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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- '
. <nee opening at Ha- j
ti! ' nt officials said
■ Knowledge of a formal
O lean government pro
proteetorate. but it
• • (I that Ambassador
ay have presented;
on the subject
Hull, when questioned!
d the United States was I
dea>. 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 ;<nd arc expected to liy from
New York to the Bahamas, where the
duke is to be governor generai.
It was reported they would leave
the Portuguese capital this week.
Their transfer to another piane to
continue to the Bahamas would be
quick, the dispatch said, indicating
there would be little stopover at New
York.
SUGGESTS ISLAND
TO PAY WAR DEBT
London, July 16.— (AP)—Os
wald Lewis, conservative mem
j her of parliament, suggested to
day that a British island in or
near the West Indies be sold to
' (he United Slates for an air and
n^val base "in full satisfaction
?>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 t<i Britain l>v 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
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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.)