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/> iiiary Training Measure Amended
HT!
C y loose
2i To 3!
T register
Military Com
Approves
L ,c, Reducing
\ of of Registrants
iSiSl By 30,000,
0C'- "'on
UUv !!:
u v 'it. —(Al'>—The
utter amended
rth compulsory
. :>>vi iv t • require
• ".iy of turn from 21
' i-!tad ol ihibo be
_ •..!) acted while the
.• **?»*«.* wa< hear- !
> <•: War Stimson
i . uci'•:it tru-tee" I
>. .i • • i: u^t realize
_■ t i if conquer
*':>•* Japan is in
and Germany,
iull support of |
."•rih hill and also
Senate committee
en! ndorsed it
u ' bis: im .i had pa>s
i . . Republican.
• s. Democrat. New
iroi a closed ses
'■ committee to say
■ge emit amend- :
ed unanitnousiy.
i ' • ei :ange was sug- ;
• 'or L.ee. Democrat,!
>»-conned by Senator'
e n. New Hampshire.1
•••■( action on the bill I
. tomorrow. It is e.\
, approved.
"i« measure t st::nat
..iteration would re-'
4^. nMi.(M»(» to about 12.-:
• '.'.I'M'tT affected.
- :.ad -aid pre\ iously
e i; ■ »n; lo to »> I were
• t otiiy men between,
■ >•. ■ '.led to selec-;
• ry x :\ ice. The
called, these
aid. would be in the
I older groups I
■ :;uard
4 nal provisions
' v id this had
merely from the,
Big Navy !
biii i asses
i:.u<c Passes and
- s io Senate Meas
Proviaing For
j-Ocean Navy.
u:l!iii. July 31.— (AIM —
- (haii iwo hours debate.
1 la.svd ami sent t«> tin*
'.■■•lav a hill curr.vins S4,
•"7 to start work on u
•'\paiisimi of tin* Navy
**. it»-- modern weapons for
■'""-mat: Army.
. •! . y III.-(AP)—The
committee ree
ri..> trie spending of
• •ft dollars to
■ ■ • r. v" ;ttirl equip
•j.ht 11 imber 2,
< > ■■ ■' -tatus.
• :H • exactly
• {'resident
tifccs :«ry ti» give
d« tense." w« >ti Id
ppropriation.- and
/ .... for the Army
.22") VI.
hi it's total. S2.
provided in di
a: d the balance
■i contract authori
i"onyre>s would
■ Hie cash later.
"i i emphasized
' 1 equipment to he
<■ new money would
• oi • •■nth- t" come.
:>:» "o-. 1 ot the pro
• .."ild enable pro
cut agencies of
pi;.n their work
■: - ' :ean piece
the committee
. • i-her svmd pre
■ '/ n<-y r. .r good
Roosevelt "Pleased" at Naval Activity
I'rc.-ident Roosevelt is shown at Norfolk Navy Yard on his tour of inspection with Navy Secretary Frank
Ktx>\- (center) and lie;;. Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. Rear Admiral
M. H. Simons, commandant of the Virginia yard, is pointing out construction work. The President re
ported himselfc "pleased" at the intense activity.
HavanaMeei
Suggest Britain Now
Engaging in Fifth
Column Activities In
South America.
Berlin. July 31.—(AP)—Authoriz
ed German sources referred derisive-!
ly today to the resolution against j
"tilth coiumn" activities adopted by
tiie 21 Ameriean republics at the j
Havana conference.
They suggested that Great Britain!
was engaging in such activities inj
South Amet i( i rigid now.
"Japan today offers an excellent!
opportunity to study what is the reaij
meaning ol tlu- fifth column." they j
said. "The British intelligence service i
afk-r lirst being exposed in the Bal
kan-- now also have been revealed as'
operating in Tokyo.
"This shotiId be of speci >1 interest i
to South America as it is hardly con-[
ceivable that the British intelligence
is sparing that continent."
These sources said Feuhrer Adolf |
Hitler and Ucichsmarshal Goeriug hi j
recen' interviews had reiterated to'
the world that Gertnany has no de
signs on the v estern hemisphere.
"We do not want to yive a bad ex
ample of mixing in on the affairs of:
other continents as some powers do,"
these sources said.
GIBRALTAR BOMISKD
Algeciras. Spain, July 31.—(AP)—i
The great tortre.-^ ol Gibraltar was'
heavily bombed late tliis afternoon, j
Taking advantage of scattered
clouds, an undetermined number of J
plane believed to have been Italian >
swooped flown over the rock and j
dropped several bombs.
I. S. Army Bomber
Crashes In Panama
I
Panama. July HI.—(AP)—A Unit-|
ed State:- sit'iiiy bomber was reported j
to have crashed ;ind burned shortly |
before noon today in an isolated area
[ some 4f) f iles southeast of this city, j
The plane, from France Field. |
Canal Zone, had been towing aerial
targets.
American Nations
Form United Front
Rains Brinf* Some
Respite From Heat
(By The Associated Press.)
Showers brought a welcome
respite from intense heat in
scattered sections of the nation
today, but apparently provided
only u temporary check on torrid
temperatures.
Forecasters said there was 110
sign ot general relief, but pre
dicted more rain for the plains
states. Great Lakes and upper
Mississippi valley.
Temperatures remained far
above normal for much of the
continent cast of the Rockies.
Deaths attributed directly or
indirectly to the heat numbered
S">8 today. They included 118
heal deaths and 110 drownings.
Expansion Of
Aviation At
UNC Favored
Raleigh, July 31.— (AP)—A spe
cial committee of the trustees of tin
University of North Carolina adopt
id rcMilutions today calling for ex
pansion of aviation facilities at th<
Chapel Hill and North Carolin;
State units, with a flying field con
templated for the use of the Chape
Hill unit and Duke University.
The committee was originally ap
pointed by Governor Hoev under :
resolution adopted by the full boarc
of trustees calling for a study of tin
matter of establishing a ROTC uni
at Chapel Hill. The War departmen
advised it would not establish am
new units but suggested expansioi
of facilities for training airplam
pilots.
The discussions of the committer
centered on increased equipment an<
personnel for aviat-on instruction a
North Carolina State and provi
sion of an air field for the Univer
sity unit.
Havana Conference
Closes With Formal
Signatures to Docu
ments ; Argentina
j Leads Eight Nations in
Reservations.
Havana. July 31.—\AP)—The 21
] American republics formally prc-cnt
• eel a united trout 1<»duy against puli
: tical and economic dant'err from
j other continent:- in a three-uoint
i program which Secretary of State
I lull regarded with deep .satisfaction
; despite last-minute re < rvatioi.s by
I eight nations.
The Havana conference, after set
ting up new machineiy to bolster the
[ solidarity of the western hemi: piiere,
• concluded i st nigh! with formal sig
j natures o| documents amid flurries
! of cheers.
Ail of the delegate: signed the "Act
I of Hav ana" and supplementary
agreements, although the Argentine
j delegation—which had argued against
I anticipating need of action concern
ing Kuropean colonies in the New
I World—led seven other nations in a
j .•Ui ce.-sion of reservations.
" The dc legates of Argentina, Chile,
Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela
I sp< eified that the agreements be rati
.1 tied by their governments before par
, 1 icipittii>11. Mexico. Bolivia and Peru
, ( made reservations a: t" mir.ur points.
. I The program consists of:
. j 1 Tli.' Act of Havana, declaring
i j all the republics oppo.-ed I" transfer
. ; to other non-American nations or
| attempt to transfer or acquire interest
j ill Kuropean passe.-::ions in this
j hemisphere.
i I '2 Inter-American cooperation to
I combat "i iftli columnist.
3—.Mutual effort to settle Ameri
[ can economic problems.
Hatter as And Ocracoke Are
Featured In Magazine Story
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.
Raleigh. July 31.— One of the big
gest picture "spreads" on North Car
olina carried by any of the larger
magazines is contained in the August
.'5 issue of The Saturday Evening
Post which went on saie today, it
was pointed out by Robert L. Thomp
son. manager of the news bureau of
the advertising division of the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment.
The stovv i> rntlt'ed "C:«prt
*".jcoo..
Brown of Beaufort, telling aboii
(ape Hatteras and Ocracoke and th
colorful history of the "outer banks.
With the text are almost three pagi'
of color photographs taken by Pint<
stall' photographer of The Post. I
all. there are 2'.i color photograph;
two black-and-white photograph
and a map ol the Ocracoke-Hai
teras region in black-and-white.
('n the lirst page of the colore
p:cture lay-out is a picture of th
Ocracoke lighthouse, built in 1 7{j;
(Continued on P?-^1 Five)
Be Named
I'Oith Carolina First
D;s.rict Congressman
Wi'J Accept Govern
ment Post; Bonner Is
Backed For Nomina
tion As Successor.
Wasliinglon, July !J1.—(AI')—Itcp
resci native Lindsay Warren, Deino
v*r;i>. W •J'lii Carolina. will be ap
pointed <;«111>troiIct general of the
United Slatethe noi-iination »n
iu the Senate tomorrow.
Stephen Ivuly. presidential secre
tary, was asked today hv newsmen
about reports that Warren would
,n iiie post, and replied:
"He will. 'Ihc nomination would
have .".one up today if the Senate had
tin .n :.<• sioii. 1! will be submitted
lomorrow."
Warren, a veteran member of the
ilous'j and chairman ol the accounts
committee, will succeed Former
Senator Fred Brown of New Hamp
shire, who resigned recently be
cause ol poer health and was sub
sequently appointed a member of
the tarifl commission.
Keproscntative Warren said lie
pi-obiibly would resign from Con
gress some time in September to ac
cept the appointment.
lie has served in the house 10
years Iron the first North Carolina
district and was renominated -or his
ninth term in May.
HERBERT BOX NIK RACKED
AS SI CCESSOK TO WARREN
Raleigh, July SI.—(AI')—Herbert
Conner of Washington, veteran sec
retary to Congressman Lindsay War
ren. received the support today of
Dudley Iiagley of Currituck county
for the nomination to succeed War
ren. who. will resign to become
comptroller general.
Iiagley i.-. a member of the first
"on^re.-.-ional district exeeulive com
mittee which will select warren's
Micct <sor. a.- that i a predominantly
Democratic district. Iiagley said
Bujiner would be an active candidate
f« r th" nomination.
•'I am for Herbert Bonner to suc
ceed Warren", said Iiagley. "lie
knows the work and he knows the
ptople. He would make a fine con
gressman. 1 believe."
News of Warren's decision to take
the comptroller's post was received
with surprisc> here.
Before Iiagley declared for Bon
ner. speculation had immediately
centered on Marvin K. Blount of
Greenville and Sam Blount of Wash
ington as principal contenders for
fhe indorsement by the district com
mittee.
J. S. Moore of Bethei. a former
• {ale legislator, announced two years
aco he would seek the congressional
nnmirntinii in this year's primaries,
' at did nd. and said he would not
"I'P i i I is! Warrenl.
Governor lloey said Warren would
" an excellent comptroller gen
eral.
NAZI AIR LOSSES.
London. July .'SI.—(A!*)— The
air ministry announced tonight
thitt 210 German planes had been
shot down during July.
Germans Claim
l,270,000Tons
Shipping Sunk
Berlin. July 31.—(AP)—Authoriz
ed German spokesman said today
that German sailors and flier.--, mak
ing up ««nlv a part of Germany's arm
ed might, have sent to the bottom of
the English channel and other seas
1,270,000 tons <■! British shipping
since June 25.
Spokesmen said these figures
h should quiet any suspicions abroad
that Germany is carrying on the war
half-heartedly.
Thev declined to comment on the
i *
.'Continued on Pn»c
iOmiiisji
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday. scattered thunder
! showers on coast Thursday.
Safe From Hitler
Genevieve Tabouis
Madame Genevieve T.i: wis, one of
France's best-known j:>!i:ical com
mentators, is shown a^ she arrived
in New York. Ordered arrested by
Hitler, she escaped to England, !
came from there to the United
States, declaring. "I can't live with
out liberty."
Export o f Aviation
Gas Outside Western
Hemisphere Banned
by Administration.
Washington. .Jiiiv 31—(AP)—The
administration today banned export
(if aviation gasoline to nil nations ex
cept thove of the western hemisphere.
American-owned aviation firms op
erating outride the hemisphere, how
ever. ;till will he ahle i<i get the fuel.
Stephen Early, presidential secre
tary. told reporters that Colonel K.
L. Maxwell, administrator of export
control, had recommended, and the
President had approved, this an-i
noimcement:
"In the interest of the national de
fense the export of aviation gasoline |
is being limited to nations of the J
westein hemisphere except where
such gasoline is required elsewhere
for til- operali'.ns of American-own
ed companies."
Marly said he did not know vheiii
er the United Stales had been ex
porting aviation gasoline to Kngland.
The admini Ir. tioii recently .stopped)
twi' oii tankers bound for Spain.
Japan Will !
Reject British
Protest I
Tokyo. .I.-ipiin, July 31.—(AP)—
J;<piin will reject ;in.v l!ri!i h j• i
over !it'i" ;irre-l <i! liriti h citi/ciis. in
tut ;illej>ed |>i«•! 1:1 ;*«• roundup for
eign ul lie*' !<(il:c. iiiiui Y.ikichiro
Siiuci siiid todny.
Sum:i told ;i pre confcr'nce th:it
if I'nt;iin should prote-i ;• Li• ii 1 th<
!ii'rt,k'i "the government will give no
con-?rlc*r;i t ioii to it" ijee;iu:-e th"
roundup i entirely ju tificd.
lie s;iid ;iutliorili<' h.ive "'uffi- :
eient evidence" ;ig:iinst the prison- j
ers. tlie number of whom he pre
viously h;id declined to di»c|o e. IP
indicated 1h.it such .-irrests were con
tinuing despite the strong liriti: h
("Continued on Page Five*
Gas Fumes Sicken Men
Fighting Camden Blaze j
I
Camden. N. J.. July 31.—(AP;—
Gas fumes sickened fireman after i
fireman lodav as they tried to cool
still .smoking ruins to starch for,
bodies of mising dead in a fire ;md
explosion thai destroyed a million
dollar plant and at least 67 mid-j
town homes. I
Fifteen were treated within a few
hours. The fume-, rising from!
smoldering chemicals, drove all oth
ers from the four-block area.
Mrs. Mary \V. Kobus, director of!
public safety, expressed fear the!
death toll might exceed the number!
indicated in still incomplete check-.
She .-aid insurance underwriters
ihoiigilt "pr-'Aabiv sr-."n persons"
v.-r ; p d".'d.
"But I c'.rn !vso !-.'>pr!r;." aid
Mrs. Kobus. who remained a' the
zctna all night.
With the picture .still far fr*nr» (
clan, unofficial reports on the S2,-,
000.000 dis;ih tor- worst in Camden)
history- showed:
Two known dead.
Four women and three men del'-i
initely missing.
Possibly lour or live more unac
counted for -subjects "1' inquirie
hospitals and relief station hut not
given up. >
Upwards of 200 injured or a I; ected
by heat or smoke, many treated ;it
the scene.
Of those in the hospitals, attend-1
ants said four were in critical con
dition.
An army of volunteers undertook
!hf 1;: c oi v' ! in^ for scores oi fam
ii>. jii ri( J';-.nerarilv home'e
M< .«t of these- -about 200— were shej
'■*ivd in dn-mtori"- of ' :-r..dr-»\
al ila: 'J a'Jiy.
impractical
Authoritative Italian
Editor Says Britain to
Be Worn L/own With
Bombings and Block
ade Before Invasion
Attempted.
(By Tin* Associated Press)
Italy was (did today that Film
land probably wilt not hp invad
ed until the British people are
weakened by bombs and block
ade.
Kven as Italian troops were re
ported moving up to the 800
mile (>cman-hcld eontinental
coastline to jciu the nay.i blitz
krieg veterans for the projeeted
assault. Virginio Gayda. fascist
editor, eaotiom-d his countrymen
!»>t to expect to attack immedi
ately.
Whether his article actually
spoke the mind <>t' Premier Mus
solini or \v;»s intended merely to
confuse tiie British as to pro
spects of an immediate assault
-.«!><* :• m>Iter of '.oeciilatioii.
fIh( Titleless repeated what
British military spokesmen and
1;• 11• - men have long contended—that
an inva i«"i of the British i les would
not lie a ii:i|>!<* military advance.
Blitzkrieg warfare which Germany
demonstr;.t< d in Poland. Norway.
Belgium. ll'Hand and 1 aixembourg
:•! d finally in France i not practi
cal in Britain's case, said Gayda.
In-l'-ad. he wrote. the tactics of
attrition niu t he used—constant air
attacks to demoralize the population
and de trov -s l:«ini rh Icn v>. attacks
on ships bringing suunlies t«> Eng
land, and a strong submarine block
ade and a weakening ol' i mpire de
fenses in the Mediierranean.
On the other hand, the belief that
the blow might be struck at any
moment wa- ^lengthened by reports
from Vichy. France. that nostal. tele
phone ,*i:id telegraph communications
had been -impended between Ger
man-occupied France and that part
which i; till Iree.
A plea which some observers took
a an ii■ olier.tii;|i tli.ij Spain wiil trv
t > .* lay mil ,,r tli< v.": voiced in
a \1adi id new p;:nei- - ;i plea for
'ilp fi"' ii. the i'nitid Slates to put
*~:paiii b:.c!: on lier feet alter her civil
war.
German boail-i »•:»ntitnu*c| to at
tack the Brit h I !< hut the fiercc
ne «.f recent att: ck wa somewhat
eb.-led.
Britain ii eaiiwliile ordered a
'.loch.id< e\t> nd'nH from the Arctic
to northern Afrie- effective at mid
night tonight. ; n order in council
giving f!I> < 1 the policy announced
m coimi ■ ii ye lerday hv Hugh Dal
'on. ;r ' -r ••! economic warfare.
Pi p-. ' :i S\- i/erl.utd aid Hitler
agreed t< !*timi«-r Mussolini's re
ooe t ii.,- ; Italian . sea.-oned in
Kthiooia and Spain. he assigned a
direct oar' i; the blov. on Britain.
Italy contribution wa. aid to be
v "If I en" one. including Gennan
i rained pa> :■<•!,ni«. troops, light sub
e arim-.' iiii perl through the Brenner
fa for ' - in the KnglMi channel,
and air fjuadion-'.
MORE EARTH SHOCKS
REPORTED !N TURKEY
Ankara. Turkey. July 31.—
(,\C)—Mild earth shocks per
se led in the central Anatolian
plateau today ;>s relief parlies
went 'a t'ie aid uf twelve de
stroyed villages where 300 per
sons were reported killed and
as many others injured yester
day.
Nazi Raider
Escapes F rom
British Ship
London. July 31.—fAP)—The
Fir:ti->. :;imd mrTfh;.nt '-ruiser Al
r-;int;»>:> b.'iltle v. i'h ;i Ger
•n.in r.'i'V .. '■< convertf-d rnr-rrh
■inl ship :rt 'h<- S > ith A'!:mtir but
•■."is enable i*< pi'-v-nt osc:ipe of th^
hi'), the ;id.';:i; 1 Ty ;innoinred to
The :idi:.ir:i!ty th'- Germnn
hip ni'i'intiriu ton* «un- on oiirh
biofjdsidr tnjp.fd inimodiak
•y after yhe hit. u.-inj,' a smoke
t'i escape.
The* Alc;int.M"i. hnvtvr. chased
i: :r.'i! a Gt-vtr.-'.r: hot reduced her
pwd,
ti>,. r>. .;•• i, were two
'•'IH v.-otindrd.
TV- a lr-;,r:t;.<a ""i- converted jnf'i
• w.r s »•., r-v•.• : f.| with ten
iT.OLii.'C''* r, .".oi' dfcCKS.