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H. LESUb PERK* Henieranit Hatlij D t spafirlf ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NUKl'H CAROLINA AND VIROUSiA. •H YEAR 1TufAsswiATlDVR?ssF HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 2, 1940 PL'BLtSH^xEPTBsuNDATBNOOS FIVE CENTS COPY Jommiliee Approves Slimson ontrol Or Disastrously Low j rices, Farmers Are Warned \ man And •xy Speak drmers "Vote July _n Favor of Three r Control, Prices Fali Will Be Pro tocl, Huison De res. v (AIM Tobacco 'PC: continuation • .•.(•uird crop «»r . warned distant \AA admin . i• «•.'!■■'!■ ii- ov t>>day. ■ i growers at— : i! Feld Day «»L" mri!: here. .; v.oula be difficult • ■ ' th:> y»\' i" but ad \ >N'd July l!l> m e-yc-ar control pro - full 'will be pro . "!y ab«.\e last year's H >oy urged diversified '••!d tobacco growers ..-vil opinion ol prac leaders is that the •; cannot at lord to vote 'I in the present state : and the large to We have control of c:'op but unless the crop s to oo controlled the yi'ji's crop will be dis The government can ! • • >t attesapt to support . an uncontrolled crop present large surplus, e. the tobacco farmer really >ici if hi is to consult his • it: t of other grow >. t led for the first time "ne 1041 crop would as this year's if the nu a: > approved. If • •:..y one year is voted. • i'iccd by t n percent. • i;. \; _ted the ■ t«.batco companies try rig to secure ex He snid the Com • ■ Corporation again v * acco and hold it for later it control is ap k Statements Are Called For .■ ;' v 2.—' AP)—The • . i:»y issued a the condi* ion of na ■>! ihf I'lose of busi .! :ne 2'J. ; jv 2.—(AP>—Banl; C, inn-y P. Hood is <|.iv i»»r ;•!! tate banks rf:-ir cr.n'iiti'»n as ot Saturday. June m W airfare rv Wave of German Uaiian 1 orpecioes 1 '• ct "Heavy" Brit . osses. ! v 2. — (AP>— A now • I'hmarinc war ' »<•> man and Italian tm<*Ii foil \va ail 'f, have inflicted I'.riti-h merchant that , ifi been sent th<- v-4. end"d • ? v ■ Briti h isles ;.i .. by :>b ii •' imi 11 ' '| numbers ot ■ " fi«« British sra ent»*d by a. th" \!edit°r !»ly al <» n the At was :it; -'biitcfi in i "t i; escort n oa Page Three) Carol Checks His Defenses m Kin£ Carol of Rumania chats with the commander of one of his tanks during an army review. Invaded by Russia and harrassed by Hungary and Bulgaria, Rumania has mobilized her army to full war sti-ength. (Central Presa) Wilikie Plans New Setup For Campaign I f W heeler To Run Regardless Of FDR's Decision i St. Louis. July 2.— (AP)—Senator Burton K. Wheel" r o' Montana said in an interview today that his name would be placed in nomination for; the presidency at the Democratic na tional convention regardless of whether President Roosevelt seeks i a third term. Wheeler previously had said he would seek the nomination only ii President Roosevelt did not run. Official Figures Indi cate Uncle Sam May Already Have Most Powerful Fleet. Wa.hin^ton. July 2.—(AP)—Offi cial figure.. indicated today that the United S'.it" Navy. building ;it top speed ti..\ ard two-tiwiin strength, already ha i »»r:<• the world's larg est both in number of ships unr! total tonnage. Not ■ *?tfi>i£ the $500,000,000 worth of new wr hips ordered by the Navy ye terday and nearly ion ves sels uii'icr eon (ruction. Uncle Sam has 395 complete combat ships of 1.327.320 ton-. Latest available figure"- on the British navy give its strength on June 2" as :{':i ships oi 1.277.1«!) tons. Th'-e lie'ii". are admittedly inexact but ;'i- v ! »ke into consid eration the * i?:lonoat!on avajl >■ uttered in Europe's able on i. wa r. Whether the T?nitr,rl S*i,os or the British f'e-t i ai-ftially t'-o ftriingnr is a matt' r of eonieffinv. That de pends on many factors—aqe of ships, th^ir design . .-nd capability of the crew, among others. (i)<zalhoh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly clendv: showers Wed nesday. nrebai'Sy h'vtrinniair in north and extreme west portions tonight. Republican Presiden tial Candidate Re ported Ready to Name Three-Man Commit tee to Head Up His Campaign Activities. New York. July 2.—(AP)—A new type of setup for a national political campaign was tinder consideration todav by Wendell L. Willkie. the Re publican nominee for President, who was reported to be ready to name a committee of three men to head up his activities. One man, it was understood, would be the campaign manager, another would be the national chairman of the party, and the third Willkie's per sonal representative. Willkie himself declined to dis cuss the situation at a morning press conference. But it was considered likely that one of the men would be .'ohn 1). M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican national Commit tee. and another Ru ell Davenport, former managing editor of Fortune, (Continued on Page Three) li Duce Claims j Part In War j Rome. July 2.—(AP) — Premier Mussolini declared to the world to day that "hard, bloody fighting" oc curred in what he called the four-day '•battie of the western Alpine front", before Italy and France sign ed their armistice June 24. This declaration was made in a letter to Crown Prince Umberto, commander of an Italian army, prais ing the prince's troops for thci.- light I ing prowess. Italians. II duce said, fought their way through French defense from 8 j to 32 kilometers (ronghtly 5 to 20 miles) on a 120-mile front before | the fighting ceased. Mussolini wrote that the French ! continued on the Italian front "even alter the armistice was signed since they were kept literally in ignor i ance of what was happening in the ! re: t of France." II duce said thousands of dead testified to the bitterness of the com bat. Five tinier in his letter Mussolini began his statement with the words "Italians and foreigners ought to j know." showing a desire to let the J world knew that Italy had taken part : in real warfare. Rumania Is ! i Locking To ; Arrival of German*; Made Bombhv^ i:lanes at Bra s o v A ;rport _ i T *■ r e I Strengthens of | Nazi Sunpor* * Applica tion of Caro1 ^ou^ht. (liy Tlio Associated 7,r-ss) Amid an apparent lull ;n thr> criti- j cal Balkan situation, Rumania looked anxiously to Germany today to pre vent further dismemberment at the hand.-, of her hostile neighbors, Hun gary and Bulgaria. bo"' reportedly emboldened by Soviet il'.!.- la's suc cesses. A purported British Broadcasting Co. broadcast from London .said that Hungary in a move "inspired" by Germany ha* ordered nnrtinl de mobilization and prono.;ed r demili tarized zone on both sides of the; Hungarian-Rumanian frontier. Later unconfirmed reports jo id both Hungarian and Rumanian' troops had withdrawn a short dis- j tance from the border to avoid fur ther incidents. Diplomatic dispatches from Buch- ' arest said a movement to force the i abdication of King Carol II of Ru- i mania was jeing iu.-.tched by ex-: tremist members of the Nazi Iron Guard. The arrival at Brasov airport, in the center of Rumania, of a fleet of j German-made bombing planes' strengthened the belief in Balkan diplomatic circles that Ihe Reich is supporting Rumania in her stand to prevent Russia from making further advances and to settle n^aeeablv the territorial claims of Hungary and! Bulgaria. Hungarian and Bulgarian attacks on Rumanian border o"toosts were reported in Rumania, with casualties on all sides. Population Of New York Up Half A Million i Washington, July 2.—(AP)—New York C'ily gained nearlv a hall" a million residents during the past de cade, although four of the twelve largest eities for which 194(< census preliminary figures arc available de clined in population. ; throe oth-, crs remained almost stationary. ''"ho census bureau *■•:»»'l today that New York appears to have a ponula ti«in of 7.380.25!), compa>"d with 6. 930.446 when it was ominted in 1930. Sizeable gains were shown by sev eral others of the largest cities, in cluding Baltimore with 845.144, com pared with 804,874 ten venrs ago: and Orleans with 492,282 against 458.7G2. These cities showed dcclin?s, with the 1940 figures first: Philadelphia, 1,935,086 and 1,950, 961: Newark, N. .1.. 428.236 and 442. 337: St. Louis, 813.748 and 821.960: Pittsburgh, 665.384 and 669.817. Will We Be Safe, Mr. Engineer? *» These two little evacuees from London pause in their flight from the British capital to ask the engineer of the refugee train if there will lie any air raids where they are going. Nearly a quarter of a million child ren have been evacuated from English cities in recent weeks as Britain prepares to repel Germany's expected invasion. (Central Press) Hungary Accused Of A rm ingMagya rs U. S. Ends Year With Deficit of $3,612,064,036.71 Washington. July !J.— (AD — The I'nited Stales wound up the fiscal year which ended June 30 with a net deficit of exactly 612.C65.036.71. The Government took i'i a total of S5.924.836.H>?.76 dnrin? the year and spent S9.666.085.53U.47. Hungarian Continues Dudapr t- -T11!y L'.--(AP) — 111:ri K.'iry'- mobilization went ahead ac cording to plan tonight despite re ports !i1 t!u' chane«s i'or a peace! i| set! lenient with Rumania over Transylvania had improved. It appear. obvious th:»t Hungary intend.- to m.vntain her war looting until Transylvania i< regained in one w;iy or another. Respon ihle quarter;: >;»irl the f»c*»i cnI situation w:»< unchangt d and they denied report that a demili tarized zone had beep created on the Hungarian-Rumanian I rontier. Excess Profits Tax On Individuals Is Opposed Washington. July 2.—(AP)—Con-i siderable opposition to an excess profits tax on individuals, as recom mended by President Roosevelt, was j predicted today by Senator George.! Democrat. Georgia, who said that a' similar levy on corporations prob-j ably would be enacted. In line with this comment was a: statement by Chairman Doughton, Democrat. North Carolina, of the House ways and means committee, that such a ta\' on individuals "didn't work so weil" during the World war and was dropped alter a year. To help finance the defense pro gram Mr. Roosevelt askod yesterday for a "steeply graduated execs; pro fits tax. to be applied to all indivi duals ana all corpora!* organizations without discrimination." Doughlon. recalling thai his com mittee and the S< liate finance group already had ordend an exce- pro fits tax study, said the Pre ident's mc.-:s;ige "guarantees team work" be twec 11 the White House and Con gress on the proposition. Mi'. Roosevelt did not propose a formula, but Representative Ray burn of Texas. House Democratic leader, said alt'T While House con ference that the proposed legi. la lion would be along the lines of World war levies. Senator George declared that pre \-ifio « arnin" '" *' 1'>"'* « -i:;■' >! - vr^frrT! ■ .' * '11'1 !■' the '' • *•;•.:•— illg t'vetor rmd l! c I '' '»• ••!■! be dr; ftrd ,n v ■ r between $300,000, 000 snd $750,000,000. Rumanians Charge Hungary With At tempting to Foment Revolution to Pave Way For Eventual En try of Her Army. r.iH. ire-1. July 2.—(AP)—Charges that HiinC iiy \v;»s attempting to I'o ni! i t r>\ « I inii ;iin..»>:> 1 • jf Magyar Hiip'jl't' !'«n :,1 Trail yl- • i ill order in pave the way I- ;• r^fnluji! entry iif !"}• !!•!>• into the provinee were made in yuvennneMt quailcr:; to pii'l't. c* • ' . 1' o fi iI-'"" aPd cabinet as.-crted the Huna: ri.-m i\ - < 'iu nt v ; mil "In:" i !I«-s. m.i ehine ' in and I • 'id vi nade-; into Tran.-ylvanii. re^ed ti> ''"mania Ijv a |jo.-l-W'ir'd war treaty. T!»' v rlcel nerl that ' " ;t"»r»• "i n I ","0 ri;irj Marjvar.- in l! ' former 11111:• r• sri■ *n ■' • ••:((. * \ "n a posi tion to kill I'nmanian "i!:■ Iv and ii.ira:' delV'ii e : hoopi Hungarian lr< "i no-.- tin- frontier. 111 • 'loma* " f | i i;: l •"' ifOorlfrl that 1|k II• ij•: • • •:i»» "o\ '•! 1111•«-i11 had siijj yf-!(d lo : I;« (!• i'-'1 ll'ii ,-i eonfer enre ol all -ou'lie; t'-cn European powers be lie|r| in I'oir" in the no: r future t') "Hie 'I pi'M'in- affeet in« !hi- i-f;'iop 'I'll.-- reaction to thi.•■ sn/'.ye lion v.-.i not bvivn here. A j.o ibilit\ l!>" appointed Rumanian pnhlie. •'*•!% ins a sea pe so-it for fh" i' of !!<• •a -ihia and northern !>ueo\ ina. may 1' rn f'ain-t II '■ Jews Iieivime ro ea1< r The in ,-pired pre: puhli hed many articles ar;:iin t Jews. Four Italian Subs Are Sunk Hiiro. Jipy 2. CAP)- Foi>r It.-sl i,*»n iibt ,• • :<nd ; fl»- yor v/cr rrporlnd tor'r.v V h-ivf sunk i»v I'.ritish ;iir !>u:'4inri over 11ir- Tvist fron Si'.ily to the !fii)i;i-K''n;vt frontier. T'm' woiv ^'in!-" in the !» "n M'-dit'-i • 'I' iii June 27 :md 20 ;• f>r' tl «• do-1 rover. thr' E'-norn. on June 27. :i n-i«-;i! mm • *nin• snifl. v«- t' »-rl: y ,-ic; kno'.vlfHtfort lo s of th'1 F. prro). Forte-four .-up. '".-or' WM'f picked o;i !"••»•'>"» tii' <■!<• trover, it v."is Jin • to'tv'f'fl. 'In London ih" ridmindtv s;iid • .. • m!■ m:irin'*\ broiiy'il the •• • r.r Tt ,, i ■ I u • i;i rirn' losses in J „ ..-rrlv- of \'*;ir to 1!}.) '\-iir1 TI'i:»n .•»i;»r)d nil < •»'!;• pl-i were reported by the air command. Stimson And | Kncx Before Committees Senate Naval Commit tee Expected to Act on Knox Nomination This Afternoon; Both Deny Politics In Appoint ments. Washington. July 2.—(AP)—The Senate military unmitt<»f today ap proved President Roosevelt's nomi nation of Henry L,. Stimson to bo secretary oi war. The vote ot 14 to .'i eame after Stiinson had tesii'l'"' for two hours regarding his qualifications and de clared that iii- nomination "had no relation to polities" and that he had not discussed the question of a third | term with President Roosevelt. ALi) today. Colonel Frank Knox. 1 the 1!W> Republican presidential nominee. t< tit, d similarly with re i gard to the third term issue. Chairman Walsh. Democrat, Mass achusetts. of the Senate naval com mittee. said that his committee would act this afternoon on President Roo.-eveitV seiectii n of Knox to be secretary of the Navy. The two men testified at hearings den: aided by Republicans and some Dt nn'orat who a ked an expression of their views oil the question wheth er ti;.- L';:it« ci States hould intervene in the European war. At one point Knox was asked by Chairman Wal: h whether publicly or privately he had "urged giving mili tary support to the allies." "Never". the Chicago publisher re plied. Regarding the circumstances of his appointment, Stimson said that the ! President telephoned him at his Now York law office on June 19 and ask ed that he take the War department position "as a call to duty". "The position had absolutely no relation to politics, the President toid me," Stiinson said, "and I agreed with him." Washington. July 2.—(AP)—Henry L. Stimson. President Roosevelt's nominee for secretary of War, told the Senate military committee to (Continued on Page Three.) NewEconomic Order Sought By Germany By LOI IS r. UK II.NTK Merlin. .inly 2.—(AJ'j -The con tinent ■<! hui"pe i rapidly rearrang ii c_-Ji < f • 11.<t11ic-.-fI]y to step into ;i new order. authorized German .-ciii.c( - (iccl-ii c(| today. As an example they cited the Sv.edi Ii |j;.{i • i• isirln try, which lias jii;-l sinned an agreement to in crc.i -• j; exnort t«> Germany five lold. Almost .<11 the r»ntpuf of the Nor wegian Ii hing. lumber and metal indn.trie i go ng to Germany, the German roujee aid. and Finland !:a agreed to increase her exports to Germany I»y 7a percent over the lig:.res lr,r~ Germany buys at stabler price- in dependent .,! v.oi ld 1 hictuaiions, one spokesman observed. Nazis List Casualties Western Offensive Casualties Listed at Total of Only 156,492 Since May 10. Berlin. July 2. GAP)- The Ger man high command hailed the nazi Trimnph in France lonigl't as the greatest military ■> ict'iry of all times : nd attributed it not only to superior nrms and general hip but alo to the unity of the v.!o|e German nation under national ociali-m. It 1; led thc r German lo fiorn May 10. when the we-tern offen-ivo I»r«' ••»• " Killed 27.071. wounded 111 •d' iim 1«.:;«'!» Tlic-e »»:.;<*• total CVi M :,n ca-u; Itic of l.r>fi.49?. ,<vt •!.; v i list'<"1 more than I 'jciiono Fn p"h captives, among thun 2'JM0 officer;..
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