : work on appropria-1 - ' e 'na.ii>!" goal of Con-: v. eek. The Semite ap-I ttee today appro\ - '•.TS«S emergency suppiy' •-.'is for a great variety' • and munitions. The; :y h- ~ pa-.-ed it. i w >uld a.r tomorrow. included s-KJ.aixi. .w.ase >f airplane; the Ford Motor Co., [ for the acquisition of j ordnance material. S7. . !i.ng naval cadet* atid • ■ ve-. and S2").0oii.(m»0 • d'. partt! cut "emergency ire also would provide :/.e of the standing: Bankhead Is i avored To Be Keynoter *0 1!).—< AP)—National! i A Farley reported hi.- and President I ■ • r la»bert Wvv York I'or chairman on committee." Lewis Hits GOP Policy •Says Labor "Has No ' aubc to Feel Any oniidence in the Re ub'ican Party". • .June !!>.— (Al') — . Ii< ;.d of the Cl«). told 1 » -.ri i<• olotion '-ommil • i.oj -'has no call - e to fe«*i <'» in the Republican • ■■ • nt years because the ; v a nch has praeti i • ri'-fj labor. ' ' i obvious." lie added, aoatidoned the Re irtfi lie appeared a- the i ti| In ii'i'l.ltOM member • ' "> I'nited Mine Workers. \on-l\-irtisan League and mzations of which he is or member. I' 'ins. he said, "seek no de!>r a' the expense of ,cd on Pa^e Seven) Kaydets Inspect Flying Fortress A? Amcrica look? to the air as ono of her main arms of defense, West Point cadets give their undivided attention to Lieutenant F. P. Hunter, who explains the workings of a motor on a flying fortress at Langley Field, Ya. The cadets are among the 450 scheduled to visit the field in three groups of 150 each. Monroe Doctrine is Invoked By America Taylor Says Basis Laid For Settlement (Editor'.- Xote The fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals yes terday hahm fi down a decision hold ing that ditterentials in salary scales of white and Xcgro public school teacher, based on race or color are discriminatory and are violations oL the Constitution. ,,| the United Slates. ( I'la- co irt. in a unanimous opinion held t!i::t . ucii discrimination was an infringment of the rights of X« u' ols under tin- Constitution and Ih • r a Xegro wlr> signed a contract providing for such discrimination had i!'-' waived hi const itiitional rights and v us entitled to relief inj the courts). Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Kaleigh. June ii). Dean .J. T. Tay lor. o! tlie Xorth Carolina College lot Xfg'i.cs at Durham, believes that the base ha: been in id for settling dil iieulfie. and differences over the salary cale for Negro teachers in North Carolina public schools. The basis is. ho said, "an honest, candid and cooperative facing of the mutual problems" ol the two races. "ft was just such a spirit that characterized the meeting with the School Coitimi. i in ia I .lime at which time { beiicve the basis for settling our . alary difliculties in tins (Continued on I'age Five) Warnings Sent to Ger many and Italy That United States Opposes Any Transfer of West ern Hemisphere Pos sessions. Washington. .Tunc 19.—(AP)—The State department has instructed re presen In lives in Berlin and Rome tu notify the German and Italian gov ernments of United States opposition to tranter of any western hemisphere possession from one non-American pow er to another. Britain. France and the exiled; Netherlands government, the nations I having possession in this hemisphere, similarly were notified. Rome. June 19.—(AP)—A source! unusually reliable said today that the; United States government, invoking I the Monroe doctrine, had warned Itaiy that it would not countenance j any German or Italian interference I with French or British possession in) 1 the western hemisphere. The informant said he understood that an American note to the Italian | government quoted passages from I ('resident Monroe's 1<»23 message which proclaimed the famous doc trine. particularly that part opposing! | any «'.\t<.*nsion •»1" the political systems of foreign powers to the American hemisphere. it was said that a statement of the American position was delivered by Ambassador William Phillips to the I lialian authorities yesterday. , This is the part of the Monro* message which was said to have been Continued on Page Five) Debt-Free North Carolina By 1953 Possible As Record Reductions Are Continued Daily Dispatch tMircau. , In tin* Sir Walter Hotel. ! Iiaiei:;h. .June l!». A deb t-Tree | North Carolina as early as 1953 is (M>1 only a possibility, but a certainty unties living tintcs jolt the state's (economic structure badly, or unless the fisc.-.i policies of the past decade arc reversed by a political upheaval.! The present state debt stands in the vicinity of Sl id.odd.lion, but it is being reduced by a record of pay-] ment which Governor Clyde It. Hoevi believes is unparalleled anywhere in the United States. He pointed out that during his ad-1 ministration, counting from January 1 iy.57. when he was inaugurated, to the date 011 which he will leave of-; tice in i!>ii (the exact day has not been determined) there will have been a net reduction 111 the dibt of Xrsrth Carolina of S26.662,000 :n round figures—an average ol marc than $ti,1)00,1)1)0 annually. Going back to the time at which North Carolina began to emerge from the depths of the depression, the net debt reduc tion Has approximated $40,000,000. The governor compared this with the rccoid showing that only scvee states have reduced their debt at all since 11)33. The estimate of a debt-lrec state in 1953 would mean that North Car olina readied that state of financial lili.^s eleven years ahead of time, fig ured on the basis of the maturity of all its bonds. The last payment on any state issue is not slated to be made until 1964. but Governor lloey said that if the present pro gram of retirement is continued there will have been paid off, or there (Continued on Page Five) Giant Navy Approved By Roosevelt $4,000,000,000 Ex pansion Bill Recom mended by House Committee Is Favored By President; Defense Measures Taken. Washington, June li). — (AP)— Chairman Vinson, Democrat. Georgia, .-aid today tha', vhe $4,1)00.(10(1.0(10 naval expansion bill recommended by the House naval committee yes terday has President Roosevelt's ap proval. "I am authorized to state," Vin son said, "that the bill we approved yesterday is in accordance with the financial program of the President." The measure would only authorize I the program. It would carry no funds, although Admiral Harold II. Stark, chief of naval operations, who of fered the huge seven year program,/ said that if Congress approved it he would ask at this session for $175, 000,1)00 to start construction. The Navy disclosed today that it had cieared the way for the Electric Boat Co. of Groton, Conn., to sell to the British 21) high speed sub marine chasers and motor torpedo boats originally ordered lor the Unit ed States fleet. The Navy department changed its | contract with the boat company, of ficials reported, to provide lor a de lay in delivery of 20 vessels ordered by the Navy. The manufacturing company thus will be able to sell that number ol craft to the British. Some members of the Senate naval affairs committee, meanwhile, de manded an investigation of the Navy's action. Approximately 100,000 radio opera tors were ordered today by tiie Fed eral Communications Commission to submit proof ol their citizenship. Previous commission orders for bade amateurs to communicate with foreign countries, sharply curtailed! activities of mobile transmitters and [ ordered ship and other operators not j to carry on unnecessary conserva tions. Today's decree applies to ah op erators, both amateur and commer cial. ll calls on them to file proof m the form of an affidavits, finger prints and photographs by August iu. High Court j Is Adjourned State Supreme Court Kules on Compensa tion and School Dis trict Cases. Raleigh, June II).—(AP)—Th'. Stale supreme court ruled tockiy that pulmonary tuberculosis contracted "by accident" under certain condi tions was compensable under the workmen's, compensation act. The court also ruled that it was legal for school districts or special bond tax units to be created to is sue bonds or notes, if approved by the voters, to get funds to construct schools. The court decided eleven cases and adjourned its spring term, carrying three undecided cases over to the '"all term. When it reassembles thr> court will sit in the new $700,000 justice building. The court split 4 to 3 in ruling thiit Noill i\jacliae, an employee of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, was entitled to work men's compensation for pulmonary' tuberculosis. Evidence was that Miid'ae eon-1 tractcd tuberculosis after a fellow employee, Frank Tyson, who had an ! fciive case, h;irl coughed into his I'iice. The industrial commission ruled that Mncline contracted his ill ness through "an injury by acci dent." iOsuaiksUi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, somewhat un settled. preceded by a few scat- • tered showers: slightly cooler. Armies Without a Front Here is the military positions of the French army as the government sues for peace. First Army (1) is south of the Seine. Second Army (2) which defended Paris, is at the Loire, where the French might have made a stand. Third Army (3), was shattered in Champagne area. Fourth Army (-1), intact on Alps' front. Even as France asked an "honorable peace" fighting was still reported at (A) Pontarlier. British Prepare For Defense Or England! British Expeditionary Force W ithdrawn From France To Bols ter Defense; British and German Air Forces Trade Blows. London. June 1!).—(AP)—Amid reports Hint Germany line) decided in her total war on total capitulation ;is the price of peace for France, the British se1 themselves grimly today for the battle of England, which act ually may ho in its opening stages. The British expeditionary force. it was announced today, has been withdrawn from France to bolster the defense of an island kingdom not invaded since HKi6. The overture, at least, of the bat tle •>!' England may have been aerial bombardments which the German and Briti. h air forces have traded within the past 49 hours. About 10(1 German planes slashed at British coastal airports in the night—retaliation for widespread at tacks the night before on cities in western and northern Germany. Seven of the German raiders were 'hot down and when the assault was finished the British counted 12 civilian dead and 13 injured. Brilbh forces were returning from France. Whether these were included in if'nolinueii on Page Five) WPA APPROVES TWO HIGHWAY PROJECTS Raleigh. June 19—(AP)—WPA announced approval today of two road improvement projects, one for SfM.'IWi in Edgecombe county and the other for $5,900 in Johnston county. Madrid Reports That France Has Accepted Terms .Madrid. .Tunc* If).— (AIM—Dip lomatic circles here said today they had heard that France had accepted the (Jcnnan-Italiaii armistice terms, involving uncon ditional capitulation, tlx- occupa tion of France until the war is over, and surrender of the French fleet. (In view of today's announce ment by the French cabinet— that plenipotentiaries had been j named io receive Cleraiany's > terms for a cessation of hostili- | tics, indicating that the French had not yet received the terms— the report in Madrid may have gone far beyond the actual status of negotiations). Committee To Consider UNC Military Unit j Ualoigh, June 1!).— (AP)—Gover nor I lory today named .six trustees of 1110 University of North Carolina to serve with him on a committee to consider establishment of military training at the Chapel Hill unit. Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte, chosen as a committee member, in troduced a resolution at a meeting of the lull board here June 7, calling (Continued on Page Seven.) Negro School Teachers Pay Case To Be Appealed Kaleigh. Juno lU.—(AP)—State, officials expressed the opinion today thiit the (|uestion of equalizing pa\ j ol white and Negro teachers ol' the ' .'•ante classification would bo ap pealed by Norfolk, Va., authorities to United States supreme court and that no immediate action would be needed in North Carolina. Pending close study of the opin ion ill the fourth Circuit Court oi l appeals that differentials based on race are discriminatory and uneon-l stilutional, state officials declined to, be quoted. .Tulc P». Warren, a member of the { S'a'e SeJuMjl Connri : ion ;hhI of >ts commiiu<_■ that h.e. .j!uy cil ?a:d "we are in the bert shspe >*.{ any southern state. Wo pay Nor'm teach ers belter by far llian any of our heiiihbors or other truly southern stales. I do not know yet just what we will do. but I doubt if we have to take any immediate stops.'* School authorities estimated last week that i! would take approxi mately SI.300.000 to equalize salary scales of white and Negro school teachers in the State. The top pay for whites is Sl2fi a month and for Negroes SI00 a month. Officials expressed 'he belief that the stale would be forced to adopt new teaehcr classification regula tions under the court decision in the cu-e ol Melvin O. A Lion. Ne^ro 'icscht-r st Nori'ik, \ 3. EnvoyNamed To Meet Axis Negotiators Picture of France in Bondage Given in Un confirmed Reports of "Axis Peace" Dictated by Hitler and Musso lini. (By The Associated Press) Gorman armies plunged deeper into stricken France today and flie ImkIi command reported they had seized Cherbourg, Nancy. Luncvillc fortress. Toul, Strass hourg, and "reached" the big French manufacturing city of Lyon on the Rhone river. Lyon is about half way be tween Paris and Marseille, the Mediterranean port. While France and the world waited for terms of peace dic tated by the axis powers. Hit ler's legions fast approached a conjunction with the Italian armies in southern France. British bombers raided northwest Germany and the Ilhineland. striking at Germany's vital oil supply centers, railway yards and rail communications. At Bremen. German port, the RAF dropped 2:10 bombs in ten minutes, causing heavy ex plosions among oil tanks. Numer ous fires were sighted. Salvoes of bombs were also dropped on Hamburg in a series of raids from midnight to dawn, while other British planes made targets of oilier German cities. A picture of France in bondage— stripped of her gold, factories and raw materials, with German-Italian armies camped on her soil—was given today in unconfirmed reports of the "axis peace'' terms dictated l>y Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Authorized na/.is Jin Berlin em phasized that the German-Italian terms for an armistice are not open to negotiation. The official Italian news agency said Hitler demanded capitulation "pure and simple" — apparently meaning unconditional surrender. While details remained secret, Bordeaux reported that French and German negotiators would meet at (Continued on Page Seven) Navy Action Is Censured Wa: hington, June l!i. — (AP)— Chairman Walsh. Democrat, Massa chusetts. of the Senate navy commit tee .said today that release by thd Navy oI a score or more of submarine chasers and motor torpedo boats was •'a grievous wrong, especially to thf* American youth who may be called 111j*»n to liylit fur the defense of our country." The Navy had reported a few hours earlier that it had cleared the way lor the Klectrie JJoat Co. of Groton, Conn., to sell liie craft, originally ordered by the United States fleet. The Navy said 20 boats were involv ed. Walsh said there were eleven torpedo boats and twelve submarine chasers. "If war should come in the next few months," Walsh said, "and an (Continued on Page Seven) Pan-American Conference Is Called By U.S. Washington, June ID.—(AP)— The United States has initiated a formal move for an early session of the Pan-American republics to con sider western hemisphere problems grnwint' out of the war. Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, disclosed today that the 2(> ol(v r American republics were ad vised on Monday that the United States believed that present condi tions made an immediate session ad visable. Wellei said that replies already had been received from IS of the governments and that he expected to hea«- from all the others by to morrow.