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i 'azi Warplanes End Lull With New Raids
j [■ m Troops
Occupy Isle
i Channel
> oi German On
. : Stirs ^pecula
VV hether it Sig
Mart of Mass in
vasion Predicted
{:triit:r in Week.
■ .V- • •L'latvci Press.)
i \pluMVeiy >iuit
-U .y lull lit bomOing a.—
: h i>U> today, mio
to machine gun
[l.ige:*. dive bombing
and widespread
U';uc> tu the English
t gh command re
... >'U the o»g military
Aldershoi — England s
a!" >Ut miles SOUtll
... -r.w-ti and Oil airports,
. ro«»i> iti souln auu
, ..tici.
per-ons ui'it' rcport
uc tuuing a woman slam
•U . :111 atour eloeriy
o'it uanu said "big
e:\ea tti tne combing
. d armament plants. It
. '.ru ianaitig ot German
■ b.ench island ot I2ues
* >ast i.r Brittany, com
. ."-until gateway to tne
cnaiiuel.
ea'.i:cr in the previous 24
.[>lv cut tailed both Bri
. (Jo:::.an air raiders, who
each other aimosi. eon
tne "oatUe lor tJritain"
dive bombers stormed
Miel steamers m a morn
v... but an eye witness said
: entiy escaped.
. lac German onslaught
.UtlioU v.ncincf it sig
vi.:P.g pnase ot a mass
■y fj( iti.ut'ti nazt troops
newspaper said ear—
ight come Friday.
:iians were killed and
.Mte-u in a bomo raid oti
• ,;u diti rrant an strong
: vat 4V :: ■•rtitng
. c- mere oi' tne war.
>v. cd close uii a l;ery
Gc nerali.-snno r ran
' Gibtaltar must be
once more and that
.Lillion soldiers ready
one and to support
1 • Japan's new premier
t '■ nee Konoye, named a
< -.panion:sis to his inner
ar.udtng two men who
. iy attacked the United
t..'..:: ;:gne.« to recognize
.. o:det m the Orient.
Maxwell Mo\ ed
1 < > I Ionic i oday
.J , v If,.—(AI')—Revenue
: • ; A. .J. Maxwell, who
• oruhs has been seri
• pi.ri-d to leave a hos
. i; t<» I lis home here.
iJewar, his physician,
ing .Maxwell to go
■ had ".^hou'ii a good
• riciit" during the
dot-tor, however,
han on visitors to the
room. Hospital at
:.ve!l would leave this
^ llkie Gratified
\t Nomination
. July 18.—Wen
•• i<f*eived word of
■ <■■ rit'-- renomination
t!:«• lii»ht opera "The
la.-t night, and then
' '' • nomination ' would
their first opportun
ion the question of a
1 ■ • t«-rl midway of an
oppf.-> house at
he heard that Mr.
ht-en renominated,
y gratified " W'illkie
• ' to he a great cam
•• '! :K>ed the president
d ;!• !<>-{ advocate"
••ting force" of the New
■'•'■n". \V:'!kie contin
fi f:r.:-*-ive< will hnve
to oas- upon the
ind: nrp-ibilitv of
- ,'.f*ity of our two
urma
eeks T o En
ar In China
Hoey Urges
Three-Year
Leaf Control
Kaleish. July 18. —(AIM—
Governor Hoey telegraphed from
Chicago today, ursine again that
"every producer" of tobaeeo vote
Saturday for three years of con
trol of the flue-cured crop.
The governor is at the Demo- |
cratic national convention. His
telegram follows:
"In these troubled times I con
sider it vital that the tobacco
farmers of North Carolina stand
firm with th;>ir program for
preserving their business. 1 hope
that every producer will con
sider fully what it means to our
state to keep the bright tobacco
market a profitable market, and
that every producer will actively
support this effort by his vote for
the three-year program in the
referendum to be held Saturday.
I would regard it a calamity for
the tobacco growers to fail to
vote for control in this referen
dum. This has been on my mind
this week in Chicago during the
deliberations of the convention,
and I wish to take this oppor
tunity to again emphasize the
importance of a favorable ex
pression by the farmers of our
state."
Hutson Says
Farmers Will
Vote Control
Raleigh. July 18.—(AP)—J. B.|
Hutson. assistant AAA administrator,!
said today that he was confident that)
flue-eured tobacco growers would!
approve three-year control Saturday.
Hutson was en route to Yaneeyvillc
where he will .speak. He is sche
duled to speak in Louisburg tonight.
Urging merchants, bankers and
other business men to take an active'
part in encouraging farmers to vote, j
Hutson said: "North Carolina's 19401
crop of tobacco totals about 458.000,- '
000 pounds. Every cent per pound j
that the price of the 1940 crop can be j
increased means more than $4,500,000
to incomi of North Carolina this year.
"The government will be able to
protect prices of the 1940 crop at or
slightly above the 1939 levels of 14.9 j
j cents per pound if growers approve i
three-year control Saturday.
"If only one-year control is voted.'
j domestic manufacturers have told
me they will buy less than if three
year control is voted, and it is prob
able that with one-year control the
price of the 1940 crop will be 2 to
I 3 cents below the 14.9 level. That will i
| mean $9,000,000 to nearly $14,000.
I 000 in lost income to North Carolina."
Anti-British
Demonstration
In Madrid
Madrid, July 18.—(AP)—Two
hundred thousand Spanish workers
' shouting in rhythm "Gibraltar!
Spanish!" paraded in Madrid's streets
j today in celebration of the fourth
j anniversary of the outbreak of the
nationalist revolution.
The demonstration by fascists fol
lowed a declaration last night by
Generalissimo Francisco Franco him
self that Spain expects to get back
| the rocky peninsula which Britain
! acquired in the War of the Spanish
j Surer'-•-inn more than 200 years ago.
The generalissimo's speech appear
, ed to have fir^d new enthusiasm in
i to Spaniards to recover Gibraltar,
forge n^timal unity and build an
African empire.
Churchiii Tells Com
mons Burma Road
Closed Because Eng
land Is Engaged In
"Life and Death Strug
gle" Wi*h Germany.
Jn!v 18.— (AP)— Prime
Minister Churchiii proffor^d todav
the good offices of Great Britain to
end the three-war old Chinese-Ja
panese war by peaceful means alone.
He tokl tlie house of commons that
Britain concluded an accord with
Japan for closing the Burma Road
against war supplies for China be
ciuse she was bound to take note of
the "dominant fact" that Britain is
engaged in a "life and death strug
gle."
-Britain has no desire, he said, to
interfere with the legitimate aims of
either China or Japan.
The exigencies of the present sit
uation. he went on. compelled the
British govern inert to make the
Bui ma accord with Japan as a "tem
porary arrangement in the hope that
\U■ time so gained may lead to a
:■ | 111ion jusi and equitable to both." I
The British-Japanese accord also i
cuts off war supplies for the Chinese
by way of the British crown colony
of Hongkong.
Churchill prefaced his exposition (
of the accord with Japan with a j
statement that any American move- j
ment to send United States ships to j
remove children from the British
isles "would immediately engage the >
most earnest consideration of his j
majesty's government."
He said an exodus of children to i
the dominions and the United States j
was "most undesirable."
Any further immigration that may
be possible, he continued, will be re
continued on Page Threes
U. S. To Train
Parachutists
Washington. July lfi.—(AP)—An j
experiment in the training of para- i
chute troops such as Germany and
Russia have used in the European
war was announced today by the :
War department.
For the first time, the department
said, a test parachute platoon of two
officers and 48 men has been or
ganized and will be given training
during the period of July 29 through
August 3. j
Secretary Stimson said that Major
General G. A. Lynch had organized
the platoon at Fort Benning, Ga.
Apathy Rules i
Stock Market
New York. July 18.—(AP)—It was
a two-way market and an extremely
narrow one for today's stock mar
ket.
Dealings were more sluggish than
in the preceding slack session and
near the fourth hour numerous is
sues were unchanged.
Brokers blamed speculative apathy
mainly on growing fears of traders
that the long-awaited Hitler attack
on England was about due.
Renomination of President Roose
velt was in line with Wall Street
forecasts and failed to causc even a
flicker of excitement in board rooms.
American Radiator 5 3-4
American Telephone 161 7-8
American Tob B 77 1-4
Anaconda 19
Atlantic (7F>»st Line 12 3-8
Atlantic Refining 20 5-8
Bendix Aviation 28 3-8
Bethlehem Steel 76 1-4
Chrysler . . .• 65 1-2
Columbia Ga< & Eloc 5 3-4
Commercial Solvents 9 1-4
Consolidated Oil 6 3-8
Curtiss Wright 7 1-8
DuPont 158
Electric Pow & Light 5 3-4
General Electric . 31 3-4
General Motors .44
Montgomery Ward &Co .. 39 7-8
Reynolds Tob B 36 3-8
Southern Railway 11 3-4
Standard Oil X J -m •> «?
U S Steel 50 5-8
START OF THK STAMPEDE
Senator Alben W. B; rkley of Kentucky, permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention, in
Chicago, i., shown above during a "draft Roosevelt" demonstration which occurred a he wa. making hi* speech
Tuesday night. At the end of his speech, Baikley read the dramatic message from President Roosevelt which
started the Roosevelt nomination drive which resulted in the nomination ol the President by acclamation last
night.
"It's Wallace" For FDR's
Running Mate: President
t* o i n n i4 * j i
io hpeak by Radio !anight
Secretary of Agricul
ture Given indirect
White House designa
tion For Vice Presi
dential Post; Nomina
tion Tonight.
Chicago Stadium. July HI.—(AI *>
—['resident Roosevelt's acceptance of
an unprecedented third term nomi
nation was ali but loimaily announc
ed today Crough indirect White
House designation of lit my A. Wal
lace. a 1-year-old Iowan. for t• •<? vi-e
pre^ideritial place ori the 11H" Demo
cratic ticket.
Delegates were eager lor the
President's formal word. it was
not to be long in forthcoming.
Senator Byrnes of South Carolina,
chairman til the committee which
notified Mr. Roosevelt of his nomi
nation today by telenlon •. to|r| re
porters that the President would
make known his intention in a tele
gram.
Originally, Byrnes arranged to
read this telegram to the assembled
delegates immediately :• It.- j- Senator
Al!>cn Bark ley. convention chairman,
could obtain order at the mid-day
meeting scheduled for 1 p. m.
(c. s. t.)
After further conferences with
convention leaders, however, it v.' i
would be only perfi:ctory ;.nd Mr.
would be only pcrfuctory and Mr
Roosevelt's word withheld until the
delegates reassembled at f> p. m.
(c. s. t. >
Barklev said that tonight the con
vention would proceed to nominate
a vice president, hear a five minute
talk from Mrs. Roosevelt and then at
8 p. m. (e. s. t.). hear a radio address
by the President from the White
House.
Wallace is a former Republican
who has served as secretary of Agri
culture in ?.Tr. Roosevelt's cabinet
si tier ihe beginning of the New Deal
in 1932. The decision to choo«e
Wallace to run with the President
(Continued on Page Three)
U)&cdhsJ>
FOR NORTH CAPOI.TVV
.Mostly clnudv. scattered
dcrshowers Friday and in moun
tains tonight.
I
j
.Martin Declares
| Campaign To Be
I liircl Term Issue
New York, July 18.— CAP)--- !»'«•
, puiJiran Natnfriai Chairman .!•#-c-oli
i \V\ Martin said today the third Icisn
! nomination of President Roosevelt
| will ;;ive the American people "an
' opportunity to determine whether
! ihey want !o ios- aside this historical
protection against a one-man M"v
| riifnt." ,
"J have supreme- eonlidenee in the
i good judgment of 11u• people,*' .\Iar
i t.'i said in a ~tateinenl. ' when ihey
get the I acts, and get them they will
in lin- campaign. Ihey wiil el^cet \\'i n
i dell VVillhie. lie is the one real hope
, of our country today."
P arley Has No
Comment Now
CliiciiKo. July l<'i. - (AIM Jiiincs
A. K;irlr.y, I)i'iinK.i;Mic n:ilio:i.il ciinir
111. .• 11, dc-clil !'.■(] todny I') loi'i'C. xt rlor
linii re.-nil- ol Ilic l!)!'l cjiiiipiii.nn be
tween I're: idcnl KontevHl ;ind Wen
flcli L. Willi:ic.
J .'rlf.v. wlm pn clicti d Mr. Koo.-r
\«• 11vktoric. in l!j;!U .11id )!).'{(! with
t'.\ci■ |j!inn;;I ;icn:r;u y. krd n< *a. men
to withhold c|U<*. lion: on tin- siiljj<ct
nl tlif rh-ction until I* 11cI;iy or Sii'
uifi.iy wh'-'ti in- iiidi' .il<;n in* will ;.m
iin.inc!' hi own f11;111lor ih<- liituri
iiriri |)i'oij;iljly imiiw -oiui' loi"in;il
coi'iiiunt on tin- proy^cc's for iln
l.'MO t;iin|j;ii^n.
By ROGFJi XV. BAIJSOX,
Copyright 1040—l'ubljshcrs
Bureau
Gloueest-.r, .Ma.-,s„ .July —Talk
in Washington about ;t new exce..
, prolu lax worrie- nit*. Oin iously.
; 'AC Cailllot .-pond S1 |ri]
j dcIifii.-c without i jji-ir««t a! ica : part
I of the money "a.- wo The baric
formula, however, should be that
i all new taxes should nil every jjoi -
1 son's poeketbock ;«» !.iake everyone
; realize that thi.« country i onttri.'.g
, a changed order—a new era. All
1 should realize that we cannot go on
! living in the next live years the way
! we have in the past live.
It is unpleasant n> say so. but 1
have seen no indication yet that the
j average worker, business man. or
(politician is ready to she up any
i thing for the sake ol the new de
fense program. This thought st- ok
; me forcibly during the pas* few day
here in Gloucester. Faeh year f
pond inv birth'1-- v n <!-! Vi
• IcnirJ e 'v v.'hcr* J » TV
j eomi tunitv i ■ ti-- ;
freedom in the 1'niteo S'Me . i- a
city whose principal livelihood lor
(.'outline.- hits boon from the -en. J
come here each year to "i f orient"
my ell. :<» v ;cv.' national and world
aliai. tin ough tin per. peetive ol
l!ie tradition of ri'.y nt < . to. .
( ndcrniiiiina Individualism
The older. hardy li-.normon of
(IlouecMcr hiivc no u e for the Now
IJc-a!. Social See i i'y 1- .. .• narc :
•.lid a (i< iiis.'Mi to their.. J hey think 1
WPA and reliel are milking bi.m.: j
out ol ti:' :;nfo."t.i."iiit»-. T■' y h'-lieve ;
that unreasonable union nen.ands:
foi" shortoi hour.- will ■•.vrec.: the,
United .State-. Tlv v f;iiI to how
tlv e thing. can h' i;j Am'-rioa'.- do
!rn>'>. v< i;m In rr in 'hi.- erad!'
of individualism, fundamentals arc
ic-ing ground year aft. r year. Inef
ficiency in government, politic- in
•'relief, chain si ore- and high
.school- are undermining this city
as they ,*ire m.tny another.
Viewd in the light of the prin
wore tanght ir. Tbi.- ooin
. ... n j a hoy. tV» United
'r'r i -'.'if- r>n "■ d-.n-.-rmM
•or: e. The a'l t de -or'
(Continued on Page Throe.)
Third Term
Nomination
Unanimous
President Passes Up
Ail Engagements To
day; Radio Facilities
Ready W h e n e v e r
Roosevelt Is Ready to
Go On Air.
Washington. July 18.—(AD—
President Roosevelt probably
will accept t'.ie Democratic con
vention's nomination to u third
term iii a radio address tonight,
but the While House said tliat
he siil! w is reserving a decision
ontil he received official noti
fication from the Democratic na
tional convention.
Stephen l-'arly. presidential
secretary, told reporters that the
notification committee mixht de
lay informing the Chief (execu
tive uniil such a time as the vice
presidential selection also has
been made.
Mr. Roosevelt passed up all
cinragenvnts today to handle of
1 iff routine while waiting for
th.< notification to come through.
That left him ample lime !o
prepare an address, and radio
facilities were ready to carry n
o^i getting the word that Mr.
Roosevelt was ready to go on tiie
air.
ChicaRo. July 1>{- (M1)—Frank
lin I). Ho.-sevelt was ienoimnated • «»»'
pre.- ideiit early today by a
era tic national convention winch with
thunderous disregard for P'^"1
Hung asidf the 144-vear old two
term tradition.
Ignoring the Presidents message
that he had no "desire or l>urp-;se to
be- a candidate, the delegates g.ne
him 940-13-30 votes on a.firstbal
lot roll call to :« collective 149
for four other canaidates.
Their votes: James A. Farley 7
Vice President Garner, 01,
Senator Millard Tydi»g>, »■-1-2:
Secretary ("ordell Hull o
Facli of the others quickly remov
ed himself from the field, and with
a i oar the nomination was made un
animous. . ,
Then the convention sat down to
wait lor IV!r. Hoosevelt's reply to the
anpcal that lie run again.
' |)eleya1<■> also sought any wold
,,l his. choice for second place on the
ticket it lie does accept - which most
i-oliliciahs 111 I" colli ideiitly expect.
. jt€ presidential was
still described as an open prize, sub
to capture by any one ol a dozen
or more aspirants.
r„e con . < ntion started its histoiy
n.aking session last night in a tradi
manner. Debates stirred and
t.(lk,lfi in the same old way while
Senator Robert Wagner ol New Yolk
went through the usual routine ot
readinR the platlorm.
He elicited applause when he^ tad
eel ions praising Presidei.1 lto«.si. clt
;il,n approving ll.e le«.slat.o.. <na<*ed
under the New Deal, promising a
toiitinuance oi its principles.
FJim-r Hy»n '
llmnU.ta *..1 lbs i".-l »in|>1c f U»
convention mood a moment latci. He
..'J ICSoIllt ioll oppOSIIlR •
third term out the la-t words were
rltov ned in a storm ol "boos.
Some "ayes" were heard when the
question of adoption was put but they
were instantly smothered in a tumult
1,1 The^platfoi in itself was adopted
with a roar. '
Burke Bolts
Demo Ranks
Nebraska Senator, De
feated for Renomina
tion, to Support Re
publican Nominee.
Washington. July
S,I'.dward K. Burke, Democrat.
N'/'br i1-!" announced tod«y that he
',,„„id bolt the no'iionatic party
arid support Wendell I
• e. the Republican presidential nom
The Nebraska Democrat senator,
defeated f-r rem.mination recer.v.
made public a letter to the I{CPU»
Mean presidential nominee wn.cn
fine who ''•>! deeoly that in
•W-'light Of present world conditions
i:"e^fi.iial for our co-my f>
,,1. h:eitalion on
u'nMre o: ulfiw of president. I
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