mtniiersnn Bmlg ilpatrfi ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA I -^kOV-SKVEXTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON,IULY 16, 1940 FIVE CENTS COl>Y Laughing Now—They're Home Peace Offer Reported nappy children are some of the 382 youngsters who arrived in York on the liner Washington as it completed its second and final trip to the British Isles to evacuate Americans. Aboard were i uers, of whom only 300 were not Americans. Onl> Americans: : v. Britain are those who feci it imperative to remain to protect their interests in the face of the expected Nazi invasion. iritish Stop Plan To Move Children Navy Finds It Impos sible to Provide Neces- j sary Escort Vessels to Exacuate Children from England to Unit ed States. fi July !fi.—CAP)— Official I . cement that the government' i ~T:.<>ned its plan to transfer j c:.; la refugees t«> the United • -tes was nu.de in the house of! - -day and precipitated op-j • • labor circles on the ground :.t:en of wealthy parents had : v:.i«>\ t-ci front danger while j of poor people were left in; ! to declared he was con • the m i ole plan had been 'v.;.. -ullage" l" get the •-■althy pa:tnt> <>ut 01 j " y . ..t\,d i>t the threatened :.i etu. authoritatively ! ade by Clement R. I i \i airier Churchill's " ■ tin • >1 commons. I - ' children uirlvr the .-I'i.t : e continues, how - iiitu hyve applied to .1 ;.:iu 20.000 to the Unit-j !»r . atf transfers of j iu t "t be > topped but. involved must be' : y their families. • plan was >uspend • the Xavy found • ie •" provide the neces-1 • loi the Atlantic | -.etnment noped , ' ' •• lation at sea' ' . : Ilg !t. U. S. Suggests Protectorate | July iu_(AP)— In-• • i today the L'nit- j inding out other! -!:t .<■- on their ntti- * i ;aoli.--hmcnt of a pro-! !•: . ropean possessions ! a . icmisphere. g. they said. was part | i . 11 ies on several ques- ! ' c-'.iiie before the inter- ' . . suggestions and -a.-tv of subjects. a^ oe!>re a conference ■ pening Saturday at i !• July 16— (AP)—; i' ;-toba! Saenz. dis • 1. id received and • i* from the United rni.cnt of a pi'olec iptMi possessions in South America. ' " co!:ii;.unication were '• iy forthcoming. w.v>ie that the note re \r erioan proposals for over Kuropean pos ' hand Central Amer -•dvanced rather than originating with the > t Above Average Crops Forecast For This Year Kaleigh. July 16.—(AP) — Bet ter than average yields from most North Carolina crops were indicated by Juiy 1 conditions, the state-federal crop reporting service said today, with corn yield expected to be the best in 23 years. Estimated corn production was 48.820.000 bushels, an average of 20 bushels to the acre, the high est since 1923. Last year's yield was 48.087.000 and the ten year average was 42.517.000 bushels. A record wheat yield per acre —1.1 bushels—was figured, with a total crop of 5.798.900 bushels, an increase of 14 percent over last year. Farmers reported prospects for the first million-ton crop of hay. with yield fixed at 1.035.000 tons, four percent higher than last year's record crop and 49 per cent ahead of the ten year aver age. MERMAIDS FROM GOLDSBORO WIN AT WASHINGTON Washin?4ton. July 16.—(AP)-1- The Goldsijoro. N. C.. Swimming Associa tion team won third place in the W'.im n'.- div ision of a district AAU swimming meet last night at Airporl Pool. Prince Nufer. star of the Golds boro team, gained all that team's seven points. The Women's Swim ming Association of New York took first place with 18 points. Miss Nul'er annexed honors in the 6()-yard free style and 180-yard in dividual medley and took second place in the 68-yard backstroke. U. S. OPPOSED TO CLOSING CHANNELS Washington. July 16.—(AP)—The State department announced United States opposition today to the clos ing of world trade arteries such as the Burma Road and the French Indo-China railway over which China receives most of its war supplies. Japan has demanded that Greal Britain close the Burma route. British Merchant Fleet May Be Stronger Now New York. July 16.—(AP)— Th< British merchant fleet, swelled bj new construction and ships of othej nations gained through the fortune: of war. probably is stionger now thai it' was when the European war start ed. a study revealed today. Germany claimed last week tha up to July 1 she had destroyed 4, 329.213 tons of British shipping. < iigure which an authoritative Britisl source said was more than four time: real losses. The Associated Press figures, tak ing account only of merchant ship: whose loss is admitted by the Britisl or verified independently, show tha .he nave Jo*t .ships o NEW DEMANDS ARE MADE FOR THIRD TERM Democratic Conv e n - tion Otherwise Moves Slowly Today, With Committees Working in Hotel Rooms Tc Complete Platform. Floor Fight On Foreign P olicy Is Threatened Chicago, July 16.—(AP)—New dc | mauds for the rcnomination of Pros- j ; ident Rooscvc-lt, coupled with high J praise ot the New Deal record. | pierced today the dull routine of this 1 I slowly organizing convention. In rapid order, while Mr. Roose velt still held occasion telephone chats with Secretary Hopkins, there : were these third term developments:' Secretary of Labor Perkins told, several thousand applauding women at a breakkfast that "we are about to break tradition and nominate a! man for a third term." Representative Arthur Mitchell of i Illinois, the only Negro congress I man. told a sparcely attended mid- | ! day convention session that eight of our every ten Negroes would vote in November for the party "whose j I banner I hope and pray will be car- ; ried by that great humanitarin., Franklin D. Roosevelt." And Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister i director of the national committees women's division, appeared to her hearers to lend further support to j the expected third term nomination j when she told the delegates: "There are millions of human be-1 ings throughout the self-governing; ' nations of the world who look for | ; leadership and faith in the principles ; I of democracy to the United States of America and to the first citizen of the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt." While committees worked in hotel ' rooms to complete a platform—the ! 1 delegates traveled out to this big stadium and back again, still with out word of President Roosevelt's j own intentions. Directors of the third term drive were described as still uncertain whether to put th^ President form ally into nomination, and the vice | presidential problem was no nearer | solution than it had been yesterday. | Germans Sink More Ships Berlin, July 16.—(AP)—Sinking 1 of 41,600 tons more ol' British ship ping and renewed air raids on Eng land aimed at airports, harbors and factories were reported by the high command today. Three merchant ships totaling 18, 000 tons were sent to the bottom ol the English channel in repeated raids on British shipping yesterday, the communique said, while another sub marine reported 23.600 tons had been sunk. German fliers continuing their daily forays on the British isles were said to have observed fires and ex plosions after dropping bombs on airports. London, July 16.—.(AP)—Enemy action caused the loss of 22 British, allied and neutral merchant ships totaling 114.137 tons during the week ending July 7. the admiralty an nounced today. An authoritative source acknow ledged that the losses were above the average for the 44 weeks so far accounted for. and warned: "We must expect more violent and more frequent air attacks with the coast of France occupied." 11 932.158 gross tons up to July 14. . At the start ol' the war, the Bri I tish Empire luid 21.1)01.925 tons of ! shipping comprising 8.977 ships. !| The loss of 243 ships wiiuid leave i the British 8.734 ships totaling 20. 068.767 tons. But this would not take into ac I: count Britain's production of new • ships since the start of the war and 11 her acquisition or control of an un i disclosed amount of shipping gained ; when Germany invaded Norway. Denmark. Belgium and Holland and . when the French signed Adolf Hit ; ler's armistice terms. i Norway, for example, had 1.987 t ships of 4.833.813 tons at the outbreak I ot the war. Chicago, July 1(2 - / A ' The tluoiit of a floor fight over the ex plosive issue ol .sending .i d to Great lJntain confronted Democratic poliey milker-: today when they tackled the party's platform. Senators Wheeler of Montana and Pepper of Florida, advocates of dif ferent courses in foreign affairs, ser ved notice that the questions would be submitted to the whole conven tion unless their respective views wei e adopted. Wheeler and Senator McCarran of Nevada, members of tne drafting i sub-committee, have subscribed to a I declaration which would pledge the paity never to use the nation's arm- i ed forces of aggression to send tin m to European or Asiatic battle fields. Pepper said that the party should adopt a "straightforward plank for aid short of war to Great Britain." He declared that if the committee brings out a "pussyfooting platform" it will be repudiated by the conven tion. ' i Delegate Bonus Undecided Chicago, July 16.—(AP)—The Democratic convention rules com mittee alter a hot debate deferred until tomorrow a decision on the question of awarding a delegate bonus in future conventions to states going Democratic in prior presiden tial elections. The argument developed the same light between southern and north ern states that occurred before the national committee two days ago. The rines group not only postpon ed action on the national committee's proposal to add one delegate to each state going Democratic, but to put off reporting this matter to the con vention until after a presidential nomination is made. Anti-Third Term Plank Suggested Chicago, July 16.— (AP)—The pos sibility arose today that Democratic platform makers might be forced to pass on a plank putting their party on record against a third term for any president. Declining to discuss details. Sena tor McCarran of Nevada told news men that introduction of an anti third term proposal for a showdown vote within the committee hinged on several other planks he h:'s in mind. He was quick to add Mint it was not to be taken for granted that he would be the one to offer the pro positi. which most evervone around this convention city believed would be promptly killed. Huge Fires At Haifa Italians Claim Direct Hits on Oil Refineries, With More Blows to British Fleet. Koine. Jul}' 16.— (AP)—Hugo lire? ;it Haifa. British oil port in Palestine, and crippling blows to units of Bri tain's Mediterranean fleet—including the 42.100-ton battleship Hood—were reported by the Italian high com mand today. Direct hits by Italian fliers on oil refineries and deools at the Holy Land port were said to have set up flames that could be seen by air planes 120 miles away. Giving a summary of the running sea warclare in the eastern and western Mediterranean, the high command listed: 1—The Hood, the largest warship afloat, hit squarely three times by aerial bombs. (Previous unofficial re (Continued on< Page Seven) As Convention Opened James A. Farley, postmaster general and chairman of the Democratic national committee, is shown on the speaker's staiul at the party's na ional convention in Chicago, as he appeared when calling-the convention to order. (Central Press) Democrats Awaiting Word From FDR North Carolina Population To Show Big Gain Raleigh, July 16. — (AP)— North Carolina's population ap parently increased more than 400,000 between 1930 and 1940, an unofficial compilation based on preliminary reports from 56 counties indicated today. The 56 counties had 1.967.084 persons this year, compared with 1.725.142 ten years ago, a net gain of 237.689 people. Fifty-one counties showed sains but five had slight losses totaling 2.253. The population would be 428, 000 ahead of 1930 if the entire state gained in proportion with the 56 counties, but most coun ties with industrial centers and large cities were included in the 56. Tiie 1930 population was 3. 165.146. Charlotte was given a popula tion of 100,327. It was the first fimc that a North Carolina city had passed the 100,00C murk. Ten years ago Charlotte was listed at 82.675. The opinion was expressed in official state circles here that the nopulation gains assured North Carolina of another congressman. Koppers Mine Disast er is Worst In Ten Years of Pennsylvania Mine History. Sonman, Pa„ July IS.—(AP)—In a deluge of rain, grim rescue workers early today trundled out of the depths of a bituminous coal mine the canvas-covered bodies of 63 men killed by an explosion yesterday. Rescue workers who inched their way through passage ways filled with deadly gases brought out 62 canvas-wrapped bodies and L. C. Campbell, assistant to the president of the Koppers company, operator of the mine, said one other man was missing and known to be dead in the explosion sector. Among the victims ol the explos ion—Pennsylvania's worst soft coal disaster in ten years—were a lather and his two sons. who«e bodies were found side by side in a section where 34 met death. Campbell said work lists showed only 34 men were working in the mine at the time of the explosion, about 11:55 a. m. (e. s. t.) yesterday, although as many as 1.200 are em ployed at times on three shifts. (Jitsjcdhstfi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. .Mostly elourt"' sczitcrcd show ers tonight ard o« <*r e.vtrmv south portion Wednesday; slight ly cooler. Delegates, Pledged to Third Term Nomina tion, Grow Restive As Instructions Are Lack ing; No Agreement on Procedure. Chicago, July 16.—(AP)—Demo cratic convention delegates grew restive for lack of word from Presi dent Roosevelt today after Speaker William Bankhead had bade them to go into the 19-10 campaign on the rec ord of the New Deal administration, using "truth, toierance and reason." The keynote speech of Bankhead and a "farewell" address by National Chairman James A. Farley highlight ! ed the first major convention session I last night at the big Chicago stadium. The delegates headed back this i morning for another round of oratory | before getting down to the real busi I ness of adopting a platform and nam ing a presidential candidate. Farley was given a tumultous ova tion when he urged the party work ers to "give our successors and the new national party organization the same support that was accorded to the national committee in 1932 and j ism" Leader.- of states whose delega tions are pledged solidly to Pre.si ' dent Roosevelt lor a third term said tiiey had no definite word from trie [White Hon. e. They had no instruc ] tions Iror.i anyone as to what to do. Nor was there any general agree | merit by third term advocates over the que. lion of how the President's name would be put formally before the convention whether to have a regular nominating speech, have a | delegate arise from the floor in a I gesture of spontaneity and propose j a third term, or simply let the other j candidates be placed in nomination ! and poll the votes supporting the President. The latter are amide to nominate. I Windsors To Fly Atlantic London, July lfi.—(AP)—A Reut ers. British news agency, dispatch from Lisbon tonight said thai \fie Duke and Duchess of Windsor had booked passage l;y clipper to New York ;f fb.*» haHnrc of our debt out standing to the United States in respect of Iho l?«t The debt to the United States totais about 85,500,000,000. Japanese Cabinet Of Yonai Quits "Trial Balloon" Peace Offer Floated In Rome, With Alterna tive Threat of Full Blast Assault on Brit % ish Isles. (By The Associated Press.) An apparent "trial balloon" peace oiler tv the axis powers —with an alternative threat of a full blast assault on the British isles — was floated by diplomatic circles in Rome today. Simultaneously, the international picture was darkened by the resig nation of the Japanese cabinet head ed by Premier Admiral Yonai. It ap peared likely the Yonai cabinet would be succeeded by a group fa voring stronger action against west ern powers in the Orient, including the United States. This report coincided with the de parture ol strong forces ot tnc United States battlefleet from Hawaii— numbering two battleships, twelve cruisers and an aircraft carrier and a powenul array of destroyers, i While the Navy department main tained silence, speculation was arous ed that the American men-of-war may be steaming to patrol British and French isle-; in the South Pacific. The nazi-J'aseist peace moves, as described by diplomatic quarters in Rome, would be sounded by Hitler in a three-point plan as follows: 1—Settlement of European affairs, : presumably with Germany and 1 t;ily to dominate the continent—and Bri tain to keei) "hands off." 2—Return of British-held colonies owned by Germany before the World war. 3—Economic rehabilitation of Eu rope. Premier Minister Churchill in a broadcast Sunday night scornfully rejected in advance any axis sug gestion of a peace parley. Nazis said Germany is ready to strike when Hitler gives th<- word and that a titantic blow was tl.cn "inevitable necessity" because Churchill insisted on fighting to a : finish. Informed German quarters held that British stubbornness would re | quire; the latter alternative and wiid j bases foi attack had been prepared | "with German thoroughness" from ^Continued on Page Seven> Germans Held In Argentina Buenos Aires, July 10.—(AP)— Reliable report.- from tlx- northern Argentine territory of Formosa said today that 27) German residents had been arrested, of whom eight still were in custody, in raids aimed at pos.- ible "fifth columnists." The national gendarmerie, raid ing homes ; nd nazi meeting places, seized stores of arms and ammuni tion and propaganda pamphlets, there reports said. Some of the pamphlets were de scribed as tolling of German victories in Europe and alluding to what might befall any country daring to oppose the na/.is. Nazis Ready For Attack Projected Attack On Britain Said Delayed by Difference of Ger man Opinion. Grenoble. France. July 16—(AP)— Le Petit Dauphinois said today that foreign diplomatic quarters in Switz erland had heard that a projected at tack on England by 600.000 Germans had been delayed because of dif ference of opinion in the high com mand. out that the attack may be launched Friday night. The Germans have assembled hun dred.- ni ships for the attack, the newspaper said in a dispatch from Bet n. According to the newspajvr, the command"!- in cl '■< ' of the German nrniv and other generals opposed th-* pli-n of attack, first set for July 0 (Cuntnued on Page Seven.)