North Carolina Newspapers

, (■ Ο/"»-- ~ OH Ν C, ïtettîtersott ûatltj Htspafrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SEi'TlON OF NORTH CAROLIN A AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR 'τίΓκ'HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Μ Λ Y 21. Ρ·Π iM mj :ϊ^1,,;;ΐ^^1^γΙ:,*:ΚΝ''''Ν FIVE CENTS COPY lo ^erve in Battle ot Britain Here are some of the many nurses leaving New York for Kngland to ,'i vc at an American Red Cross hospital now under construction their. Sli 'wn in a Manhattan hotel preparing to sail, they are (left !.. ni'ht) Tlieodosia llawley, Charlotte Raymond, Helen Johnson, (iert nni· Mad ley and Elizabeth Phillips*. (( '< nh'til I'rcss) Recess Proposal Meets Objections Anti-Convoy Senators Oppose Vacation for Congressmen, While Tax Problem May Help Keep Law Mak ers in Washington. Wellington, May 21.- ( ΛI ' ι - - Twin ■ ι > ire! intis ji·'.si· today a,".ant a 111 ϊ * - 1111 ' r recess lor Cong) "ass. Anli convoy senators .said they 1 niiid demand tiiat their colleagues t.iy (in tiie job in ktcj) an eye on mrhiilc.U world a I fairs. Hdum' tax experts declared month.» vonlil be required t complete leg I itive action on the administra· 1 .11 S3,500, 000, 00(1 tax bill. St nator Nye, Republican. North Dakota, an outspoken opponent ol in tervention, said he would oppose my suggestion that Congress quit ι.·! more than three days at a time I r tear ol developments that might onng this country nearer to war. "We cmi't allord 1«» go away and h .i\\> the convoy i^suo hanging hi lue an·," Nye declared. Senator McNarv of Or· gon, the Minority liader, 'also wa.· imdirstood to have told admiius'ralion lieuten ant.-. t.iat re eotild not . ·: tν to any Jt ngthy recess. On the ther hand. S;nator Gla . . Democrat, Virginia, told reportei that il he had his way the convoy question would be solwd quicklv by employing the entire Navy, u nect : - .-my, to see that tiie gooci.. were de livered to I ii itam. With regaru to the tax situation, Chairman Houghton, D moerat, North Carolina ι tire House ways and means e· >ι ι iî tet m de one ol tin most tipti ii ι. tic llou-e forecasts wiien he ex pre.- .-ed b· Lie! that it would be "al lea. t a month from now before his c miiultee finishes writing the measure." That would bi near the end ol June. CONDITIONS AROUND DEFENSE PROJECTS TERMED PRIMITIVE I'mehui t. M;iy 111 (ΛΙ') Dr. 'ni V. lieynold . SI.ih' health oi l'ii, terming li\ing conditions ~mong construction workeis around Λιίιι.ν and Navy ba.-es "primitive," i.inl today thai correction g'f such Conditions should be "declared an «.inergency and fund made available immediately for medical, surgical, ; I'W.ige, water, malaria and housing 1 r. itection." II·· spoke before a joint ,-ession of tin· State Board ul Health and Stale Medical Society. Klection of ollicet of the society was set late in the day. British Fail In Air Raid Berlin, May 21.—(ΛΡ) -DNB, of til'ial German news agency, said a British air attack on Helgoland to day tailed, with most of the RAt s bombs dropping in the sea. (Helgoland is a German naval base m the North Sea). DNB said that the British raiders had the protection ol low-hanging fl' uds, but that one bomber was shot down by a patrol boat. No military damage was done to the base, it was repooted. Slight damage was inflicted oil a school ano ->e>eral civilians were injured. Forest Fires Grow Worse Kalcigh. May i\. —(ΛΓ) — Forest lires eontinued lo bla/i' over many sections ol North ( ar olina today and Assistant State Forester \\. (. Λ1 c ( ormiek said the general situation was "the worst in 15 years." Oi.iy a dreitei.in^; rain ill aid materially in reducing the dan ger, ici uni:.» κ addi d, lift* tiu.sc new lires are breaking out ί aster than old lires ean be e\l*iitf uish ed. Ford May Make Bombers \Y.i- hington, ΛI. ι ν It I f Λ!') \\ il ji,K S Knurl ili .Mil today that lilt Office ni Prddurl-iiai MiinagtMiient v. a.- πι ..;ιι1:.ίΠιι>4 ,ι contract Willi the Fun! Λ ι ' 111 ' t ' C "ι. 111 |.ι;ι 11 > Ιόν Hit' manu Ι..ι : ■. ni I our-nmtoivd bol "I κ·ι·μ al ii ι· on: ny' new plant al Yp.-ilatili, λ ! -eh A "letter ol intent." Knud-en >;»id at a [hi - conference. has been j.· lit (I lu i* ιii'ti Itir manufacture 111 the 11 »m pit t'1 iitMii.i ι · in addition tu the ] ■.. it v. h ιιΊι Hit ant· 11 " Ί h le I nil Idti I,.,d ιirevinusly ennti .nted In make Γι h· ni her manufactiu ci - Λ11 ST KMilSTI I! Washington, May 21. — l ΛI * ) — S< > I diei ni (halt age uli ait discharged ti n" the ι t aillar army nei.-l regislei lui' .-elective .-ervice training with out delay nul -. they intend tn re t-ill i t immediately in t-.e regular lo π es. TO IK.\(J? Vichy, May 121. -(AI'J — Diplomatic ι .siiiue»·.·. said today that they had i been informed that Herman military [ipiipmtnl ι-· rolling aero:·.· Turkey into Iraq by rail. (Istanbul .-aid passenger traffic to Iraq had bt en stopped.) Reports that Turkey had demand ed territorial ο ncessions in Syria from France were, however, denied flatly by the Turkish embassy here. Trade Barriers Denounced As Destructive Of Business Daily Dispatch Iturcau. Ill ilu· Sir Walter HotrL H.v IIKNKV ΛΥΊ.ΚΙΙ.Ι. Ha'leigh. May 21. Artificial 'trade bai rn τ.-" erected by one state against ;-niithrr create a destruction of trade lar worse than conditions created by the must feared "fifth columnists <v ? . jM.teui's", I). S C'ultrane. assistant l.i Commi-simier "I Agriculture Kerr Sott. told the association of food and drui', officials ol the Southeast ι rn states, according to a transcript ol his address. / Mr. Coltrane is president of the organization, which is in session at JacUsimville. Kl'irida. "The elimination <>i trade barriers is essential to maintain the morale of industry, the protection of the consumer and free trade as guar anteed under the United States Con stitution". he said. "We point with pride to the guar antees ol free speech, freedom of tne press and the right of life, liberty rnd the pursuit ol happiness; yec many control < > IΓ i « · i ; 11are content l··' permit enactment < 11 laws lli.it an· ι nut only ddficult to enforce. but a No deny rights of orderly pursuit ol m | dustry in other states. Trade I>; ι - riers are not only economically un sound, they constitute one ot the greatest menaces to the bu.-mos morale ot the nation." Getting down to cases, he de.-cno ed how a group Of North Carolina, truck growers paid a recent \ isit to Commissioner Scott with the com plaint that a certain state was taU- , ins away their market for a certain vegetable. They readily admitted that they could not find di.-ease or insect injury on this particular pro duct. but they subtly asked tin· com missioner if lie couldn't declare the product diseased or insect-damaged to an extent that its saleabilitv won id ι be affected. "Now what these concession seek (Continued on Page Four) More Aerial Invaders Are Landed On Crete Machinists Reject Appeals West Coast Ship Strike Continued Union Leader De clares He Will Lead Ship Builders Back to Work Today Through Picket Lines; Other Strike News. ( I »y The Α.-· ·ι iciated I,i''···.) Striking (Ί<) ;iM(i ΛII. niachini-t. decl in»'il t * if 1; ι ν t ' ι n'uin to their jobs . I rlf.rli S-111 Ι'Υ.ΊΜΓΪ-CM S III pVa l'Ci.··, (I< pite ,i per m.i.iI a ppea I Îrom ( 'au l' i ni.r i;i)vci'iii)i', ("ulbert L. ( )1 fin. tii.il thev h ι y . ι -1 c U · their grievances! in the int,ei\ t ni patri» tisrn. Th·· y;n 'l . where the strike has j been in progre . twelve days, hold SaOO.OOO.OOO worth ni' defense orders. John Frey. head of the metal trades department of the AFL, de t h reu that regardle ■ s ni llie ma ehinists' position, he and nther ΛΚΙ lt iiclv i's would lead lâ.000 ship build ( rs baek tu work today "and (iod help the man who tries to . top me. ' Governor Ol-on appealed to th·· strikers at a meeting la t night, bui they ι ejected his resume-work pro posal hv a vote announced by union officials as 1.702 to 3nf>. The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Yard declined yesterday to agree to a do., ed shop, and the machinists .-aid the\ would not return to work until Beth lehem signed a contract. Continuing negotiations for adju ι ment ο Γ a wage dispute in the na tion's >nft coal ileitis, northern op erators agreed with 111e (TO United Mine Workers on a new two^-ycai contract calling lor a basic wage oi $7 a day. Tin represents a boost o! $1 a day in the northern area, buî southern operators have not yet agreed to the increase, which would amount to S 1.40 m their mines The η a tional defense mediation board ar ranged to confer with Ihe southern operators and union representative-; in Washington Friday. Direct negotiations between the southern operators and the union were broken oil in New York tin: morning amid an outburt of name calling by both sides. RAF B0M3F.RS SMASH AT GERMANY'S BASES C.iim, M;iy 21. (At') llo;ivy bomb"i of I!ie I'.AF smashed las', night at the (îf-ek mainland ba es of t H (> ( iei man air invasion of Crete. | but detailed re ult are not yet avail- j abh . the I«A f Middle F ι t eommanci ! ι eported today. The CJei'inans were reported toi ha\ ·· made their 11r 1 raid on the j Mritish air ba ■■ .it I labb iniyah. j 1 racj. yeJerday il'ternoon At dawn. 1h·· liritish aid. Ihe h'AF had heavily bombed the li-nj airdrome at Kas < hnid, doing * con -adorable damage." Damage limn (ïerman raid was minimized. Voluntary Registration May Be Asked Washington. ΛΙ.ι . il. — — Λ |il.ill for tii·· voluntary regis (ration of the in,lien, < 1 men above the present military age was reported under π ι sidcra tion today as M:;vor I iordlo l,a (.uaidia came hei <· ί·ι direct the vast new civiliai. defense pro (tram. < 'minting in mor<' t'cm ·)!·<·. <10(1 World War vétérans, an tlioritics said there «tie approxi mately 10,0(10,000 men in the ace group .'!6 through IV The age limits for military servit e regis trants are 21 throirth 35. > Furthermore, Ihry pointi I ot. there were 27,000.00!) worn· ii be tween ages of î I ί·η·Ι ifi I ruin whom additional millions οΓ volunteers could he drawn, if the registration were extend-d to cover them. Λ final decision on adoption of the voluntary registration plan, it was said, will rest with l,a(«uardia, to whom the Presi dent has delegated I11II authority for supervising (lie organization of civilian defens-s. Such de lenses include home guards, air raid warning jiud air raid de fense services, and the uvimer iiis services connected with recrea tional anil social project.·, for men in (lie Army. U. S. Asks French Note Only Written Assur ance of France's Fu ture Intentions Can Restore Flarmony. \l iy 21. ( ΑΙ') - The l'il ι led State : V. ,ι I une I ; 11 i - thm ι ' ; rly v. h.ι lu..de lit·..· rqiuv., lent it diplomatic cm 11 on lin· V'icli,ν u<. rr! nient ['or a forth right declu : ι ' "I Fraiv - 11 it in ·· intent mit * ι "rullaboratinf*" with Germany. Vichy ii · ! · en given tu under .vt.'ind. :i · ■ i, that it ramiM hope to ι " ι·»ι ι- i'"l c.vi-AinoriiTui re lalion^ t·. ι· i.y utile-s it is first prc| larcd ' ι ;. . I'll a ι en·· in writing II.·' ' · ίη· will Imld rigidly In tile te, . ' ! .· · .1 ;η· . 1 'I tu, ι : te istice in al! .un eqiient dealing.- with the third ι· ei Secret,ι ^ It t'-rniy wnrded cxpianalmn Γ S view.- I ■ French Λιηΐ m al·. I h · ■ y—11 ive ι nit.ι mod the diplmi .·! ι 1 . inlormed uurces asserted, tli.r. .. t"inial unie, putting Krani-e nil π I was the ι inly .· · ■ I lit il 111. The liiieer!.! η'\ over French in tention meanwhile increased over night with the news from Martini que that the Kiench eruisei Knule Iieriin and the . ι craft earner I',i arn had been out to sea for what the cmi inanding adm ral called "ro Mine exercises." The nl'liccr was t|Untcd a ■ . ι y i 11 that li" re.I preparation lor the diip's departure were being made. FOREIGN ENVOYS · MUST QUIT PARI Vichy. May 21.—(API—I'nited States and othei members o! the foreign diplomatic corps received word today Irom their respective enibas-;e's and legations in Berlin that the'y would have to withdraw their representative's from Paris, by June 10. The order was -aid to have ema nated from the Wilhelmstrasse and to have bein handed to foreign am bassadors and ministers in Berlin. Kyrd Cjreets Antarctic Heroes <··':; χ.:ν.ν!' SBMtAt - «ΛΓ • Rear Admiral Ra-hard E. Byrd (center) greets Ashley C. Snow (loft) and Karl Β IVrc . naval pilots and heroes of the Byrd Antarctic Ex pedition, as th< y arrive in Boston on the barkentine Hear. Byrd said he would rcconmu lui them for citations for Uvir r··cue by plane of slorni-^trauded numbers 01 the expedition. (Central Press) Nazis To Protect Military Secrets French Will ι Scuttle Ships London. May Μ.— ι Λ■*)— Tin* i'reucli admiralt.\ has instructed inustris <>l trench merchantmen to *·«·»ίί! thei·· mips il intercept ed l>\ I'ritMi wai^mps, ih< liril ish ty) i κ t λ 11* \ of economic war fare (!·*'Iar< (i today. Tin· ministr.N stal.· nient said f J > ii t .1 t j. ο I' such instructions v\ inch i i :' < iinn into British pos session wa·» si Kited I * ν \ ne 1'n m i « r .Vimiial Jean Darlan h> a rear adinnal named Vaphan. Duke Gets Navai ROTC • » . il II IL; Wit, Âiiiv : \ ί ; Ν a ι fiai y ! „i;n\ armouiu et! t « iday Un» l'Mîfi. I Mvv. A . I . ..'I i «Λ Cl ·. I ( )| 1 . Ί ι :mun« C<»rj».> un ι v. il1 l»e e ! U.-hed ,ι ! ei,i;l ι ! cul 1er» . a . , ; :· th. .\r y' pt. .^ram .«I ί.· the ι î ι : ι \ ci: :!y uiul*.- cm nil: eu ! , ■. th« ι.. r ciil level ι »ι tu . (ne ch nul.. ,il which cum .-e. u ι l'u ι ; 1111 ' 11 ce W i 111 t ! ie I -ι 11 . i ·: I ie -Ici il ι ( nul· 1 Cm , ci ity .il I >ui h.un. ( il η» a iiiv the I'm vei 11 y ui C'oloi Bnulcier: CoJlcge al th< 1 lul\ Ci u \V< ci -ici . .Mo .... l'n. \a ι ; 1 >· . ' ι λ ι ·' Λ i · \ ic ι Λ 11 > 11 < | it a ■ ) ue ; Γηι\ Cl ny ul X »î ι · I Κι 11 e. Smith lit Mil. Mul . Hen t ! .( ] ι '.||\ techno' In. t * : u : ιΊ τ · »v. λ Y : i ; it « in . 11 ; · · . I luu π Γ( \. ; ai κ1 ; ("la · . AlC(I! ' ί (! Ai.. eci ά ' 11 ; ι ' ι a ■ . y». . : BRITISH FORCES REPULSED IN 1R/\Q r.. ■ iji ·· -u. '.!·'· a e > The 1 ; μ.·, ι· al ï ;ι 11 rep·» *.··: day Hi ' i » : · . .·<· m tue I "... KiUUt I e. . .lithe tl I I .t« l I>een Λ. \ ■ · · . m une .»eeh»r attei .sullerm^ "nii · :.<>u>" casualties. \ le.η ν . . e . t ne euin.. iU-11 !t ι ie ja· eeivcd liant li ^hdatl asserted, aise were milicien ι l-' e lïr.ti.sh ην l:.te troops \\ r ».. : : î.tcr.ed positions al Ha : >1 >a η i y .. . ! Ό -e · >tt tilt we-tetn ir. a' ι The i'. ' · ι s est»a ria\ 1hc\ hod udv.mo d d fi "η H.Μ η,m yah. crossed ' t 1 ,>!i;aile> lavei and caplured the town * » I i-'allujah 41) m;le> lia ι η Baghdad. Aithout the ■ loss >1 a cm0lc man j Germany Will Maki Sure American Am bulance Drivers Cap tured Aboard Zam zam Cannot Divulg Any Information. Washington. Aia.V 21.— (AIM — Tin· State department was atl \ ised tocla.v that Cierman naval authorities would permit Ameri can survivors from the sunken liner /.am/am to leave France. Vicliv l-'rance. from ll< •nrv S. Waterman, \meriean consul at i«oi(lean\. before he left for St. Jean de l.uz. where the 140 America its were taken by the < «ennuis. Λ Waterman's report said that "(ierman naval authorities have no objection to \merican sur vivors leaving via Spain, or Portugal." Waterman said lie was leav ing Bordeaux immediately for llo· place when· the \mcrieans were held report came through ( «or m a l! (· ·- ι !'t ■ I1H ! /., II 'ary the I * ι î ♦ ·, 1 S ν ·μ val • lay, w; ■i officii ■ll • ■ I I t S 1 1(1 : ,td(* V ' " ! ■ arrant "! them 1 in l'Mi.sul; (·« 1 . ■ > ; I , ,ur ) HANDY ASKS STAY FOR TOM MELV1! I: . ■ 4" Ma\ :!l ; \p Fn H .Iv. I.·,,· S·. · · • •I li · > ' 4i.t . «..:»! t Ml ■> lu· «.«il » : · ι ι s··· uittcii '.ι · > il exécution "! Tom Mckm. slated 1 li I Fr d.i\ l<m tin· !'ni«lt· ni 111 I II Ί Γ ι - ( ; illl · II. 11 ι I ;ι \ il: Γ ι" .11' nnr in·:— wi ιti·:' Handy said Mclvin \\;ι~ in :i pus tiun t· · tiivr ni I ri'l - ".ll'Clr .111· il I forma Hon a$ to the identity ol ιι »l;.yι· M. Ιι·|ι " ΓιίίΙ Mi (".ιι·. ν ' ι ' \\ . ι . lit - : iil , η I !·3Ι> " Ι·Λ·ιαι·ηιι· ni Mi l' .η ν 1. .ιi di closed t M ; 11 Mr> Fioriwi Hotnv had paid the Ni'Sin lu kill hi'i hu band. Mrs, Holmes is now servh ο life lii'c.iiL .ιι ί'. i.ti 1 1": - »n Nazis Gain Temporary Foothold Battle for Greek Is land Grows Fiercer as Thousands of New Troops Follow Invad ers "Disposed of" By Allies Yesterday. (By T'.e Λoc:;i1i'd Pre< ) Thiius:i!ifl- of German aerial in vaders swarmed anew on th<· 160 mile long i.sle of Crete today : ι ti rl London iadio brnadea I indicated that nazi parachute and glider troop,; have gained at least a temporary foothold on part ol the ι land. The British acknowledged that th" battle for the trategie Greek island, Cairo, May 21.— (ΛΡ)—Λ de tachment of German air-borne troops penetrated the outskirts of Canea. Crete's capital, in the aerial invasion started yesterday, but the attackers were "quickly surrounded and accounted for." the British Middle East com mand said today. All the German invaders— reaching the Greek island by transport planes, gliders and parachutes —suffered yesterday what the daily communique termed "serious losses." legendary birthplace of £eus, was growing fiercer. Λ new host ι>Γ .'ί,ππο German sky troops were reported to have de scended on the island during the night, after the entire first (lay's î contingent of 1.500 was declared to i ave been captured or killed. London dispatches «aid the Ger mans were still pouring in. Λ Briti.-h radio broadcast said "one or two" German naval transport; may al.-o have go! through, but the ρ in· aieei a- fried that "there 1- 110 lack ol control of very large area i t {he 1-land, although parachute II · " · ρ - may be fighting in group- at \ ariou.- points." Tlx announcer said there was rea 011 to believe that large numbeis of German- were captured alive. "Tii. ituation ι- well in hand." the British said tersely. Prime Mim-'er W'in.-ton Churchill .-aid the Germans in a single opera ; 1 in d· "p|ι··(! ::.I|||(| parachute and glider troops in the Slida Bay area·*: itf "I ' 1 ' nn British naval base. The 11; 1 /1 .iM;,ek there -truck at I Mil 1 1 Vf -te ι (lay he aid and Β within two houi "thi greater part ι ·ι the 1 · I al !» i n ,iccounlfd for " t Ί ii ι π 1 ill warned. '.·>« fvr. that the lightiiiu m i.-l be expected to con III ii with inei f. ing seventy." In Berlin, a nazi ρ< .kf-ι· an ud Gfi man an-borne troops which land 10 yi ,-terday had oec'lpifil M'VCial point of tactical importance, κ V If lit : ' by thf ill" all t i! If "ii allifd dffen.-e positions pie 11 lined the 11.a landing ol 'chutists. (t'oiitm led 011 Pane Four) KREBS WILL TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE GROUP > W.i Mas 21. (AIM Λ J 11·.use 1111 ■· m · · · iitce mviMiuatiuR Un Αιηοι ιι'.'ιη ,ι 1 i\ itii announced Ιο ί tiiiy thai i! subpouaed Richard I- Kivl« tin· ".I.in Y.iImi" who wrote s a 1 >»->t -ι'ΙΙιΊ ιί· ι ibinn I expen il cnufs a- ι G«'r.!..in c imunist. y Co ,'*<·< o! ■ .ci.11> >1 ici Κ rcbs ■- \\ < -u 1 <i h '. ; \ (*c! this week about ο si.tn ι r-, ·· .,■·· .·. :l ·■> h thi> r.'imtry. r ΊΊι. · : ή ' . nu fii pm t.i 1 i· ·η for iiav ,ny t utfii-d '-h count ι y illegally. . More Planes For Navy it W 1 iiiKtoit M..> 21 - ( ΛΓ > Scc μΊ,ι \ Knox disclosed today the Navy's οι force had received a net Ί ι inn 1 ι ι ·· ι nt o! I,yu4 plane: dunnfl thi last year. Reporting on expansion "t the an brand . Κι "\ s ud that on May 1 the , Nav> had tVii planes oi ail types in service, compared with 2,172 one jvaι earlier. Dehveiic h.ive speeded up nia terially this -pnng, Knox told hi.» ■s pre- lonleience. and since .January 1, 99ti planes had been delivered. Κ (intia.-!ed with only 79 in the same , lit nod la t year. WEATHER FOR NOKTII CAROLINA. Fair and roniinurd warm to iii^ht i'iid Thur^daj.