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Τ VV Κ Ν Τ Y-EIG Η Τ Η YEAR '™iY?K" WIKF: skhvice of Γ1Ι κ A SS( Κ' | Λ TEL) PRESS. ^7 - * λ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAl'Eli 1'UHI.ISHKD IN THIS SKI'TIOX OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA sr.wuif'p HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ΛΙ AY :jo, lit.! PUBLISH I I! ) KVKIiV A I 'TEKN'J(JN ΚX< 'ΚI"f SI'NDAV. FIVE CENTS COPY Stuka Attack Off Crete Til·- (ierman caption describes this photo as shouint; a hi 1 by a (ierman Siuka dive bomber on a Hrilish tran>port oil' f'r>te. Tlii.·. photo was m ι·!,· during the las', days of the (ïreek campaign. but bus I re enai'U'd many times -imv the battle of Crete, with hn■..111■·! - ut' Nazi planes attacking lîntish vi. ris. (( rut rul l'rea'8) MEMORIAL DA Y HAL TS DEFENSE Three-Day "Blackout" for Industries Begins Before Dawn as Work ers Take Holiday; Na tion Honors Dead of Fast Wars. Ά . ,ιιικίοη. May 30.—(ΛΙ·)_Λ M ni .1 Day holiday lo honor th · cli.ni of past wars iwought almost to : today the nation' indent pre '"II:- to met't the threat 1 an - ι : ' ; armed eonllict. ; ι.11h laymu cérémonies, ιη:!ι l.i ν 1'irades. patriotic exr:vi.-e> ami t: ' holiday plans ol millions of ni di d il took temporary precedence . .·: ι : 111 y all dcl'uri ο clïoi t. I- '-η before dav.n. a t..ree-day ν < ■ nil *'t)laci.'' it" ta : led 11 ;■ !· ay Ί th prineip 1 'it .ill plant ; have heen working ar and the el cl; .it urgent orilei - I" varpi aa· Λ·· crican and Hritish armed l>>: ces. I·· ·· 'lal. y "black, it" va !. h v < d «ι Mi'· 111 latte - by di'dii 11 n -il ol a π· h alitions plant at Gi eeiil'icid. Ma, . Olhei· reports indicated tile ■ ispen "Ίΐ va·- widespread. Λ navy order 10 shipyard turnim'. out war-hips 11 1 octi d a hoi may lor all civilian ι pi yt . c\cept tlio. ι- neci'- ar> ' »i ii' I'liteiiiince The nalioicl holiday ;ip|i|ied a- veil to pi mt at v· : on -"icly neuled cargo \ cssel replace (Conlinned on t'aee Five) Schmeling Not Killed Berlin, May 3".—(AIM — Max Se. - η·>· mil;' ihvi'i word '.'.itc on "I'd in the (lennan press t«»c!;iy ΐ<· plat·· In. Ρ ·> ! m 1 ht? tiii/î un e i»»n "1 l alter reports tfi.it lie h.ill been Killed '·' · « · >! 1Ί<·ι.111 y -piked. An mit ι view with the i< ·ι mer l"' e y weight champion told how Sclûnehim h.id w mdered alone hait i\ cl -y in the Crete wilderne-s after l'f'fi un inii separated Irom hi- com I' miimh ·. Γ·;( η rejoined 'hei and ht lp t·Ί m the capture <Ί an nnp : tant The official denial of Hchmelitrifs d»Mth ;ed lie w;h in an air lore" 11«»sjhî,11 with a mm m att.iel; ot a ti'»|iie;i! disease. ίΛ New Zealand ambul -nce driver arm ίιΐβ ;it Ale N anclri ι 1 ' "·" ' * ' '' s-inl yi'sti rday Schne'linii; had ! ·< ' η l'apt 11red h y imperial ί'< » *a ·· s e il 1 · «ai .(tti'ii.pted escape I.ad bet η hot.) WEATHIR i OK NOIi HI C AUOl ΙΝ Α. t '»n>iderahle cloudiness ««"d Hot so warm this afternoon and toniuhl; s« altered showers this •dterimon and earl· tonight, is.it "«'day lair and e*.ol. Intended weather hore.ist lor the period from 7:30 ι». ιι·. May 30 to 7:30 p. m. .lune 4: I au lu showers in C'arolinas loin:;lit teiniM'i'iturob tallies to below liuiiiidl m Carolina.. Saturday. Little Rain Is Forecast Mia nla. May Π0. —.(AIM — Scattered thiindershow crs may afford some relief today or to morrow to the sweltering; south < ast. lust w»»l t>«* of little valut* to rain-hnn/»r ν crops or droimht deplctcd rivers, the weather hu re.in said. Il a in fell toda> at .Mobile, Vicksburu and Bristol. Tenn., .nul appeared to he advancing eastward toward the Atlantic on all fronts. ( hunts over most of the area toda\ hrouf.h! rool temperatures to the sun-seared section with the ni'K ur\ saiwiniv a tendency to chop Mom the highs of \esterday. ! lie power cmernenc.v facing the southeast continued and hio!·. were heard in Washington and ci γ·λ In·re that unless the droit,-l'.t. now in its ,'i.">th day, breaks soon, rationing of elec tricllv is just around the corner. Is Created Roosevelt Orders Formation of Office of Transportation as De fense Organization. \\ 1 .· 11 ii ι !.' I. in, May il" —(AI') — Pres ident Κ osevelt today ordered crea tion t> 1 .m oil me df transportation, .•ltd if-.erel ν terminated the work of th· ha tin η I (I'Menso . idvisni-y com i"' ■ mil exactly a year after it first met. Tran.--r>'»i talion was the only activ ity '«.It m the commission as the t'ast >4 m » . ιnft office of emergency man atfem nt swall wed up all of its oth < >' *.i;.I :·· in new agencies, particular ly the nil ice for production manage ment. Ί ■ Γ « .fient, it was le rned from a 11 ; . ·ι :.iM ve ;niirces, has approved the η» ν ι ncy as a planning and (ιο ί Continued on Page Seven) Former Kaiser Is Improved J U ι In. M a > - (AIM Slight im I » ι a » * m ici 11 in l h' οι id 11 mi ι ol torm .· i ,h i i Wilheim 11 was reported t.nday a - members I the I a mi l'y hast ened In the hedside ol the K2-year II Id World War emperor, who is m exjle at I ) urn, Holland A telephone call from Doorn to the .lohenzollern estate here said Wil ! ; ι · I : ι ! appear'·:! . hi'htly trongrr but ι » 11 ii condition w a.-. ?rill serious». Nazis Claim Victory ********** **.*************· Nation Guards Against Sabotage Precautions Taken Over Entire!). S. Military and Civil Guards Stand Watch At Defense Plants; Wilmington Officers Instructed to be on Alert. Wilmington, Λ1;ι\ .'50.— (AIM — Mayor Tliwnit1· I. <'«10111·· Nil mini'Ion in ri'«nnntr linn, said today that law cn (orccmcnl officers licrc hail hccn iustrin-ti-»· to keep a close watch for possible sabotage ill the Wil mington shipyards over the .Memorial Dav holiday. Cooper confirmed the fact that rumors of attempted sabotage had been circulated here but said that he does not believe there is much to them. "However, we are well or ganized and on the alert for anything that may happen." In said. (M.V The Λ .ociatcd Pro: Military and civil guards stood w itch today a! defense plants from coast to coa-t. summoned overnight, by civilian authorities who spoke of sabotage and military officers who talked only of tactical maneuvers. Highlighting the sudden activity iioni New England to California was cancellation of leaves of 1 1.000 Fort l)i\. N. J., soldiers and . "practice alert" at Ko'-t Custei·. Mich., which was so realistic that officers confess ed "it even fooled Us." Los Angeles harbor ships were floodlighted, police guards were aug mented in several cities, and west coast "patriotic bodies" were asked to stand by. In southern California, anti-air craft guns and army pursuit planes were established at aviation plants, but military authorities said thi moves were "tactical maneuvers." In San Francisco, extra guards pa trolled the water!': -lit and city of ficials spoke ol possible sabotage ef forts over toe holiday week end. Armed guard.- went on duly at the Huntington Beach oil fields near Lo Angeles. The captain of the Los An geles harbor police said officers had been placed at strategic points in the harbor, and added: 'Every steamship company and major industrial unit in the port arc.' lia.· called special patrolmen and have floodlighted tiieir properties." Wayne Murder Arrest Made Raleigh. May 3>l ( API S. R. I Director Fr>-d Handy aid today ex tradition papei . were being prepared lor a man whom lie listed a. Richard I ee Robinson, wanted in Goldsboio in connection with a killing which occurred four year ago. Handy -aid Robinson was being held 111 YVa hington. I). under a North Carolina warrant charging murder. The dead man wa Fred McGec son in-law of I'om Melvin, who is now being held on death row at Cen tral Prison hire following his con viction of the murder of Irby Hol mes of Cioldsboro. Melvin's execu tion lia- been postponed so that he, too, may be questioned about the Met lee slaying. Tar Heel Soldier Shot Alliens, (la . May :!0. CAP) ( 'οι poral Charles Rranton, 21, ol Wash mgton, N. C . was struck and serious l.v wounded by a ricochet bulliV fired by military police is lie entered a re tricted /one here. Pohce Clucl K. W. Wood said today. Rranton wa.· en route to maneuv ers in Tennessee with Ilattery C 113th Field Artillery. Chief Wood said military police told linn that a restricted /one had been set up near the depot here and that Rranton entered the /one against orders. Military police, said Wood, fired the shot as a warning. Attache at the general ho.pita1 here . aid the bullet entered tiie right side in the region of the kidm-.. The National Emergency Proclamation XL-irt&OF I touvo tvireur.to set my hand "ad c.'-uata St.ttUti» of AiaoTir. -, to bfc affixed. o;' ..in,"to a this twenty-seventh day of ~uy, in felMi year of f.iu· lord ninutiïKU hundr«d fad forty-one, una or the Indeparwonee ο" the Unite··; States of /tst&rloa tr.t> oao huaor.Mi -„ci sixty-fifta. 1 call upon 'ill ioyo 1 ci'iztsn3 - to pli c»· ·.. ·. t.i st ia aim. nrtd in action to ti»<, ·.·.■ : t hut v.·· . . · ι for in..t int. U :t'·::. i ν . υ.λ; · ,.1 of ti.<·· , ■ atrtiii^tu -_<id -11 OS Ckfc ,v t.. ri<.l r.-si.t.:···· .·. Of Here arc the closing paragraphs of President's proclamation of an "unlimifH national emergency." The historic paper bears the signatures of President Roosevelt and Sccrctar ,ύ' State Cordell Hull and the Great Seal of the U. S. Strike Outlook Is Brighter Only 28 Ships Lost Congress Receives Ap parently Authentic Re ports of Small Sinkings of Vessels. Wa · li H.;' 1 "·. ν MU. I Ap I j; 11111 ! ly , ' m: ι π port, readied Congre t · · ■ ι. ■ > ' 1 "iil.v I'll . 1111 > loaded v. Ί 111J > I it in Unjlrd Sillies jm 1 ι ' I'll sunk en r tile lu Uni.ι : :.e Kill'. IpfUII L'Ull llit't begai S p'eniber, 1 !).'ili. While· · : ' · .' ion wa ■ a\ a liable Oil till' t·'' ■ ' ·" I I.I . I'll \ e ■ -el tu clear I ι '."Ι Mate ι>· ι I... inter ested Iff; ·ι ...ni il v. a.i . ;ι 11 - lu assume I il >ι al,.> ι.1 Ann·!, eau g. h ni ; · had 1 un ι ι ela'. ι\ e ly μι ι a 11. Sink am I '· d '.ere :· d : . : ι.. ve iliv l\ ed ·· ι >· 'd j il uluel I r· Ίΐι Smith Λ . . i'.'h v." · ·ιι shipped |>· ' μίί . Il v... | »« ί r 11 ed out. ' : ■ .·.· . . that the inking do not 11 h 11 Kii . .ι lo -ses ..I equip ment ι ί . >d ι ieei I .1 i the Γ:ι. li d Si.r,· and λ" ill III t'.in ula tor shipment t" (Ileal Ui'il.uu. The repoi t ..ι sinkings in Ihe :M mon His sini'i Ha war began. .oiie legislator.·, a .d ' nded 11 ' I m ., ti.e ι eport v. I . C'hairinan I'. ν S 1 .and "I the irilimi eon m i.m ga\e tin· Senate commerce commit lee recently. Land revealed thai out ol ϋιι.ι ve si Is which cleared Irom United States port l"i the United Kmgd'.i I «et ween I )ei ι 11 I »ι ι 30. 1 îl lu and i. I Mai ell 31. only eight wen 1 .and e · 11 ρ 1 ' a :/ed that hi ι,ιπ wi re li < 11 on a. Π i. ia I report and hence might η t he complété. Jule Warren Defends Text Raleigh. IV);iy ·!·). (A(') .Iule I» WiirnMl. \vh«> < North t'irnliM.i h|> tory book I·ιr tilth nr.'ider - will hi* withdrawn from rhools, ;r- -cried In ciiiy th.it virtually all 01 Hie alleged errors m the hook were ol minor im portance. Governor Bioujihton s;nd yesterday lhat cost oi eonection ol the error: t Continued on Pa*e Se.tiu Fort Bragg On "Alert" I·'il\ 4 ttc\iΙΙι*. Ma> !»().— (ΛΓ) — I \l(iin.ii N military precau tions were being observed at ncarli\ I ort Bragg today and in the absence ot an\ official ex planation the opinion gained eredence here that it was a "practice alert" such as dis patches told oJ being ordered in othei militais encampments. Reports said automobiles en tering the reservation were halt ed and that some were searched. Major John \liirphv, officer in charge, said the guards were co operating with the state highway patrolmen. Γ itrolnn n ordinar ilv on duty in this area were re ported to ha\e been sent to \\ il mingtou in connection with Illin ois of possible sabotage attempts in the shipyards there. Shaw Leads At 200 Miles Indianapolis Speed Classic Delayed in Starting by Fire in Garage Section. Sprritu ay. Iniii.in;i|n Ί i-, 11·, . 30 — ι ,Λ I ' ι ΛI !ι ι (.j11 cU pit tup for I "I !at W ι II (Hi Sii λ , (Iapper hill,· I πι ί ι : < μ ; ι ) ι ■ >11driver, r >ared back .II! 1 t · lead at 2(10 mill's I ll <· all - π1 ;al -iliiι a . 11 auluniobilie ι aci 1·'flay. 1 : ι ι \ ι ι ici'd I · ι r ΐ h ι 21 Hi mi k s w · I !a ' > " lie- an hour, Harry M<îQutnn, al.-u p( Indiana )>a 11. u.i .η -ri'und pu-:tion, and (.'lut Γ.:. . ■ I |u|ly\, nod - Hint driv er. Iliad Twenty tour of the nriR'i nal 31 s tin'1er.- remained in the grind. Maui I ; ■ ■ . ι il Ind' inapnlis, wh lini : I'd iii d ai tin 1940 race and ■Mil I. ad al I nil ι ι lies today, Was In reed nut at 1.V unie- with carbue ratur trouble, hut he went Hack as a ' ■ ' ■ ·" Ι'Ίι',vd 1 )avis, ot SprinRl'ield, 111. Start ol lue Memorial -Day race, sereduled for 10 a. η central stand ard time, ■ as delayed by a lire in tin garaue ι. ι ·. < hich destroyed three race ear. ami 1 ■ u i".e. , in i'_o:".;ji;Uoa oc l Agreements Reached Packard Strike Threat Lifted ; C h emical Plant Strike Ends; Other News. I By Tli.· Λ ·«· .It'll Pfess.) Λ11 n. hil;I ι ·· «. î ! m ■ î1 ■ r ; ι ■ - wt'iv clu ( (i loi 1 he ΛΙ· · .. i I >. iy 1κ>liday. dc ii'irc ι » r· »du ft κ «η t-i 11 » · t received i mu n«vvv*s train several cjuar '■ ) ι- uLiv . 11 lep- · ι ι ml industrial Λ .-tiii;· threat lilted from til· )' in.aid ( 'm 11 pa η γ |>! m* . 11 I 11 > ■ ι. ! - ' wrri end ι " ί · · .η Ml in* »! cl·· ' « ι ui >ik . and l-Vnn v'l\ ani.i . lu il ι ictury. and I'm >: ■ ·■ I..·. Τ·. η·; . Λ '·: !«· .η ιΜ·,ί — • ' l' un ι Ί Lai>« ί l ' ι !d.jii'U îrad<. ll.'i η : » m | . I r· ·· ·' : 11,· ·: to pif V■" 1 \ν-·ι .... . defejlse pin jc.'I 'lin- I' . : 1(1 (·. I· II. ■ '. ■ >1 lor.'d ;m.l 111'· I 1(1 Γι liîrli All· . Willi. Γ! . .ΙΓΓΓΙ ΊI, .; Ill" .·· Il',1 ' III |HO\ 1(1 iiiii («ίκΙνί -ri ni ! iii π ι ί ί .. ('.-. to;' seine 11,000 production employees. \V. ι H( ■ ι ni l. 1 weei. ■ li ike 1 i.v 001) All, · ivri' < >1 the M."li· iiiito C'hei>.·. r. > y ..t 1 .a 1 (Continued on Fage .Seven) Nazi Diplomat Arrested Ww York m iv :;o.— ( \Γ> — Ί Ιι»· iierman diplomat w lui lost lus joli lor meddling in the Aus trian crisis which followed the assassination of Chancellor llol fuss in 1034 \\ us a prisoner to day—held on Kllis Island for de portation because, federal au thorities said. In* did not state the true reason lor his visit when he entered the t'uitcd States. I)r. Kurt rtcinrich Kieth. the meddling minister to \ustria. was arrested yesterday at the Waldorf \storia hotel and taken to Kills Island where he is held without bond. Officials of the department of Justice asserted he was "the number one nazi in the 1'nHcd States " w hose claim to be hert oil ornate bu .inebS» war. false Surrender Of Crete Germans Claim Deci sive Victory, Asserting British Resistance Has "Collapsed Ever y where" in Crete. New V«»rk. May ι ΛΓ — Itniivli imperial tumps and iirïM'ks ilt't'llli; bt'iîll't' I 111· « .t'l iii,in ι niuiucsl of ( rt'lr now art atti'inptiiiK to rrarli lR>pt aboard small lisliinc lioats in an othfr DimkiTii tit·. Hit' (>rrnian radio dt ι lan d totlay. "I'lit· lirst group ol iiigitive soldit'is alrrad\ lias arrived in Kg.vpt," saitl lin· liroadtasl. heard by tile ( olumhia Broadcasting S\ stem. I By I'll· Λ 1 ' :;i I "ft I 'if - ..) ( lei ι : 111 > rl. ι. it'll , H'tujy ti ici; ι y 111 lilt' I »; 111 it · Ιί|· t'n'1·· I*.! it1 1 deirntl'1 l < < le wore it· polled ' η lull flight' ·. the clt". i t. tiny old truggii' and »v dispatcher: |iicturcd (lit allies as uandfiuii! • ii'iuiid 'i,i' is| ι η d. lost and demorahx • it ill :ip : 11 ' 111. ι ■ ι. 11 log laid down bv Adulr Hitler's aerial invaders. Group* ni British soldiers were re puted stumbling along the rocky I southern shores of the island, hoping I that .ships might collie to evacuate them. I·' -hing boats had taken oil a I leu. il v. as reported. i'ht rnian radio -aid a C'a.i ο In iidr . t announced that General Β Freyberj». coinu .indei ol Briti-n imperial l'oi'i't's m Crete, had been killed when his plane crashed cm ι "lite In I'.gypt. Hitler's high lOmnv.nd. claiivtii' decisive victory, asserted that Brit ish resistance had "collapsed evciy V.'l'.ci'o" m ί'ι·.·ι<ι Briti.-h M id dit· Κ..-t headcjuartci acknowledged that the allies had !)«·( η eon ι polled 1<> reform their lines ·:;α .1 tei a pe-1 ni na/i dive bomum:» aults and fierce attacks by ne\y : ι.. !'"! nc ( iei :· .m reinl - »re« m lien !.-. The Middle Ka^l command -aid battle-worn British troops Viaga in ex ;.<■ -«1 ■ h< .;· ν t )! ι ! ' 11 vi the.» an ad <·: ' '-ul .· died il·· light on the pos .· ί1 : ! ! ν ·!' ι 1 vnder or r.-eape. 1 · v. j t >»·..»■ a ι; ο today, by (•I ii IK 11 del. ι I ·. that Î ! i « ! i ι î «·ί the al ia d ·".<·. t· » < · cape live traj» in Fl.a (it· a.l.rd England Ik .: i )ι i ι : kerf j » a· Tin ' « Cit !··■!' new aueney said th«»u ■ nd- > Ί a!l cd pri am a s had be< 1 » 'd and lh« Italian pro> .sa id surrender «a the ;» 1;lies beïore iw'hH.ili \ . a. it..i»lr. At M·.,. I'M'!:ar: Mu* fclinis M|h i'< ι ! r · 11 ·. 11 κ i , m h · 11 < ι.;' ' ι thai the 'ι ι - !) toil II.! 11 I i M'·:· ( \ 'lilt· Re, ·< », U »aded w 1.1 h 1 ο . had i «ce η tor ( C 't >i i ι : led t -a I 4· · Seven. ) Rashid Aii Flees Iraq Anti-British Premier Reported to Have Taken Six-Year Old King Into Iran. auwt· l " Β · 4*» i n.ri " δ ·!»*« London, M.i\ .'in. — ΛI ' )—The anti 1 î 1 .1 11 .· ■ . I ... Ka.-ind All Λ ! (ι ·..:■■ '.'d 1 î. j lleig'Mll'illg 11.1! :...·, Willi 11. MS-ye; cl.I Κ . Κι ·... 1 J, : v... r:« : ted here Tut : .14:. t. lit opt ί ! . ■ I ;,ι>·'! ι it' Π igiit wi th : .1 i ! . ' ■ .1 :■ ; 'in· regent 111" Ιι..il m :. li d : · μ.,ide the ι Ί Id king «'.ι.- ι ·■■!!'.1 .tii-d .;i .111 auUiul'it.'Uve 111'; ! : . ami . ι leement. 'The addi! "liai report th..' he lu k little Kei-al along ran ι Irom Kcat ei s, lir 1111 new.- agency, which quot ed ,1 liaghdad dispatch tn Vichy. In lorna'd -1 in γ<ί here could nut con tinu the report. Kashut Ah, in pnwer through a coup d'etat, had been loading Ii R( I'oieos against the I Irtish since they I'n· 1 opened r··· on liniain's treaty airdi οι· .11 1 labbanivall, Iraq, on May 4. llo called lor axis aid tr> his cause ni expelling the Hritish from Irac| hut. apparently on account of Get ο any' preoccupation w ith the con quest of Crete, axis help \\*a- lipvled to a trickle oi' wurplune.- mrl t.. oh
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