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HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1940
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FIVE CENTS COI'Y
Draft' Of Roosevelt Is Expected
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ritain Moves To Bring End To Sino-Japanese War
Ms Japan
S;»e Will
•sse Route
;iitish Circles Say
...ieci States Govern
ii informed of Off
t T cil id Thus Far Has
?de No Objection.
July I.i. (AiM- Auth»»ri
• civli'S ;tic! lh;it Hri
: Jap.tit .-ho would close
i >.■ by which war sup
v A i ci icati. reach the
. _■ >\ eminent I«»r three
a wi'ulci u e that time
-ad the I'nited States
I been kept inlonn
u to close the supply
: r>>ad. and thus tar
objections.
however. had sent
anent" on the British
• >i:a lions. it was said.
, . > It - said that although
uiit say Britain had
down, the biggest assist
tain could tender China
defeat Germany. Then
.."aid be tree to wield a
. ad .u the Far East, they
. Jalv l">.—(AP)—The Bri
. ,::ent laced with a full—
:i its battle with Germany
... r. nv is seeking to end the
-year war between China and
■-.•it a! this peace attempt
vMown soon was reported in
. t at Singapore by S. W.
governor ot Malaya,
• ed "His Majesty's govern
. to the greatest lengths
i seconding and prolonging
• the east and will put for
• e.y e!tort to end it.*'
Honeycutt To
Fort Bragg
■ r n. July 15.—(AP) —
Cr< ' ;Francis W. Honey
r-anding Fort Stotsen
• [' !;ppines. has been do
y the War department to
: fr • Ninth division being
F< t Bragg and will sail
fed States soon.
. Aleatraz Island. C'al..
n • tr:y post. General
.rt was graduated at West
t'-fd in the war plans
cic;t.riu :'i" World war. and
• ::ir of the faculty of
y war college and as as
mdant of the command
• al taff school.
1 'etain Moves
i o Complete
New Regime
July 15.—(AP) — Franco
into the t;isk of re
ixi.iy after observing in
!fi! t anniversary of the
; people tasted when they
iJii>t:Iie fortress prison,
■vranny and oppression.
. Henri Philippic Petain
• -t-ste of the new au
"verntnenl, however,
it time for soi row.
"•'ided one of the solemn
■ices which replaced
• jubilant Pastille D;iy
()!;<(■• d wi eath on the
' ' ■ the nation's war dead.
lament while a tear
: watched in silence.
v.itTly to complete the
<regime, Petain an
• !:-!!(• Pelin. formerly
.nd of the general
"I labor, had been
'» 01 industrial produc
ed iabor.
i time, the minister of
ii'i family disclosed that
- v.'i'ii being taken for or
o;i(tcrship <if children. His
i-aI led for government di
< i! la nee of children from
• ; ■ ue.
try of the interior order
■:"i i.; French newspaper
n> : :in' the pro
. ■ • undesirable.
Vice Presidential Possibility
Senator Pat Harrison (left) of Mississippi, and Senator James Byrnes
of South Carolina, pet together in Chicago for a confidential discussion.
Byrnes often has been mentioned as a running mate for President
Roosevelt.
British Children To
Be Moved Off Coast
Traffic Deaths
Reduced During
Six Month Period
Raleigh. July 1").—(AP)—Traffic
deaths in North C";if»Iinn numbered
only 3S3 during the first six months
of this year, the lowest toll since
1933. the Highway Safety Division
reported today.
June deaths were only 01. a 20
percent drop under the 77 of June.
1939.
The six months toll was y percent
below the 396 deaths in the first six
months of last year.
Batista Wins
Cuba Election
Havana. July 15.—(AP)—Fulgen
eio Batista, who once gained a nar
row fame as the best stenoghapher
in the Cuban army, appeared today
to have won election as president of
his country.
In voting yesterday, marked by
scattered violence in which live per
sons were killed. Batista was credit
ed unofficially with gaining a thrce
to-two victory over his principal
presidential opponent, Dr. Ramon
Gran San Martin.
FIVE KILLED IN
AIRPLANE CRASH
Santa Monica. Cal., Juno 15.—
(AP)—Five person* were I:i 1 loci in
an airplane crash today near Mark
leeville. C';i!.. the office of the civil
aeronautics authority was informed.
A report from the chief of police
at Fresno stated that the plane car
ried two women and two men as
passengers.
Germans Sink
Merchantmen
Berlin. July 15.—(AP)—Three
British merchantmen totaling 1.700
tons were sunk and a destroyer, an
auxiliary cruiser and f- ur other
merchant ships were damaged Sun
day by German bombers which raid
ed convoys in the English channel,
the German high command an
nounced today.
During the night of July 14-15
British planes "dropped bombs aim
lessly" in northern and western
Germany, causing slight property
darmge. the communique said.
Two British planes were reported
shot down by anti-aircraft fire while
Hot-man lighting planes accounted
ior another.
Britain Prepares For
Invasion Which Prime
Minister Churchill
Tells Nation To Ex
pect at Any Time;
Raids Continue.
London. July 15.—(AP)—Britain,
ready lor a long war and waiting for
tiio day when she can take the of
fensive. ordered today the removal
of 8,500 children l'rom southeastern
coastal areas in anticipation of the
German invasion- which Prime Min
ister Churchill told the nation to ex
pect at any time.
E\en as plans were rushed to get
the children to inland havens, Ger
man bombers continued their feeling
out process.
Fatal bombs rained on a south
coast town. A brief communique said
the raiders destroyed some houses
and caused a small number of casual
ties "some of which were fatal."
A german attacker droppel i'our
bombs over Wales, three of them
falling in the water and the fourth
without damage on open ground.
A ministry of health announce
ment said the new exodus of chil
dren from the southeast coast towns
will begin next Sunday.
It also will be moving day for 3,000
London children who were sent to
Worthing on the southeast coast last
September and now arc to be shifted
to safer places inland.
BRITISH MINISTER
SENT TO PRISON
London. July 15—(AP)—The Rev
erend K. C. G. Graham, rector of old
f'olii gbn.ke. was sentenced today to
tour weeks imprisonment for ringing
church hells for Sunday service June
j 16 in violation of a defense order that
1 they be rung only to warn of in
j vasion.
Pespite the rector's protest that he
! was ignorant of the order, the judge
l held tiiut the ringing was "inten
j tional and deliberate."
Coal Miners
Trapped
Johnstown. Pa.. July 15.—(AD—A
j repo' t that an explosion had trapped
! several men in a Koppers Coal Com
pany mine at Sonman. 15 miles north
east ot Johnstown, was reported here
today.
j Calls for ambulances came here,
j At Pittsburgh, the U. S. Bureau oi
Mines dispatched a rescue car.
First reports indicated that ap
proximately tin men were entombed.
The Kopp.Ts company in Pitts
ourgh.>a:d it iiad been informed there
was "some trouble" at the mine but
iiad received no details.
Mayor, Welcoming
Democrats io wii.cago,
L em a nd s Roese v e 11
Be Drafted because
lie is "Kmc! oa Man
That Mankind Keecis"
Chicago Sliidiu.il, July 15.—
(AIM—A demand thai lYunkliu
I). Roosevelt be drafted for a
third term because Jc? is "the
kind of man that num!;i:id needs"
was sounded during the first
i hour of the Democrats?' national
convention today l v Mayor Kd
ward J. Kelly of Chicago.
The mayor turned his schedul
ed "welcoming sp-r*''" into a
! "draft KooseveU" de~v*«d as
| d'i^gales listened throng!; nearly
I an hour of speeches and formali
ties which started the conven
tion toward a prcsitlenti?' nomi
nation.
"The salvation of t!ii ■ nation rests
in one man because of his .great ex
perience and sincere humanitarian
thinking" Kelly said. "That is why
I am saying that this great Demo
cratic convention, with the ^vos of
an unhappy world upon it, will stand
with all unity."
Only a lew minutes before, the
president talked with Chairman
James A. Farley by telephone to wish
him a successful convention and ask
"how things were going."
Farley's response was "ok."
A burst of applause greeted Kelly's
"draft" speech, but FaHev cut the
demonstration short with his gavel.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, told
Democratic platform framers that if
President Roosevelt was "permitted"
to handle the unemployment prob
lem he would find a solution for it.
Some thought that Green's re
marks could be interpreted as an
implied indorsement of n third term
nomination for the President, but the
labor leader said later lie did not in
tend it as such.
One Killed In
Nazi Air Raid
London, July 15.— (AP)—One per
son was reported killed and several
injured by bombs in a raid on a
southeast English town, it was an
nounced today.
Several houses wore destroyed.
The raider dropped one bomb on a
j residential area of the town and flew
I on to drop nine more in another i
I area. A British plane pursued it.
The raid followed attacks last night
by "a few enemy ai vera it" which
the government announced re: ulted
in only minor damage.
Iu Cairo, heavy fires resulted from
! royal air force bombing raids on i
, Kalian stores and barracks in Eritora.!
I a IIAF communique announced to- ]
I day.
Wallace Approyes
Regulations For
Tobacco Quotas
Washington, July 15.—(AP) —
Secretary Wallace approved to
day l'lue-cured tobacco market
ing quota regulations for the |
1S40-41 marketing year.
Operators of each tobacco farm !
will receive a marketing card.
If the acreage of tobacco bar- j
vested does not exceed the acre
age allotment a "within quota
card" will be issued for the farm,
and its production of tobacco can
be marketed without penalties.
If the acreage harvested exceeds
the allotment an "excess market
ing card" will be issued, showing
the amount of excess and the j
amount of tobacco marketed on
which a penalty will he collected.
tOoaJthsh
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight
and Tuesday, followed by show
ers in mountains Tuesday; slight
ly warmer in extreme west i?or
> tion tonight.
Farley Hears from Puerto Rico
Postmaster General James Farley (center), chairman of the Demo
cratic national Committee, has a private conference with national com
mitteeman William R. Bennett, and national committecwoman Sarah A.
Mendez, both of Puerto Rico. They are shown in Chicago at the Demo
cratic national convention.
British Lose Three
Ships To Italians
Destruction of Two
Submarines and a De
stroyer in Week-end
Operations in Medi
terranean Claimed by
Italians.
Rome, July 15.—(AP)—Destruc
tion of two British submarines and ;i
de. trover in week-end naval opera
tions in the Mediterranr/n were
claimed by Italy today.
An Italian submarine, the hii»li
command said, sank a British sub
marine and a destroyer in the west
ern Mediterranean. It had report
ed yesterday that an Italian destroy
er ulso sank a British .submarine.
(Loss of a destroyer and one sub
marine is asknowledged by the Brit
ish. The admiralty disclosed yester
day the sinking of th<" 1.350-ton de
stroyer Escott, torpedoed in the
western Mediterranean. It said to
day the 760.ton submarine Shark was
"over due and presumed to be lost"
but did not say where.)
Damage of undisclosed extent was
said to have been honed on Brit
ish warships in the Mediterranean.
Dieti>red by Italy as struK"linfj home
to Alexandria under aerial pound
_
(Continued on page two)
British Abandon
Movale Fortress
London. July 15. — (AP)—Kx-,
chango Telegraph. ISritHi news |
agency, reported from Nairobi. Ken
ya Colony, today that the beleaguer
ed British garrison at Movale had j
withdrawn.
Moyale is a British frontier out
Dost on the border between British
Kenya and Italian Ethiopia in East
Africa.
Robert Wad low,
World's Tallest
Man, Dies Tod ay
Manistee, Mich.. July 15.—
(AIM— Kobert Wail low. llit- ,12
year old Alton. III., "giant" who
was 8 feel f) 1-2 inches tall and
was believed to be the world's
tallest man, died here early to
day from complication following
a foot infection.
Wadlow. who was making a
professional appearance as the
"world's tallest man," suffered
an infection in his left ankle less
than a fortnight ago.
Ultimatum To
Britain Is
Predicted
Koine. July lf>. (AIM — Authori
t;ni ve lascist editor Viriiini:i Gayda
indie; ti '1 today ihul Germany and
11;• Iy would mtv ;jri ultimatum on
Great ilritain within a few d;iys of
fering htr a choice between surren
der oi destruction.
Gayda's editorials frequently re
lied official views.
"Preparations will be completed in
;i very few days." Gayda said, "Iiri- i
lain will have to sHtle her last ac
count. She will have to choose be
tween submission to the renovating
restorative forces of Europe or ex-!
fremely grim violent war in which
int :.or;;ble destruction, a fateful pre
cipitous st<.p toward final iverthrow
will be measured not by years or
i e!: oi which Churchill spoke, but
by days or hours."
Army Orders 627 Light
Tanks For $11?000,000
Washington. July- 15.—(AP)—The
Army ordered 627 light tanl;« from
the American Car and Foundry com
pany today, the largest single tank
purchase in peace time history. The
contract price was approximately,
SI 1.000.000.
The tanks, about 12 tons each, will
be manufactured at the company's
Berwick. Pa., plant Each will be
equioed with four 30-calibre and nne
■ia-calihrp m*rh:p° cm • rM ."7
m. m. anti-aircrnft grp.
Meanwhile, Roprr-r .-ma live V.'ooci
rum. Democrat. Virginia, announced
alter s White House visit that a
House appropriations sub-commit toe
would r'uirt hearings next Monday on
President Roosevelt's request for an
additional defense appropriation of
S4.8nft.000.
"We expect to go into the whole
defense program very thoroughly in
chocking up on these now estimates."
Woodrum said. "There is much rou
tine work to be done arid the House
committee wants to be absolutely
lire *lr I vhrn their fund- ar*> ao
nrnpriaVr' they w*ro g'>ing to do two
things: lirst. get 100 percnt val .r
for the money soent. n»--: ,
get quick and ettective act; in."
Farley Says
His Name To
Be Offered
Farley Says He Be
lieves, However, That
Nomination of Roose
velt Will Be Made
Unanimous Before
First Ballot Ends.
Chicago. July 15.—(AIM—With a
i precedent-breaking giint in their eyes
: which sutured ill for the third term
tradition. Democratic n;ilion;il con
vention delegates assembled today to
clear away the routine standing be
! tween President Roosevelt and an
: other nomination.
Even as tiie delegates streamed in
to the stadium, third term advo.-: es
spread tiie report that although Mr.
Roosevelt's only word had been "I
I am not a candidate" thev »vere con
; vinced he would accept the tiomina
| tion which two-thirds of the dele
gates are pledged to bestow upon
I him.
Shortly before Chairman James A.
Farley banged the gavel which be
; gan the opening ses.-ion he reiterated
I that his own name would be placed
before the convention.
His nominating speech will be
made by Raymond Fisher of Nunuet,
who succeeded Farley as chairman of
the Rockland County Democratic
committee in 193!). in the event Sen
ator Glass of Virginia, detained in
Washington by his wife's illness, is
I unable to reach Chicago.
In a press conference shortly be
! fore lie ca 1 Jed the delegates to order,
Farley voiced the opinion which
dominates this convention. He was
asked "do you anticipate that before
the results of the first ballot are an
nounced the nomination will be made
unanimous?".
"I think so. yes" replied the post
master general.
For his part. Farley said he favor
ed making the nomination unani
mous. He made clear, however, thai
he was not releasing his own dele
gates prior to thai lirst roll call and
did not attempt to speak for other
contenders such as Senator Wheeler
of Montana, Vice President Garner
and Paul V. McXutt of Indiana.
In Washington, Presidential Secre
tary Stephen Early said the White
House is connected with Chicago by
a direct telephone wire, but "it has
not been used" so far.
Karly disclosed the telephone con
nection in talking with reporters at
the start of a history making week
in which political leaders believe
Roosevelt will accept renoinination
by the Democratic party and thus
challenge the tradition against any
man's serving three terms in the
White House.
HAIFA BOMBED
Jerusalem, July 15.—(AT) —
A number of "enemy" planes
dropped bombs in the Haifa area
this morning. Some damage was
reported done and there were a
few casualties. It was the first
raid of the war on the Holy
Land. L
Yankees To
Be Sold
Attorney Says Syndi
cate Headed by Farley
Will Pay $4,000,000
For Champs.
Chicago. July 15.—fAP)—Attor
ney J. T. M;.honey of New York said
today ho expected the Xew York
Yankee baseball club would be sr d
by the Jacob Ruppert e.-tate to a
-yndicatc headed by Postmaster Gen
eral James A. Farley "withii: two
weeks at a price of $4,000,000."
"Negotiations are yoin^ along line"
.-aid Mahoney, former president of
the Amateur Athletic Union and per
sonal attorney to George Ruppert.
brother of the late owner of the
world's champions.
"The contract carrying the price of
$4,000,000 has been m bmitted by
the Ruppert.- to Basil O'Connoi who
i- icproentinfi M • Farley. I know
'horf !: ■ been a lot ol -peculation
-•n this thin^ but you can say it's
■:r,nr fr n: the -neculatory to the very
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