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Vi:N I'Y-SKYENTH YEAR ™ HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1!), 1940 _excbit sundai.
French Peace Talks At Madrid
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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<k Sen
•odav >.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
■ • <i Sj» aker William)
(i'f keynoter of tht'i
f.-.nal convention.
i< v.'»u id recommend
i!: i-d temporary
• i ;:»-v!n.)• peaker when
• rst.- t mittec meet*:
he al ■. v.o.rd sug
' ■ Al'.'-n li.-irl.li y be
to permanent chair
i tii( with the Pres*
Fai ley saH.
<r:i»■ that con idera
: • • • 11 t<i Senati>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.