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German Bombs
A re Dropped
Near London
—,
£>oat
Sinks Ship
Ac fortiand
Nazi Torpedo Boat
[). Acs Across Chan
iv u Sink Ship Which
British Identify as
F'ii! n Vessel Return
ing to France. I
■ - . ted PlVS.O
:••!! twelve milt's I
• i I. "ul«>n today.
C II ;»Mt IV()»»ltOd.
darm.i; a
i t'Tpf'Cl" speed
- iiT<>>> t!:<■ Kn&Iish '
armed merchant
' • - meat na\ :il base
numh channel
the inn "long range
ii .sf t<> make it an
. •. * - German sea raid- ■
. -lit mi an 18.
• ; li.'i! tod home again,
command report «>t"
to it was quickly;
l*.r "-.ill's first lord of
•y A. V. Alexander, who
< era:'! was the French;
•• it - • 11 y French
>n on board cnrotitel
m conquered Franco. I
hoard the German
i admit responsibility,"
• i the house of com
• v. - flying the Frcnch
•' t French colors paint
• ci -ides and was fully
men were saved.
• i:j»h command said
- bed the bin Hri
:y at Waybriclge.
•It's from London,
e as Britain claimed
' i ;t major phase of
i.i st.-uu.iilo against
• iv repeated vioicnt
(!e an basc> across the
• same tightened
o "t the reich.
• n I.«»•>«» mailed air
rr.i;c>rt:-iri said, the
n>»u l-:i< •'made
ci :t:t it . ■ (>• many
itt. c':- i>n this
drome ::i Holland.
• i F nee. or from bases
to es tabiish in Nor
• ;•• >rt taken at face
' partially explain
f I: tiff's delay in
u threatened blitz
' ' . nevertheless,
•iv. the United
n chattered again
:<d on I'.me Five)
v? a
i"" -•>,
1 J u
i Ui
I Confer
• liace Not to En
.;<• in Political Activ
Until Notified of
oiuination.
v 2.V- (AP) —
i It :■ ud Secretary
i.t. f•;iitsf>:»ii»ri strti
• f < today and de
it**- >hi»nld not on
' (.il activity until
.! i '( 'ally notifying
i '•-irlcntial nomina
;« n'.rtcrs that he and
' •' eel matters over
rijiir.-." and reached
' >n ceremonies. ho
! Dcciir about Au
Macr in Iowa."
■ continuing as sec
was not up for
ct said, and any
• 'T.a' point will be
i- notification.
><■ :n:ght take a
! ••• iron: n > cabinet
i :,iieri ti .it i:c "V.olild
• prccedii:!.- and see
and right."
: • ar>i notification.
■ ■ .id "no plans what
"!• ci ■ future plans
British To Buy
3,000 Planes
Monthly Here
Washington. July 25. — (AP)—Sec
retary Morgenthau .--aid today the
United States had pledged "every
facility" tt. enable the British to buy
3.000 military airplanes a month in
this eoimtry in addition to huge
order. previously placed
Concerning an announcement in
London by Lord Beaverbrook, the
Treasury head said that the new ar
rangement was in addition to all
pie\i'»u< orders and would require
construction of new factories.
The British have promised to pay
for the erection of the new factories
as well as to buy their output, Mor
genthan added.
The secretary asserted that the
Treasury. War and Navy depart
ments were in complete accord on j
the commitment and that William S. I
Knudsen. production member of the;
defense commission, had agreed to
undertake to work out the details. j
He said the new factories involved t
in the program would give the Unit
ed States capacity to build "far in
excess i»f 50.000 planes a year." set
by President Roosevelt as a goal in •
his May !f» defense message. He de
clined tn estimate the exact capacity
planned.
Saying that the British "seem to
have plenty of money." Morgenthau
said that the "sums involved are,
colossal."
"F<>r our own national defense and
for the benefit of American indus-.
try", he continued. "I believe this is ,
the most important thiny with which
I have come in contact."
Johnson
Resigns Post
Assistant Secretary of
War to be Succeeded
by Robert Porter Pat
terson.
Washington. July 2:"».—(AP)—The
Whit" House announced today the
itsignation of Louis Johnson as as
sistant secretary of war and the
nomination of Robert Porter Patter
son, of i\'eu- York. judge of th° sec
ond United States circuit court of
appeals. us his successor.
Stcohen F.r'rlv. presidential sec re-j
'ary. told reporters that since "time;
immemorial" a cabinet officer has,
the righi to select his assistant sec-ro
tary and that Henry L. Slimson. now'
secretary of War. had asked the Chief
Executive to name Patterson.
Early said Johnson had resigned
ye-teiday and flown to Bohemian
Grove, near San Francisco.
As soon ;is President Roosevelt can
get arotnifl to it. Karly said, he will
wire Johnson an acceptance of his
resignation and "advise him that he is
confidently expecting him as soon
as he has had a rest to return to
Washington for continued service
with the government."
Th'-re were indication:: that John
son might become a presidential ad
ministrative assistant —filling tne last
of six jobs at the White House.
"'It Louis accepts the post of ad
ministrative assistant—and we hope!
that he will"—Early said, "it is the|
President's intention to have him as
| an official member of the White]
House family, become his eyes and
| ears, his progress reporter on the
entire question of national defense."
Judge Patterson, is a native ofj
Glens Falls, N. Y.. and. like Stim
: son, a Republican.
King George
Dodges Bomb
South Coast Port in England, July
I 2;».—(AP;—King George VI was
forced to take cover in an air raid
shelter during an inspection of naval
training camps today out no bombs
were dropped nearby.
His party was just leaving one
camp when the alarm came.
King George lighted a cigarette
' and then strolled to a shelter, wit
nesses said. He remained inside
only a few minutes and after a look
it rhc sky ordered the tour cyntinu
, t;d.
Earn Wings for U. S. Defense
•. ** * <,..^.-an ■■■
"Members of the Women Fliers of America, organized to assist in national
defense, this trio made their first solo flights after instruction at New
York air fields. Left to right, Katherine Lynch, an associate superin
tendent of the New York board of education; Gertrude Geyer, of Minne
apolis, former actress, and Nancy Corrigan, restaurant hostess.
(Cent'a! I'wsa)
Argentina indicates
Desire For Unity
South American Coun
try Will Offer Four
Projects to Pan-Amer
ican Conference; U. S.
Has New Proposal on
Fifth Columns.
Havana. July 25.—(AT)—Argen
tina. the bin question mark of the
Pan-American conference. indicated
today ;i desire to retain the spirit of
inter-American solidarity.
Leopoldo Melo. hejid of the Argen
tine delegation. said his country was
ready to present lour projects on the
following subjects:
1—Foreign possessions.
2—Inter-American neutrality and
security zone.
3—Protection of children.
4—Coordination of defense meas
ures.
The proposals, he said, are couch
ed in language showing Argentina
wishes to maintain the present status
of a unified hemisphere.
A new United States proposal deal
ing with the menace of fifth column
activities was also disclosed «is the
conference awaited the? text ol the
Argentine proposal.
This proposal. ;i companion to an
earlier proposal aimed at diplomatic
and consular officials was described
as more sweeping in character and
designed to form a solid American
front against foreign attempts to sub
vert domestic activities, foment dis
order or set up a non-American sys
tem of government.
Franklin County
Man Sought After
Slaying of Wife
Louisburjr, J nl v 25.— (AP)—
Sheriff .!. F'. Moore vaid torlay
tit at a puss0 of Franklin county
officers and citizens was seek
ing; Sam Redford. 35-year old
farmer, in the amhush slayl.v?
yesterday of Redford's wife.
Mrs. Hertford. mother of sev
eral children, was foiled by a
blast Irom a shotcun as she
walked around the corner of the
home of her father, Georrre \V.
Gupton. the sheriff said. The shot
apparently cam." from a nearby
cornfield, he added.
2,323 Missing
From Liner
Sunk By Nazis
London, July 25.—(AP)—Author
ized sources said today that 2.823
persons were missing in the sinking
of the Cunard liner Laneastria at
anchor off St. Nazaire during the
evacuation of British troops l'rom
France.
There were 2.477 known survivors
of the 5,300 aboard.
Others, however, may have saved
themselves by swimming or wading
ashore and falling into German j
hands.
The 16.243-ton Laneastria, struck!
by bombs from nazi planes, took a
htvy list which hampered the
launching of life boats.
She capsizcd and sank within half
an hour of the attack.
The exact date was not given but
the evacuation was in mid-June.
A number of women and children
refugf- were among the 5.300 pas
sengers. How many of these were
iOit not known.
Heat Wave Shows
Signs of Ending
By End of Week
(By The Associated rrcss)
The prolonged heat wave show
ed signs of cracking today as a
mass of cool air advanced from
the northwest.
Cooler air began moving east
ward last night, bringing relief
to Montana. Wyoming, the I)a
kotas and parts of Minnesota.
Forecasters said the air would
overspread the upper Mississip
pi valley and Great Lakes region
by tomorrow night and would
be felt all the way to the At
lantic seaboard by Saturday.
Thundershowers promised
temporary relief today for most
of the middlewest and much of
the east. Temperatures, how
ever. remained abnormally high
from the Rockies to the Atlantic.
At least 317 deaths were at
tributed directly or indirectly to
the torrid spell, more than a
week old in some sections. There
were 1 l(i heat prostrations and
201 drownings. In addition,
more than half a dozen persons
were killed by lightning.
Temperatures above 100 were
common yesterday. The mercury
climbed to 11(» degrees at Beloit.
Kun.. and Long Pine. Neb.
Stewart Says Wallace
Chosen by Roosevelt
Ig Carry On New Deal
Tradition.
By c iiarm:s I'. »rr
Central Press Columnist
Washington. July 25. -President
lino ( •(•!'( i.- supposed in n;ivc piekod
llrtiry A. Wiiilfit* i"'" >:irl p|;ire
on his ticket, not
i oniv bccsiusc he,
wanted the latter!
as h i s running I
mate. but with iii
view tu getting him |
Into the White i
Hull? P.
This d o e sn't |
| mean that. F. D.
i thinks he can't live •
, through nn other |
i term in the exeeu
• iive mansion. Nei
incr aoeg 11 nects
Henry WaHac® sarily mean that, if!
he's re-elected, lie intends to resign,
provided world condition? become
less critical than they arc at present
—though that story, without any con
firmation. is current likewise.
What it does mean, according to
capital gossip, is that the president
has Wallace sized up as the best man
to take over the New Deal leadership
four years hence at the latest—to he
president himself, whether as a Dem
ocrat. a Republican, a \Tew Dealer or
whatnot being ot no particular con
sequence: his politico-economic phi
(Continued on page two)
lOsusdhsJi
FOR NORTH C AROLINA.
Partly cloudy, scattered thun
dershow^rs Fridav ar<i probably
in mountains tonight.
German Minister Of
Economics Outlines
Terms For Commerce
Norris Says
Draft Would
fvebraska Senator De
clares Compulsory
Military T r a i n i r ?
Would Make "Bully"
of United States; Pass
age of Bill Predicted.
W:i"hin"1on. July 25.—(AP)—Sen
ator Norn*. Tnd"n<>ndenl. Nobr:i<k:>.
raised his voice today against com
pulsory military training. siiyinc? I Hut
it would f*;*:idn.*iily ti">n«forivi the
United States into an "international
bully" br«nt on the destruction of
otbr>r nations.
The only present iiiPinbcr of the
Senate who voled against the coun
try's entiv into the World war. Nor
rh oointed to the third reich of Adolf
Miller ns ;in object lesson of what in
his iminion would happen 'to Ameri
can ideals under peacetime conscrip
tion.
"If our young men are to b'* corn
polled to spend a goodly portion of
every year in a mililarv training
camp."' he said, "it would have an
effect upon their nature.
"If such a program were cairied
on for 50 years the rising generation
would know no other ideal except
th;it of military force."
Despile Ihe addition of Norris to a
slowly forming opposition bloc. Sen
ator Minton. Democrat, Indiana,
Democratic whip, predicted 1hat Con
gress would enact a compulsory ser
vice measure.
"I think," Minton told reporters,
"that the people are convinced that
emergency requires it."
Outside the capitol, the National
Council for the Prevention of War
joined the opposition with ;i charge
of "indecent haste" in seeking com
pulsory training.
Embargo List
Extended
Washington, July 25.—(AP)—
President Roosevelt today added pe
troleum and petroleum products,
scrap iron and othe;- .scrap metal to
the list ol commodities subject to
po ; iIjIc embargo.
He signed an ol der subjecting these
to a .system of export licensing should
it be deemed necessary, soon after
Secretary Morgenthau confirmed
stoppage of two shipments of oil.
The order amended a proclama
tion and regulation issued last July
2. designed to keep in this country
materials essential to the national
dele nse.
Stephen Early, presidential secre
tary, said the order did not mean an
embargo was being placed on. these
products but that the authority
merely was being provided.
While Morgenthau would supply
no reason for the oil shipment stop
pages. it was learned elsewhere that
virtual embargo already had been
established to prevent the oil from
reaching Germany and Italy through
Spain.
Babson Sees Good limes
For Farmers Of America
Bv ROGER YV. B.XBSOX
Copyright 1940, Publishers Financial
Bureau, Inc.
Chicago, July 25.—American farm
ers are lucky this year. Harvest.-: In
the United States and Canada will
be good, while crops in most parts of
the world will be under par. Price
will be only moderately higher, but
farm income this fall may be the
biggest since 193ft. Goods that farm
ers must buy will not go up much
so that profits should be reasonably
good. Moreover, record government
benefit checks will help many a farm
er over the rough spots. Only dark
cloud in the outlook is the tax threat
As we swing by the mid-summer
mark, it is time to estimate how b!-J
crops will be. how prices will trend,
how much money will f'nd it- way
into farmers' n- ••'■u- iv»
fact that J»cr*»s? nl.inf°ri this y»ar
wa? the fourth --n^Pe-l since l" *.
harvest totals will probably top the
Goes to Martinique
k
V. liar wood Blocker
Sent to Martinique to rcopsa the
American vice consulate there, V.
Harwood Blocker will give the
U. S. first-hand reports on the West
Indies trouble spot. British war
ships are keeping the French air
craft carrier Ileum, loaded with 100
American-made planes, bottled up
in Martinique.
France To
Try Leaders
Daladier and Othei
Former Governmenl
Officials to Face Spe
cial Tribunal.
Vichy. July 25. - (A P) A sjiecia
tribunal will bo s«*1 up to try 1"«o 11 io>
Premier Kdouard I>;iInciit-r ;iud olhei
former government lenders for re
sponsibility for France's <»iitry i>itr
the \v:ir ;iikI lor her defeat, it v.*;u
indie;iled today.
Establishment ol the tribunal cai
be expected shortly, il ws indicator
and some journalist- iu;iy i>e trior
along with the government leaders.
A military court will look inlo ih<
cases of men who were in the armec
forces at Ihe time ol encouraging al
leged responsibilities for the war
They will be investigated lor respon
sibility for the Linsucc.">:- fill military
leadership.
The press began a special "5ji iilr
up" for the trial today ju.-t a few dayj
alter arrival of Daladier and severa
of his former aides and members ol
parliament ;ii Mar-'ille from I'"'ene|;
Morocco, whither lliev ailed i?i -I be
fore signing of ihe Krench-flei mar
armistice. These men are now con
fined to Marseille under order, ol
Marshal PelainY governu eni.
New.' papers became iner< a ingly
bitler against these former leader:.
SHIPMENTS OF OIL
TO SPAIN STOPPED
Washington. .Inly °J5.— 'A!') —
Secretary .Worsenlhan said today
that two shipments ol oil to
Spain had been stopped because
the cargoes appeared to be de
stined for (iermany or Italy.
ten-year average on mast important
farm products Winter and spring
wheat harvests will just about hit
the ten-year level, but America's
major crop—corn- although smaller
that in 1939. will be bigger than the
average corn harvest of the past de
cade. The export prospects for these
grain crops i~ pretty bleak and can
not see any sharp increase in price:-:—
particularly of wheat.
Tobacco War Casualty
Indications point to larger oats,
barley, flaxseed, hay. and potato
props than either in 1939 or in the
average year since 1930. In fact, the
only sharp reduction will be in to
bacco. Acreage planted to tobacco
was only 70 per cent of the 1939
figure. This crop i.« one of our first
....... f»;jv ■ ■ 11ins o*ir his toharro jr.ar
! '< in Eiirone virtually clo.
'd Rice i.» benefitting fro.i- war,
(.'Continued on Page Five)
Says United
States Must
United States Must
Abandon Idea it Can
Force its Economic
Terms Upon Europe
and Germany, Funk
Declares.
Merlin. July L'j. (AP) Walter
Funk. German mini- ter of economics,
: asserled 1<id;iy tlwit it is up to the
United Sit ales itself In decide whether
and In what extent it will trade with
Europe. .il'li r Hi" w:n*. hut it must
| ;11>:tnrI<• 11 the idea it c;in force its
i eci>nomic terms upon Europe and
Germany
Funk, in an inter*. iew published in
Vienna, gave for i!««• first time an
authoritati e outline of the new
economic sv.ieiu which Hitler plans
to impose on the continent.
He .-aid there would he no attempt
1 to make Kurope entirely self-suf
I'iciem. since "certain product al
ways will be lacking in Kurope." but
trade with overseas coiinti ies wiil be
i on the bailer basis.
"To what extent we shall trade
with the United Stairs," Funk said,
■'is absolutely left in the hands of
Americans themselves.
"11 the United States wishes to
| contribute again to the development
of an international system it will
, ' have to get rid of its false method
, of trying to make tlu- United States
• the biggest creditor nation and at
the same time the biggest export
i j country in the world.
•'The United States must abandon
the idea that il can force its econo
mic terms upon Germany or Europe.
For trade with South American coun
' tries we do not require North Ameri
can mediation."
"Gold." prophesied Funk, "will
eea e to be the basis of European
' currencies."
W?A ROAD PROJECT
APPROVED FOR VANCE
Italcigli. July 2'u—(AIM—The
H'l'A announced today approval
of seven projects to cost SI 06.
000.
Projects include: Vance "oiin
t.v. to build and improve roads,
851,111 and I workers: Wil
son county, to huild a school,
.S.'J.'J.MI! and l(i workers.
Army General Staff
Officer Estimates Cost
of Compulsory Mili
i tary Service.
\V;. Ii ingi"Hi Ji;ly 2"i.—(Al')—The
Mousi ii:iii1;i,-y committee heard
' irom the Army general .-1;11f today
j: 1:;.' the cost ot compulsory military
-ervice would be S 1,100,0(10.000 for
'lir jir t y»>ar ol operation and $800,
j 000.000 ;i year thereafter.
| The estimate. by Major George L.
Kberle. lolloped a declaration from
' ('bairman M.-y. Democrat, Kentucky,
I 1i>at '*whiI«• I ai opposed to war as
! ;i:::cri a .anyone else, I know that th«
ijc-:-T way to l:»-"p out of war is to bo
j prepared for it."
Benjamin Ma., h. veteiari secre
I tary of the Peoples Lobby and a fre
| quel.' vl-itor to hearings, told the
'•'!]] ik. i it tee t!,< pending military serv
ice bill wa- "Hitler's fir-t victory in
j America."
j An objection by Major General
I Keco.d of the Maryland National
Guard was that "the day may come
when Congress may not want to u.e
the Giiai d any more because of the
large number ol reserves and may
. not give us financial support."
He si.id the bill -hould be amend
ed to maintain t!;e National Guard
a:; an integral part ol the service.
Dr. C'. S Longacre. secretary of
the Religious Liberty Association of
America and *a representative ol the
Seventh Day Advenli-t-. *aid_tha*
in time ol wai '! < Advent;sts would
'•r\ '• in olaee o! danger but tvould
">ho«it to k'li."
•v.*r»n ntii'ti I'on: combat ,-ervien
'rit* 1 ieniio ■ objworv" will b"
(■••o'-ri'c: pr'-r-nents of the legisla
te n have said.