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\ i'Y-SEYEXTH YEAR HENDEUSOX, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 1940 "'"'"""giS^nSR!?""00" FIVE CENTS COPY
GIVE ME DEATH!
GIVE ME liberty
Adoption of the Declaration of Independ
ence by the Continental Congress, July 4,
1776.
of Patrick Henry making his
■<cech in the Virginia convention,
March, 1775.
Jigurtu Heads New Pro-Nazi
Government Named Ey Carol
Reported
't atarescu s Pro-Allies
ooverriment Kesigns
This Morning; New
Outbreaks of Anti
Semitic Dernonstra- i
tions Are Feared.
July —(AP)—King
. .1 i.'.'.d a new staunchly
. u .veiT.tneut today as
t i i n.- circulated per
il the capital that Soviet:
u . de new demands on
df incis. as yoL not con
■ .ily. were a!a * > cali
s control of all oridges
" IV ;t and Danube rivers
:oe rivet"' form the new ;
<...:.ian frontier.
i oinet under the lcad
I >• G -arm. staunch friend
C- • ;y. was quickly form
, aid ten former members
■ Iron Guard and four
bers of the anti-semitic
g >\ < nr i r 11 which, early in
t'.-d a rei* n of terror
!»e''»rc it was dismiss
y ?vng Carol.
. tie observers today fear
■ ttbreaks of anti-semitic
M ■ !>- would follow the
:i of the new government. |
siiccevdcd Gheorghe Ta
. ..no.-e pro-allied government
- thi- montiMM a- students)
Ituch a rest streets in anti-1
det 'on^tration- .-nd many
,j ' . !(• reported in anti-Jew
' .rbances throughout the
> ii tl'.r and Mu-solini. Gigur
?("'>M?;!itied on Page Eight)
Lure Urges
n • , ,•
Keeistration
Ky
Of Aliens
■/ •.•? July 4.—(AP)—!
i ! .. i . of state, called
. i«>r can ts today to
aliens in the state dili->
i ! ex; mine and inquire,
y >t • ny "who did not
.: • , ' '.iih • hero and are
: wiuliy. never seek-;
iiifi naturalization."
• < I- ... holding their 23rd j
' •i ' ' ontion.
' t i . • 1 requirements fori
•'.t >i ' ieu are ''necessary
dt.-; ■■ measure against fifth
ai-:i . :tv." said Eure. "but the
v.vy docs not and should not
V.■ ma nor implication to
d !■ yal aliens."
"uho did not make a law
• : ice x x \ should be ex
•;d mom red into immediate
^ u. " All uho are not
iitiend our llag and what
' jr -houki not be permit
m v j};c benefits of its pro
Billions More
For Defense Of
Independence
Washington. Juiy 4.— (AP)—Bil
lions more for defence was the word
today as the United States observed
the 164th anniversary of the De
claration of Independence, and there
were indications that the immense
new preparedness request would be
followed by recommendations for a
youth training program.
Notice that a new $5.000,000,00C
defense program was in the making
came from the White House yester
day after President Roosevelt and his
chief defense advisors gave its ap
proval.
Matching in size the $5,000.000,001
already voted lor the current fiscal
y.-ar. the supplementary plans were
mapped to hasten the nation toward
the goal of a 50.000-plane air force
and to procure tanks, artillery and
other equipment in mass production
quantities.
Well informed legislators said thai
within ten days Mr. Roosevelt was
likely to senel Congress another com
munication—em the subject of com
pulsory national service for the na
tion's youths.
One compulsory service proposa
—the Bnrke-Wadsworth military
training bill—already is pending
Committees in both houses plannec
to proceed with its consideration
without delay.
British Liner Arandora
5tar Sunk by German
Submarine Off West
Coast of Ireland With
Germans And Italians
Aboard.
London, July 4.—(AP)—The first
(survivor of the torpedoed British j
'prison ship Arandora Star to reach j
(London today said the decks of the
(liner "were a sea of faces as she went
(down. A cloud of steam rose 100
! feet into the air and the suction
[dragged life rafts and men down
(with her." ,
The survivor was Martin Vcrinder,
j 3 8-year old steward, who was among
the 1.000-odd landed yesterday at a
port in western Scotland.
j Their arrival left unaccounted for
'some 1,000 more of the 2.000 who
! were aboard—1,500 German and
Italians being talu-n to Canada for
| internment and 500 members of the
crew and British soldier guards.
J A torpedo launched by a German
; submarine ripped open the liner
j off the coast of Ireland Tuesday
morning. At least <100 Germans and
i Italians, who fought to reach the
| life boats were believed to have lost
itheir lives in the greatest passenger
I disaster since the Lusitania sank
(May 7. 1915 with the loss of 1,1911
lives.
| The greatest previous passenger
'ship disaster of the present war was
! the sinking of the British liner
'Continued <>n P;il'c- Fh'p^
Summer Business Outlook
Is Good, Babson Declares
BY ROGER \\. BAUSON*.
Copyright 1910. Publishers
Financial Bureau.
Manchester, N. H„ July 4.—Busi
ness activity in the next two months
should constantly improve as a whole
—although some lines and localities
will suffer due to European condi
tions. Statistics show that business!
is picking up every day. unemploy
ment is declining, and there is a J
much better sj)irit among all busi
ness men. With newspapers full oil
uncertainties regarding wars. na-J
tional conventions, and other de-,
pressing items, it is a relief to focus I
one's attention on the good news!
coming from the domestic front. j
The outlook for the next few
weeks is tied up with the defense)
program and the European war. The :
best authorities say, "the war will j
last three to five months or three to
five years, but they refuse to say
which". Huge British orders (which
include the former French orders)
plus America's own armament pro-j
Si cm should, however, keep the |
heavy industries rolling in high spiva
lor some time to come. On the other
hand, it" the Eur <pean war ceases be
fore the American defense program
can well get under way, there may
be a temporary setback. Yet, before
the end of the year, business should
be far better in this country than it
is now.
Business Figures Rising.
Current statistics show that ac
tivity is already moving along at a
high ievel. Freight carloadings have
reached a new peak for 194u and are
second highest for any similar week
since 1930. Railroad earnings are the
oest in years. Yet. prices of railroad
securities have drifted back to their
1932 lows.
Textile mills have stepped-up
schedules since the German armies
destroyed many of the big mill cen
ters in northern France and Bel
gium. Gray goods sales have been
tremendous in the past few weeks.
Rising retail sales will help to work
(Continued on Page Eight.)
High Democratic!
Circles Declare Roose- i
velt Has Made Up His j
Mind to Run for Third
Term and Wants Hull
as Running Mate.
Washington, Juiy 4.— (AP)—A
Roosevelt-Hall ticket was forecast
today in high Democratic circles
which have bcconic con\ in cod that
the President would accept a third
term nomination.
Although Mr. Roosevelt has given
no public hint oi' his intentions, us
ually authoritative sources declared
that he lias made up his mind and j
that he wants Secretary ol" State i
Hull a.5 the vice presidential nomi- I
nee.
Hull has been spoken of frequent- I
!v for first place on the Democratic I
slate it' the Chief Executive should
not run, but only recently has his
name come to the fore fSrn ivo-:i
d'-ntial talk. He personally has held
aloof from political discussions and
may even be en route to the Pan
American conference when the Dem
ocratic national convention is in
session.
Those who believe Mr. Roosevelt
will break precedent and a-jree to 1
carry his parly standard once more :
contend that he will be impelled by
the European crisis and American I
defense needs. For that rca-on. they
picture Hull as a l«>"ir:»l running
mate since he is the cabinet member
handling foreign relations.
One small group has expressed the ,
opinion that the President might ac
ccpt the nomination \v V the under
standing that if elected he would
serve only while an emergency exist
ed. Jn such a case the vice president |
would step into hi- office.
Senator Wagner of York, who !
will head the convention resolutions
committee, said he wo'ild have a
rough draft of a platform to ta'^e to
Chicago early next week for pre
liminary conferences with some com
mittee members.
i
A III KAiU
London, July 1.—(API—Anti- j
aircraft batteries writ into ac
tion in southeast Fn«jla»-d this
morning as throe Orman raid
ers crossed the border.
Two heavy detonations were
heard.
ALEXANDRIA BOMBED
Alexandria. July 1—(AP) —
Five Italian planes ittemnted to
raid Alexandria in broad day
light today, but wore driven out
to sea. About 20 bombs were
dropped.
UJsjcdhsUi
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Friday; slightly warmer Friday.
Italian War Fleet Rushing
To Aid French; Churchill
Says Much Of Fleet Taken
£,Large Proportion" of
Frenc h Fleet Has
Passed Into British
Hands, Has Been "Put
Out of Action or With
held From Germany".
London, July 4.—(AP)—A "large
proportion" of the French navy has
passed into British hands, has been
"put out of action or withheld from
Germany," Prime Minister Churchill
told the House of Commons today.
A French battleship of the Bre
tugne class has been sunk and an
other heavily damaged off 0;an.
Algeria, by British naval forces in
the fight for possession of the
French fleet, Churchill said.
The announcement that these and
other lesser navai losses had been
inflicted by the British on their erst
while ally was joined in the house
of commons by Churchill with a de
claration that strong units of the
French forces had been taken over
by the Eritish.
Commenting on the battle which
raged onward from yesterday after
noon off Oran, Churchill told the
•herring house that:
"'I fear the loss of life among the
French in the harbor must have been
heavy as we were compelled to u.;e
very severe measures and immense
explosions were observed."
The prime minister told the tense
ly listening house that the French
ships fought "with the characteristic
coinage of the French navy."
Two French battleships, two light
cruisers, some submarir.is, eight de
stroyers and 200 small mine-sweep
ing and anti-submarine craft have
been taken over by the British navy)
in the ports of Portmoulh. Ply-1
month and Sheerness, Churchill said.1
Churchill told the house that fight
ing started on the big French sub
marine Sureouf. one of the ships
tak«m in a British harbor.
One British seaman was killed,
two British officers and one seaman
wounded, and one French officer
killed.
Churchill said that a portion of
the Frcnch fleet "came into Ports
mouth and Plymouth ten days ago."
At Alexandria, Churchill said, a
French battleship, four cruisers and
a number of .-mailer ship?, warned]
that they would not be permitted to
sail that British base, joined British I
battleships in fighting off an Italian
ar rad.
Nazi Casualties
Set At 400,()()()
London. July 4.— (AP)—Bri- >
lish military circles estimated |
today that Germany's total
casualties since IVIay 10, when
Germany launched her westward
drive against the Low Countries
and Franco, have been about
400.000.
I
BRITISH OIL MEN
TO LEAVE RUMANIA
Bucharest, July 4.— (AP)— J
British official sources said to- J
day British oil men in Rumania ,
have been given 24 hours in
which to leave the country.
British circles <a:3 they fei.r- 1
ed this was the fir-t st^n t"-.v?rd
nationalization of the Rumanian
oil fields. !
Hungary Clears
Airports Against
Surprise Attack
Budapest. July 4.—(AD—Hun
gary ordered all military airports
cleared of planes today to prevent
their destruction by surprise at
tack as warlike preparations nrar
ed completion and. through pro
paganda, continued to build up
her case for occupation of Tran
sylvania.
But. at the sane time, there
still was evidence that she was
still trying for peaceful settlement
of her claims to the rich province
which Rumania gained from Ilie
Austro-Ilungarian empire at the
end of the World war.
The Hungarian minister to
Yugoslavia returned to Belgrade
after conferring with Foreign
Minister Count Sack.v. Informed
quarters said he t;sok back the
government's views on Yugoslav
efforts to mediate.
The minister to Rumania also
returned to his post after report
ing to Sacky.
Diplomatic circles said there
were only two conditions under
which the Hungarian troops
would enter Rumania:
1—If Russia should attempt
penetration into Rumania beyond
the areas ceded the Soviets by
King Carol.
i—In ease serious disorders in
Transylvania should endanger the
I Hungarian minorities of nearly 1.
| 500.000.
FDR Gives
New Library
Donates Library to
Preserve Documents
Assembled Over Forty
Year Period.
Hyde Park. N. Y.. July 4—(AP)—
President Roosevelt arrived here to
day to commemorate July 4th by do
nating to the nation a library to pre
serve document- pertaining to a vital
era of its history.
Into the structure wili go 6,000 -
00(j documents and papers assembled
by Mr. Roosevelt over a 40-year
period. They will include papers
saved from the days when he was
assistant secretary of the Navy dur
ing the last World war and those o!
a Chief Executive burdened with a
multi-billion dollar defense program
because world powers once more
are at war.
The course of international affair*
and the destruction wrought by aer
ial bombardment in the la^t few
months have given emphasis to the
words the President spoke on a hoi
July afternoon last summer when
the deed for the site of the librarv
was signed over to the government
"It has been the conclu-ion of the
committee of scholars who have giver
me their advice on this whole pro
ject," he said, "that in these modern
j{ ;• :>d-i«-aH? for us not to pul
,->]] mij- hi to' ic into one b;i i;ct
"They wcl^om-* i. p?>r'j'! !i
(Ccr.tinned on Psg'j
P»!ajor Fight Appar
ently Taking Place at
Mediterranean Port of
Oran, With Fierce Bat
tle in Progress at
Casablanca.
(By The Associated Press)
TciTific sea battles between British
and French fleets with the Italian
war fleet rushing to aid the French
were reported raging in the Meditcr
I ranean and Atlantic today as Brit
j ain lought to keep her surrendered
•illy'.- navy I mm falling into axis
i hands.
ONB, the official German news
i agency. ga\'e an account of the ap
parently major fight at the Mediter
ranean port of Oran. 275 miles east
ol Gibraltar on the north African
! coa !. which indicated that 1 he Brit
i li Ii.i<] all but smashed the back
boiie o! France*- na\y—fourth larg
est in die world.
I)i pa'.che from Geneva said a
fierce battle wa :.l o in progress be
tween the British and French at Cas
1 ablanea. French Morocco.
The Gem va dispatch aid Italian
j battleship- were • pecding under
> forced draft to help the French.
Casablanca, on the Atlantic coast
! southwest of Gibralter, is about 400
milt s we: t of Oran.
In the Mediterranean clash, pre
{ cipitaled yesterday evening when
the French commander :efused to
submit to ; : ix-hour British ulti
matum. tw « Fc-neh battleships were
, <portcd 'i atlame. a third was
blown up rjfl a I</i:; th. with smaller
warship.. e.-c?«ped under fire.
London reports said Briti h board
I ''ng parties had rounded up all
French shin: in an F.nglish port and
that •many" Fr» nch ships were
taken over I y t!i" British navy yes
terday without imicirnt.
Premier Marshal I'eta in had pre
viou ly ordered the French navy to
"fight its v iv home if necessary" to
cm-!ie Briti-h control.
Long range British shelling fired
o huge new French battleships, the
0-ton l)un!;f-rfjue ar.d the 22,
Iton Provence, according to the
I)NTB account.
The French flotilla leadei Magador
; was a 1 »< fired and was reported now
burning in Oran harbor.
The 22.1 fJL'-t'-ri battleship Bre
Continued on Page Four)
French Say No
Capital Ships
Lost To Nazis
London. July 4. — (AP) —The
French national committee, -till di
rectina a French fight again-1 Ger
many. aono'incfd today no capital
shin of the Fren-h navy had fallen
into German or Italian hands.
The announcement was made by
Vice Admiral Ki. i<- Musilier, com
mander of the "free"' French naval
forces . r.d collborator with General
Charle. do Gualie.
Mi..-:lier al.-o -aid that a number
ol French naval ve-.-el. had rallied
to Gene, a 1 do Gaulle's cause and a
number ol French submarines are in
I'riti. h w. tcrs.
He .- •:] several war.-hip.> under
.Leii-jM :n F: nee were tmved
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