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Uteniteraon Uatlg iDtspatrh '' '/* U KXTY-SEVENTH YEAR ONLY DAILY tfewSPAPBR PUgySHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOR j n CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 24, 1940 1..EASED WIKE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY m lialo- French Armistice Signed ********* **«***¥¥**•) y':\ |j t o Let Contracts Contracts 1 o Be Let By Negotiation ccretary Edison Says , \ a »y Will Save by JNe -otiating; Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, De viio>ers and Subs In cluded. n.iton. June 24.—(AP)— >ec etaiy ut the Navy tXli ■vVii tod.y that the Navv • u k-t c attracts for Ui> acl . sel cutting $750,000,001 the President si'/lis a bill _ tiie President to autlior •utiation >f contracts with . (.-litivo bidding. .. was passed by Congress ece.-sed tor the Republican (.invention. !, st press conference before post to campaign foi Xew Jersey on the Demo Edison stated that the ; -uve >23.i>0t>,t)00 by ne o. utracts lor the addi shins will be in addi cting S350.lH)0.000 for ts recently wore let. i the 68. Edison snid. .re aircraft carriers, four ■ isers. nine light cruPers, i«yers and 22 submarines, retiring secretary also an tluit the Navy had plans for re strengthening of trio sup ctures of 29 ships against the . ty of air attacks. City Extension Fights Sure i o Be Renewed Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. - June 24.—The 1940 census • ti Xorth Carolina, showing a • d "flattening out" ot urban it . tn.iki- doubly certain • . i in next January's Gen < ' :>!y •■! tiie bitter "city ex ts which bob up in every t:ve session. <m there were battles ol 1 iH'ti. Wilmington. Char Kaleigh and numerous othei . :th tiie Raleigh row getting n .\ ~rmbly tiiir; any ol although it was no mort und< r the surface than any ol !l)4'< counting ol noses ha. ':.. x th- ie i- now a treinen [<••oul.it on living just outsidt Carolina cities. These subur live near enough to enjo\ oal .-ervice . tar enough awa\ ,.(• i . haririy ot the expens< iding these services. aldition. they hurt civic pridt very fact they are not count (Continued on page two) Cotton Market Uttie Changed York. June 24.—(AP)—Cot t1 rca opetied unchanged to • ' prices ranged 1 point lowe higher. ■ ;" cud d[ the lirst hour, price ineii.-jfiyrd to 1! points loWCl ' ell-, ed 2 higher to 5 lowei •• f 1.14 . -pot 11.04, up 2. contracts: 11.25 1U.2 contracts: 10.46 10.4 • 9.37 9.:* oer 9.22 9.2 y 9.11 9.0 8.95 8.9 8.79 8.7 OJcjcdhsLfi Hi!; NOHTH CAROLINA ri.udv tonight and •i ■ \. preceded by scattered ■ i.-1 showers this atternoon ' • ariy tonight; slightly cooler. G.O.P. Platform Builders in Philadelphia Hero is the committee writing the 1910 Republican campaign platform, in Philadelphia. They arc members of the drafting sub-committee of the resolutions committee of the Republican party. Left to light, rear: Thomas J. Gunthrio, of Dcs Moines, Iowa; Henry P. Fletcher, of Newport, R. I.; 0. G. Saxon, of Hartford. Conn.. and Herbert 1\. Hyde, of Oklahoma City. Okla. Left to right, seated: Robert Williams, of Maine; Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, and George YV. Pepper, former senator, of Philadelphia, chairman. {'Central Press) Wiiikie Gets More Votes Bloc of 14 Delegates Favorable to Willkie Develops In Pennsyl vania Group. Philadelphia, June 24.—(AP)—A new Willkie invasion of another can didate's camp developed today, in this 11)40 Republican convention called to choose a presidential nomi nee and frame a party policy. A block of 14 favorable to Wendell Willkie developed in the big Penn sylvania delegation of 72 which was pledged to Governor Arthur James Already inroads had been made by the utilities man into the forces of Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Senator Taft of Ohio. Kven the stir of ambitious candi dates, however, did not entirely wipe out the seriou mien which delegates brought into their con vention hall. The impact of the wars abroad had made itself felt not only upon the leaders, who are worried over a platform, but upon the rank and file of delegates. As the Republican national con vention opened indications were that . the names of at least ten presiden tial candidate would be presentee! , when nominations are made Wed nesday afternoon. Kach of them has announced hi . candidacy or has some delegates New Nazi-Italian Offensive Begun Polish Troops In French Fighting! Irun. Spain, <it the French-Spanish ! frontier. June 24.— (AP) —Reports | ! reached here today that Polish troops had taken fortified positions north of Bayonne. I'rance, some five miles north ol here, to protect the embar kation ol British and Polish troops at nearby St. Jean de Lit/.. (There was no confirmation of ■ these reports from French sources.) | pledged to him. They are: Senator Styles Bridges of Now Hampshire. Senator Arthur Capper; of Kansas, Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Frank E. Gannett, New York newspaper publisher, Governor Ar thur 1!. James of Pennsylvania. Sen ator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, , Hanl'ord MacNider of Iowa, Senator Robert A. Tal't ol Ohio, Senator Ar thur II. Vandenberg of Michigan, and Wendell L. Willkie «»f New York. Governor Raymond Baldwin. Con ! necticutt favorite son. announced he j I would second the nomination of j j Willkie, and it was indicated he j would not be placed in nomination. Another whose name will probably I not be placed in nomination was J. Emmett Sewell of California. 1!i^; state delegation was pledged to him j only to fulfill California require | ment that delegates be pledged i nominally to a particular candidate. Tar Heel Officials Appear To Be Solidly In Favor Of National Defense Program B j ^ Daily Dispatch Bureau, In tlie Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. June 24.—North Carolina i officials here in Raleigh appear to Ije solidly and wholeheartedly behind '.the national defense program advo ' cm ted by President Roosevelt — in fact there is almost no program so , large that it would not meet with ' their approval, it seems. ! There are char indications, too, ; that practically the entire Congres ! sional delegation hum North Caro lina is just as strong lor the defense J program. Every quoted statement from Washington has given that im 3 pression. Not all officials go so far as to ad ; vocatc strongly the immediate ex tension of all possible material aid and assistance to Great Britain (to the allies, it was before the collapse of French resistance). Here and there it is possible to find a Stale official who doubts the expediency of efforts to aid at all costs and iniiiisdiateij, the argument being tii;it the United States mil!y isn't prepared t>> give ii:iy aid and that such as it does ex tend will be at the expense, perhaps, of i'tir own national defense. Outside official circles here, there is evidently a very strong tide of sentiment that Great Britain should get at once and without stint every help we can give. While it is true there is a strong undercurrent of thought That we must at all costs stay out of war, the general sen Anient in Raleigh i nd vicinity is such thai an immediate declaration of war against Hitler and Mussolini would be hailed by per haps a big majority. On the subject of national defense there just isn't any controversy. The Raleigh Post of the American Le gion recently adopted a resolution wnich went about as far as it is pos sible to go along the defense line. ^Continued on Page Two) Front and Rear of French Alpine Army Attacked by German j and Italian Forces; French Try To Reach Toulon. Chimcy. Swiss- French frontier,; Juno 2-1.—(AP)—The Germans and the Italians launched simultaneous offensives today against the front and rear of the French Alphinc army. The Germans, moving from the north and east, attacked the power ful L'Keluse fort, east of Belgrade, where a garrison of about 1,000 kept watch just outside the Savoyan bor der. South of Bellgrade the Germans also attacked in the Grenoble area, r!r wing many French troops from the front where the italians jncreas eu i»ieir pressure in the high Alphinc passes. The French Alphinc forces were weakened both in morale by the armistice negotiations and in num ber by the movement of many re serves toward Mediterranean ports where they hoped to get transporta tion in north Africa to continue the tight. Reports said they were trying to reach the naval base of Toulon. Japan Protests To Britain Tokyo, June 24.— (AP) — Japan protested today to Great Britain against the arms traffic to China by way of Burma and demanded the right to station inspectors to enforce a ban on the flow. Announcement of the protest fol lowed reports in circles close to the government that Japan was planning to take a "stronger hand," if not di rect action, in regard to British and French possessions in the southern Orient. Browder \ erdict Upheld By Court New York, June 24.—(AP)—The U. S. Circuit court of appeals today confirmed the conviction of Earl Russel Browder. general secretary of the communist party in the United States, of wilfully using a passport obtained by false statements. Browder was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined 32,500 upon conviction last January. Hostilities Will Cease At 6:35 Today; Armistice With Germany Also Into Effect Germans Acknow ledge That Some French Units Are Still Putting Up Stiff Fight, But Clafirc New Cities Taker*.. Berlin. June 2\.—(AP)—Getting poised to battle Britain singly, Ger many sent her troops crashing on now inroads into weakened, batter ed France today. The high command acknowledged that some French units still were putting up a still fight, but declared that nazis were pushing on toward Grenoble, about 5 miles southeast o<" Lyon, and Chambery, 50 miles east and a little south of Lyon. Extending iheir grip on French coast vantage point.- which could sup port a drive on the United Kingdom, the Germans moved to the mouth of the Gironde river, a little more than 50 mile- northwest of Bordeaux. As a part of the nazi preparations for war on Britain. DNB. official German news agency, reported that Grand Aslmuvl Erich Raedcr. com mander-in-chief of the German : navy, had inspected m;val units j and facilities on the Dutch, Belgian and northern French coasts "to con- | vinee himself of their readiness for action and availability against Eng land." A German U-boat reported the sinking of 23.500 registered tons of shipping, the high command said. Authorized sources declined to ■ comment on reports of the British version of armistice demands made i on France, reiterating only that Ger- j many was bound to insure that France could nol nossibly uive Brit ain any further military aid. Explosion In Rumanian Arms Depot Bucharest., June 24.— CAP)—An j undetermined number of soldiers were killed today by an explosion in a munitions depot in a Bucharest I suburb. Officials declined to discuss the! blast and newspapers were forbid-' den to report the explosion. However, Rumania was shaken by two earthquakes today and the first was believed responsible for the ex plosion. Italians Captured By French Force | Nice, June 24.—(AP)—A force of ; 200 Italians attempting a landing under cover of naval guns at Menton, i France, on the Mediterranean ten j miles northeast of here, were report ed today to have been surrounded j and captured by the French. RESORT TAKF.N. At Hie French-Swiss Frontier, .lime 21.— (AIM—German tanks and armored cars entered the famous French lake resort of Aix le Bains, between the Alps and the Jura, late this afternoon, ac cording to reports received at the Swiss frontier. Urges U. S. as Haven J. Roland Robinson Member of the British parliament, J. Roland Robinson, in Washington, Li. C., asks that the U. S. allow evacuation of millions of British children to this country. He de clares the children should be re moved from what may be a fight "to the last street in the last town, to the last man and woman." Biddie Sent To London Ambassador Ordered from Bordeaux to Re sume Duties As Envoy to Exiled Poles. Washington, Juno 24.—(AP)— Secretary Hull announced today thai Anthony J. Drexcl Diddle. amba.x-a dor to Poland and the government's chief contact with the French gov ernment in Ilordeanv. had been di rected to go to London and resume his duties as representative to the exiled Polish government. The secretary of state said that William C. Bullitt. who is in German occupied Paris, v/oold remain us ambassador to France. Hull would not discuss whether the United States would recognize a new French national commille® set up in London to carry on T-Y'-nch re sistance instead ol the Petain gov ernment at Bordeaux. Tie .aid he had received no report Irom diplo matic tcprcseniative.- regarding the London eommittee. Hull avoided any in plication that the orders to Biddle to leave Bor deaux affected recognition ol the Petain government. He .aid. how ever. that the ITniled State had other representative:- at Bordeaux and that the usual course would be pursued. MALTA KAIDM). Cairo. .June 21. fAPj— Fixe civilians were? wounded in a eric of air raids on the British naval base at Malta by a large force «,f Italian bombers escorted by fighter planes, it was announced today. Hundreds Suggest U. S* Take Over French Washington, June 24.—(AP)—The White House has referred to the State department "several hundred ; telegrams and letters'' suggesting that the United States take over the French merchant marine, navy or .some possessions as payment on the French world war debt. I Stephen Early, presidential secre tary, said today the communications had come in since the collapse of France. Re said he nad no information on reports that a libel might bo filed ngain-t the French liner Normandie for dockage charges in the New York harbor. Retiring Secretary Edison s^id nt a press conference that the Navy had information "with no oiliciai cun Urination" that some units of the French licet had been absorbed into the British navy. President Roosevelt returned from a week-end visit at Hyde Park to consider problems of national de fense and other factor.- affected by Adolf Hitler's peace terms to France as released in London. In two conference-, one with State and military official.-- and one •vith Chairman Xorman Davis A' the Red Cross, the President was to discuss refugee matters. While Mr. Roosevelt's engagement list started today with an appoint ment lor Mayor Fiorello LnGunrd: i of New York. Early said it had no bearing «n report- that LnG::ardia might succeed S'.-eixi .ry n-i-;:'n- a head of :h* Labor D l.r.ir.t. Conditions of French Italian Pact Not Dis closed Immediately; French Cabinet to Meet T omorrow Morning. Koine. Juno 'M.— (AIM—The envoys of beaten France tonight signed an armistice with Italy. Hostilities will cease at 1:35 a. m. Tuesday ((i:35 p. m. e. s. t. Monday.) The signature of the French Italian armistice brings into ef fect the Frencb-fierman armis tice signed Saturday in the forest of Compicgne, which provides that hostilities would cease six hours after the (icrman high command had been notified of the signing here. The French and Italian envoys signed their pact at 7:35 p. in. (12:35 p. m. e. s. t.) The conditions were slot dis closed immediately. The confer ence lust nearly four hours. Iti Bordeaux. France., the cab inet met at 5:30 p. m. (11:30 a. m. e. s. t.) under President Le brun and decided to order CJcn eral Charles liunt/.iger, ranking French envoy, to sign with the Italians. It was announced that the cabinet would meet again tomor row morning. Ministers considered the terms in j a session beginning :it 8 ;i. in. (2 a. 111. c.s.tj but recessed alter 15 minutes and began a second session at 9:30 a. m. After deliberating lor .'id minutes the government telephoned its dele gates in Rome, but what its decision was was not disclosed. There was no immediate indication here as to the measure of the de mands which were given France's lour representatives last night at a villa near Rome, during a 2il-minute meeting some lour hours after they t arrived by plane irom Germany. France lought on with waning ' .strength while her government took the final steps toward the armistice with Italy, which at the same time i 1111 i 11 > a condition of the armistice wi'h Germany, an agreeim nt which Premier Maihal (Main defended stoutly against British criticism. Informed sources reported that a protocol would be signed with Ger many after signing of the Italian armistice which would permit the removal of the government and French military command from Bordeaux. ITALIAN SUBMARINE REPORTED DESTROYED London. .June '.11 f AI' >—The Bril ■ h admiralty announced today that ;.!! Kalian submarine had been de Jroyed by lirili h naval lorees east ■ •I Sue/. This would mean in tiie Red ea or Indian ocean. Seven Italian . ubmarines now have been "disposed of.'' the communique said. France Appeals To U. S. For Understanding ! Bordeaux, Juno 24.—CAP)—A ] member ol the French government., | in an appeal lor understanding in j the United Stales, declared today i that France's decision to seek peace t with Germany and Italy was taken with lull independence of action. The statement disavowed al! fonri i or members ol the government who fled Fiance and those who were at tempting to carry on the government from elsewhere. (This apparently referred to the French national committee who:.e formation in England was announc ed last night by Gen. Charles De Gaulle, former undersecretary of w;.r in Premier Feynaud's cabinet.) The statement attacked "the pres ent British failure to understand" and chimed that when the French lir.-l advised the British they would have to seek an armistice. Churchill told Paul Reynaud. then premier, that "Britain would understand." The government indicated the change in Britain" attitude was due partly to Former French minister of the interior Mandei. who tried to make Britain in i-t that France muit carry on at cui coit.
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