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1ΊΙ-. A.-.M.I ΙΛΤΚΙ) i'krsh. HENiDERSON, N. G., I IjLSDAY AF I F.RNOON. MAY 20, 1!» I I rum.ism.ι κνκκν aktkknoon
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FIVE CENTS CORY
Air-Borne Nazis
Invade Crete
FDR Is Silent On Convoys
Ne Message
Te Congress
Scheduled
Roosevelt Questions
Whether S e η a t ο r
Barkley Asserted That
War Materials Are
Reaching Britain Sat
isfactorily.
W.I lungton, May 20 (ΛΡ) —
I' ill ill Unn evelt ; ι i 11 today he
Mil m· new- on the issue of con
m ..ν 11 y upplic.» tu Great Britain, and
! ,ι·ι ri declared thei r was nothing
t.. tin report that he w 11 Id submit a
pei I me-sage to Congress soon.
Mr Roosevelt touched only lightly
ίι! In.- press conference on the argu
ment whether American warships
■hmild escort the supplies, but did
(|iir tion whether Senator Barkley,
Democrat, Kentucky, had asserted
ii.it war materials were reaching
I ; ι : t. ι ni satisfactorily.
Told ol this. Barkley said lie had1
it ' known that reporters would quote
h when he said that American war
ei|;iipment seemed to be reaching ι
Π lam satisfactorily.
(M course", he said "I have no
extra opinion. I was ji.i-t talking
va.· killy and I was making my state-1
Jin ni- on figures by Admiral Land
(Chairman Emory S. Land of the
mar.time commission) that only lour]
percent of shipment had been sunk.
"Of course, the more goods that j
K'l over the les. likeliho d there is
that we will have to take new steps. I
1! ,! equally obvious is the fact that
tin· situation might change at any
e "ment."
Mr. Roosevelt was informed that
Representative Fish, Republican,
New York, had said he was about to
proclaim a state of full national
< : ergency. The President dismissed
this by asking who told Fish.
Τ e Kentucky senator said that
I:;»· government w nld keep a close
watch on the progress of Franco
Cierrian "collaboration" and addid
ti at "of course it would be nece—
■.ιiv for us to take some action il
(Irrmany sought to establish hersell
' Martinique or c it ht' " French ρ s
: ■ s.-ions in this hemisphere."
Three Negroes
To Die Friday
Κ,.Ιι M;iv 20. (AIM Unless
(!»i\rinnr Mi-oughton interveiu .
tiace Negroes v. ill die Friday m the ;
1 chamber in rentrai prison, all
I"" the crime of muffler.
line u| the death row fjccupants :
vim ha.·, Friday as hi· death date is I
'Inrii Melvin ni' Goldshoro, who wa -
1 'ι icted ut the axe : laying of Irb.v
111 Ίr.11 ' . Goldsbopi taxi operator. i
TIm· other Negroes are .lames
Sti.iw. 21. and Cornelius Graham, 21
hntli ni Columbus county and both
1 ondcmned to die.
French Make
Pretest
Ambassador Protests'
Placing of French
Vessels Under Pro
tective Surveillance.
1
Wa hington, May 21) (ΛΡ) C.as-1
t"n Henry Haye, the French amba
"lui. today protested to Secretary
""II against what he termed "an tin - .
Ii'iendly gesture" by the United
Slates in placing French vessels in
American ports under protective sur
veillance.
The ambassador aNo told newsmen
lie had discussed with Secretary Hull
'he entire question of American
'■pinion concerning France at this
time, since the French government
w'as amazed at the reaction in this ]
country to present events in France,
Particularly the progress of Fvanco
Grrman collaboration.
I he ambassador emphasized that
"Tticle 18 of the French-German
armistice agreement stipulates that
^Continued on Page Five)
750,000 Pledge Allegiance at Record New York Rally
Million, ni Amène; 11.- gatiured in public places thrniiKh ait the ι.;·; ι.Il tu pari ici pale : 11 a gigantic célébrât inn of
"I Am in Λ .κ·, le.m Day ' BiggC;'t gathering of tin lav 11Ί nc (if the j»reati',-.t in Hi·, hi tory . · t ·· cniinti.»
was in N't \v York' Central I'ark, where an estimated ι.ΊΟ,ΟΐίΟ assembled. Some of the va.-t ti ι nt; are liown
as tin y reeiied 111" mi'i of llei'.iance, read bv federal ,1 ■ .Join C. Kimx.
Strike Showdown Near
West Coast
Plants Open
Another Walkout
Holds Up Work on
Submarine Net Tend
ers at Lorain, Ohio.
( I Jy The Associated Pie. . )
Λ showdown appeared imminent ι
today iii the west coast shipy;u'd . |
.strike, while another walkout held
up wurk c » * ι six submarine net ten
der? be in.i· built at 1 ,orain, Oli ·■ >.
.John 1'Yey, pro. ident of the .\n.ei
iean Federation of Labor Met;.I j
Trader Department, indicated thai !
t w ι » of the eleven struck shipyard
in 11 ie San Francisco Lay a.rea lea^hl
be reopened tedav and the "tin ι .· me ! ·
tomorrow. J'vh C'lC) and ALL ina
chini is walked out of the yard in,'
what ALL ot'licial . declared wa an'
unauthoi i/.ed . tnke.
Tin I >ay C.'ity'.· .Metal ΊΊ .i.di· C'"un
cil ha. voted to end. i! nice. .-arV, |
it 15.000 at : ilia ted w< »rk< ι · through .
the "illegitimate picket line " ol the'
1,700 tnkm.i; maclnni t.Mali a bil-j
non dollar.- worth <>1 hip con true !
tion ι 1 -rinu held up.
The f > η ι » » >hipyu"d walkout occur
red at tin· I i·irain van! ol lia- Ami r f
lean Ship building compaiiy. win ci.'
has a $7.000.000 ordet lor Κ r. y mint
sweepers as well as lor six net ten-ι
ders.
The Lorain . trikera were reported
to have asked an increase of 12 cent· !
«ai hour.
Hard coal miners ended a brie! , ι
strike by sinning a contract with ; ι
mine owners providing for a 7 1-1! 1
per cent increase in contract and da ν j
rates until October 1. wjth an an
vance ol 10 percent at that time. |
About 100,0'^O miners were al'lected. j
No Statement !
On Hess Case ;
l.<>ndon, May 2d. -Prime Minister!
Winston Churchill told the house ol'i
commons today lie was not in a posi-'
tion to make any statement on the'
Hess case and he was "not at all sure
when 1 will be."
Thus he lejt the public and mem
bers (r." parliament a< well to their
guessing on the reasons for the May'
Id flight t Scotland of Hudoll' Hess,
No. nazi. I
Vvv/an Adams, conservative, had
entered the questions of whether it
was known if the lless coming was
"planned with the connivance and
support of the German government"
ana whether the government would
bear in mind the possibility that "the
whole stunt may be the common or
garden variety o't pljnt."
'Thankful'
For News
I'aleiKh, May !0.— ( ΛΓ) —
Mar> Hester Powell, a student .it
Meredith College hen·, whose
mother was a passenger aboard
the Pç.vptian steamer /am/am,
was "thankiul" today on hear
ing a (ierman announeeinent
that although the ship had been
snnk the passengers were safe.
"I in thankful they're not
floating around somewhere in a
lifeboat," said .Miss Powell.
.Miss Powell's mother is .Mrs.
It osa lineutt Powell, wife of the
Kev. Carlyle Powell, formerly of
Warsaw. \. ( . Her husband, on
leave with .Mrs. Powell, lelt sev
eral days prior to the Zamzam's
sailing and lias been reported
safe in West Africa, where he is
a Baptist missionary.
Public Health
Problems
Discussed
r m ι ' Ai ·. 1 - ( Λ11 ) —M etta
■ I .1 .1 ; ι ■ ' Hi" tatl· ■
km It il ι )i ■ .ole. ι ■ · 11 ι < I ■ . ■ · 1111 ι..η |
• I tin· !'i« . » ·ι ''.i .e. ννι·π· j
II·!· i-nli'il ;■ Ill C'.irnl:ιι:ι !
Uni ir;i I Si ■'■ . 'y 111< 1.1 ·. 11 y 11.- pp.. i
li'ii I. Dr. Hi;.:! I i. I lay \v< pi id - >I j
iali'iKh.
Dr. Hay I .ml Ilia' .hi·· 1i)tn '
hen· Il III I If I ' ! I I.I 11 ll ρπ IVCII 1011 t ill
■ducat inn, Iran ι » n la i u m and ann- '
■ Hi .,.· h N.n'tii l'ai- ilina.
"With !'■ : incica ■ ■(I prosperity.";
ic aid. "lia- cmne a vast betterment
it health conditions in the state, lia:
he law income groups still cum· |
j ι · i L' the majiu'ity of our population. ;
< Continued on Paee Five)
LaGuardia
Heads Board
Roosevelt Creates, By
Proclamation, New
Office of Civilian De
fense.
Washington* May 2'».·--(ΛΡ>· -
I' (h ni !»u ι 11 fst;ihl ished i ; y
ex· 11 i\'i· « ·i f 1 ' . 1 Ή iy «ill office nf
ci' iii;in rick·η <· Id he headed hv
1Vl;.\"i· 1·' i « » r< 1 ! « ι 1. (înardia »>f Νι·\ν
York.
ι ·. I1:·.· ident 'parated the new
c!\ .1 ; « η ri' .'·!] > .· ency into two gen
eral clix isi<>ns. ( Hie w ill I)»· ;i board
ι » I ci ν i I i;m ? η - ' · · ■ ·ιι ν il h I < î uard ia
as e h a i π1 .m h,tl Mit will be repre
. en la t i -· War, Navv and
.!us'tie (le | . · ' i . the Federal Se
curilν \d. ·: 1 ' amn t'ae ('ouneil
ol State (< ■ 'naent . American
(('ont · · ' »n F've)
Forest Fires
Rage In East
Part Of State
! ; ι ! ι . \| '..'η. ( ΛI ' ) \V. C
Met 'urn < . - tant lal .
ii soiled ti ni. iv I'll : 1 MH1 ' 'I 1 no : ' -
t l ire η· · λ ■ r~: i'l oa^'ovn \'<»
( .ι.-·. ] iia >.·. ·. ■ : ι ■ .'i by pooplo who
"wanti'd In wall-It the woods burn."
I |i said till·: ι· ; id been ινρι>rl> ol'
persons riding along the highways
and tosMii.y malilu-s from thou- a .; ·
mobiles into l! " torc-st . whu·: .in
(Continued on Pase Kitilil '
hard-Headed Politicians
Will Support Reynolds
1>ή!ΐ\ Dispatch Bun-ail
In th«· Uir Waller lluti'l.
B.\ IIKNKV AVEKILI..
Raleigh. M.iy 20. Then· i> almos»
tnanimou.s agreement that il the ii.i
lonal committeeman race were to oe
lecided on a ba 'is of per.-onal pop;,
c.rity or even ol long time service
ο the Democratic party, former Ιίον
■rnor Clyde R. Hoey would deleat
oung Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., in
he proverbial "walk".
This i-; so because there hasn't been
governor in the Blount street man
ion in many decades who attained
he amazing popularity of the frock
nil coated son of Shelby; and be
aust the ictuul faiilv »h.»uU >->l the
devoted service he lias tendeied tbo
] h niocratie partv from way back
win η it Wii.-n't nearly so prnl'it:ibto
.•is il now is lo flaunt the donkey em
blem.
Hul just as the race isn't always to
the -wilt or tile battle to the strong,
there isn't any certainty that tiii.
walkover for Hoey will develop.
There are clear indications that Gov
ernor J. Melville Broughton's claim
of at least 109 committee votes loi
Hoey is as exaggerated as a new sec
olid lieutenant'.-- strut. Oil the other
hand, it appears iront this angle, at
least, that the Broughton-backed
(Continued on Page Five)
Giiders
Drcp Troops
Un island
Fierce Battle Report
ed Still Raging on Gre
cian Island, Now Seat
of Greek Government;
Empire Troops Aid in
Defense.
M '' 'I ho Α ι ι .ter 1 ι Yf )
On· M i;!i<lcr '. ι' t;i | · · .chilli I
and ι ' ; t n· l'-d ■ι ! ι . ») j ti .day
invad I lin· ι in·· ι. ■■ ι Ι 11 ni ot ( 'rote,
£o\ t I Γ. · : 1 ' ι I ·; Γ ( ίο age ] I.
1 11 w:> the first γο|μιι-Ιή1 tinu' in
hi I· ry 'I .ι li t ; ·ί· I. id been
11 ci i :· t.·.·.; t . m ir.it 11 μ ici com
bat <■■ "lit ' 1 '
Λ lit'fc" I· illlc was I cportod si i il
l'Hgim; : ί · · I . ι III tin.p-rar
ι yin« ι ». 11 ·■ !.. h re found
; !;ίκ''"ι; ; ιί un the ·hnmlaimiii
island >
In I. ! IV. ι Mini ter Win
shin i'· >' : Id Die hou-e of cum
mon . thai tin ( lei η,an had attncU
i rt Cï''Uî ' · ■! -trenjjtb" and thai
"a scric'i h M le i ι : ι begun ; ι η cl i.s
developing."
Churchill ii'1 i '·: ; '. h, New /< · i
land arvd Gre. . 11 · ore defend
ing thiv tel and. lie reported that I.
.">1)11 German.- di.-.giu.-> d in New '/a·.:
land battle die- had landed in the
Λ Britisl ι ci m 1 iimi'i'i·· said "a
number" of the nazi aerial invaders
hud already been "accounted for".
London military quarters said the
■a lit appeared to he the forerun
ner ni an attempt to gain control of
the sea lane to Syria Germany's
late t theatre of action in her march
t>> tin· ι i.-t and to complete the
western encirclement of Turkey.
Previously it had boon said that
when the German attempted to
lake Crete by air i· might be in the
' nature i.f a ·Ί'ιιΙΙ dress rehearsal for a
ra/i m asion of the British Isles.
()n the Iraq war front. British
troop. striking from Habbaniyah air
base weri- reported to have advanced
15 : ilc Inw/il ancient Baghdad, the
capital, in a march into the heart ι f
the Middle Kast oil kingdom.
The British said imperial forces
had ιί i-d the Kuphratos river and
cap'ured th»; \ illagc of Kallujah, Ί')
miles (!..:· Baghdad.
Iraq - hiLili command said a série
ι Bi ti ll tacks on the western
Iraq ι· ·ι.' ι .d been repulsed with,
"con. idei abl'' lo.-sos."
! (1(11) OU I Kl I)
Washington. May 20. — (ΛΡ)—
Presulo'ii I; o-e clt disclosed today
that II ι I'm vd State had offered
to .-ill 1 ι ;rte· twiι .- ' ips to Ire
I lid and t- a·. > S500.IKK) worth of
food tor tin· Irish civilian population.
Ship Pool
Near Goal
Maritime Commission
Has 1,500,000 I ons of
2,000,000 Tons Re
c nested by FDR.
'Λ' 1 II iv 20. (AC) The
i.;m il ·,· .ι reported in sight today I'm
Ί'-ιιΐ 1 ' ι κ t e\ •clt's liurried up re
< 111· ' ι that l'.00(1.(11)0 tuns of shipping
ι ι I led I'm the national defense
and liritish aid programs.
In the three weeks since the Presi
dent's request v.a- ι ■■ado, the (nan
ti e emiit'iis>ion ha-· lined up ap
I IV11 . ι tel y 1 .âOO.Ollo tons for the
i-lrppinu pool and informed sources
aid that the remainder would be
■ ■ 1 ι : liort Iv
'i:· n'ative total includes ap '
pro\ii· ately 400.000 tolls of relugee <
fwetgti ship- now tied up in Anieri· ; 1
e n port Ml lîoo-evelt i- expected ■
to -ign the hill for the acquisition >
ol the e ve- els in the next few day .. (
The disposition of one of the ships i
tlv τ aoo-t'iM French super liner
Norn aiiil'e aroused con.-iderahlr in
terest and there was some specula- ι
îion th ' ' \v;i de-lined for the role (
el a troop Iran-port. 1
Zamzam Sails To Her Doom
Ί lie ί'.:!2!Μΐ)Π ; ·:.., mi /..m.zam is een ;ι.- she >teann;d au y
from Jor.sey City, N. .1.. 1 : inr Alexandria. Egypt. only to meet with
disaster. Authorize d Cî· - reported today that the \ cssel ha- bei'ii
sunk—they did not wm-n ··! when· because -he earned contraband,
and the pa- ongt-i ml . .·; w iiiui. including Klfi Americans, are sale m
German occupied ten1;! ry
Zamzam Passengers
Reported To Be Safe
In Nazi Territory
U. S. Asks
Full Details
From Nazis
Washington, May :!ft.— (MM —
Tin* I nitcd States asked for full
details from tin· German gov
erunicnt today about the 1,18
Americans reported at Berlin to
have been sa\ed from the Egyp
tian liner /am/am.
The State department, lacking
official information about the
sinking of the ship and the Ger
man announcement that all pas
scngcrs and crew men were safe
in German occupied territory,
cabled the American embassy in
Berlin to obtain tin- information.
The American government's
chief interest in the case now
was in the wcllare and return
of the American nationals.
Allies Moid
Crete Bases
So Far, the Defense
Force Has the Situa
tion "In Han d",
Churchill Declares.
London, May Jo Λ1' Λ On
nan air-borne ar: \ Ά ! > include
,500 trmips di-n : ni .11 An/ac battli'
Ire-s lias invaded (.'ri'H1 by troop
■lane, glider and parachute, Prime
.linister IVûbt.'ii I'lu.iv Γ.ί jnnninn
d today, and British imperial and
ïrpek troops arc engaging then in a
torn buttle.
So far, the defense force has the
ituation "in hand," the prime niin
ster told the h use it nu ! unis: the
iernians have failed in an attempt
h capture a Briti>h airdr·· ■ ι· and tin
iritish and Greeks have recaptured
military hospital winch tu" a time
md been in the hands of the pai\.
•flutists.
A fairly strong attacking group on
he Canea-lMalemi road ha-· not yet
'been mopped up". Churchill went
in, "but other parties have been
iceountcd for."
The Germans I lew a pi ν a mately
00 miles trom the Greek mainland
η great strength to invade the big
sland of Crete, last Greek lerrit ry
(Continued on Page Four)
Authorized Germans
Declare 322 Passen
gers and Crewmen
Taken From Vessel
i Before Sinking Be
cause of Contraband.
ll( ! M. M..V 20. ( Λ Ρ ) Tho fi.
t"H I-.l.yj»ti.iη passenger liner
- ι /..ι·]· I . ·> been sunk by the Ger
.11 η a "ν ι»ι·ι·.- imably by a surface
a ider nd tho 'Î1Î2 passengers and
ci ι * il en. ι: Ίικίιηο 138 Amèricin.,,
suie il) German-occupied ter
i!t«M_v. authorized Geniiims reported
today
(■■■Tin . mil; ; ι <| «.iront ly occurred
many d.iv - .·.. tin· ( rcmintis did
ι ■ Ι .ιy .·.!.<· i >r the trip from the
Sou tli . Λ t i. ι ·. t ι e.i I ; ι no sin was fol
lov ιi.Li * ' * · ι. ..ι c ( ί< ι ηi.m-held
territory ι a I « · r j, one
ι Tin Zee. Hi I {.<·: le. I îrazil,
I mi ( i ι »t. .·1 I '. ! ··, o! S .it h Africa,
■ ··. Λ pi ! ex pectins; .! 14-dnv cro-.
mu .*·■ ·.· Ν ! ' .\Yv. Yui . · ή March 20.
(Fiance. t ,i}.pe,ired. was the liko
!»· I ti rri! »?■;. lor the landing of pa.->
.. ι jf I .·.»■·.· 111 ' ' ■ 11 e . ι bly they
v. « e taken î ι » : t· by the victorious
Authorized sources said s imply
' I ; ι tii -e !'■■·' the Egyptian motor
ship wire ''sate and well cared for
II ( i· I ! : ι! ι -occupied tei l lt< ·! >'"
• Ti.e . . « ι v..ι> destroyed with
ti". . : ex.ict :ιτϋ regard for all in—
ti tional agreements/' the spokes
iiι..η said.
·" Γîιe ι up can ied conti al-and in
tended lor the enemy. Ch ilean naval
units ι ·ο-· e r ν ed cvoy regulation ·η
meeting the situation."
(The ship was carrying Amer
ican ami^iane drive:- and 20 am
bulance- t'rAm New York to ."Vioxan
u.! or serv ice with the British and
" ii ee Fi cnc: ! ·.»rces in Africa. )
ι In New Yoi'K. iwhile. Thomas
Cook and Son-, passenger agents for
it.»· / . .am .aiced they receiv
ed .' e - ue iio;·. their Cairo office
rnam stating "understand
Capt η Si ih safe, tiepe advise you
I'urthe .shortly.'
''"in ig< nev ι id it w as its custom
: ·· the names otf captains instead
(>{ the ι lines ol ships in messages
; nd that this message therefore
ν οι ; Id ι e.,n to them the Zamzam it
seli was safe.)
THANKSGIVING DAY
EXPERIMENT FAILS
Washington. May '»0.—(AP)—
President Roosevelt declared to
rtus that the experiment of mov
ins up the date of Thanksgiving:
day by a week to improve retail
business had not worked and that
next year Thanksgiving would
he on the customary last Thurs
da> in November.
This year, however, it will fall
on the next to the last Thurs
day by Presidential proclama
tion.
WEATHER
ι (
FOI! ΧΟΚΤΗ CAROLINA.
Fair, little change in tempera
ture tonight and Wednesday.
Extended forecast for the pe
riod from 7:!i0 p. 111. May 20 to
7:li0 p. m. >lav 24; Fair weather
with temperatures above normal
except for light to moderate ι
showers in North Carolina about
Friday. |