Hettîtersott Β atlit B ts patch " HLNCERSQN. Ν· & ^7 A m ΠΜΤ V ΠΑΓΤ V \ΤΙ?11ΓΜΤΛ â ..r, r. — TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR 'τη^εΛ ,wirk service of· 1 M H. A WJf ki 1 I * Τι m f . η V s η ran ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA tub associated TREss. HENDERSON, N. CM TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE li'il 1M'lu'lsT;V^V\irN,^7'EKNUON FIVE CENTS COPY KNOX DEMANDS SHIP BUILDING 'MIRACLE' * * * * * « * - - - Sea And Air Power Win, He Declares Navy Secretary Sug gests Production "Mir acle'* Be Accomplish ed by Increasing Effi ciency of Labor in Y ards. Washington. June 3.— I VI') — Secretary Kiin\ demanded a pro duction "miracle" of (he nation's warship Ι>ιιΐΙιΙ>ηκ indu.strv t';> day in older to assure the I nited States and Britain of command of the seas. "There ran no longer be any doubt". Kno\ said, "that this war will be determined by Uyo things—no one thins-—a success ful combination of sea and air |io\\ cr." Speaking to ;i conference of ship builder.·. In told them it was up to tin. 111 to -it· that Amer ca and I'.ntaitj weic equipped with the warsllip part i of the combination neee sary for i victory. Knox suggested that the produc \ tion "niiratW* be ace mplished by inm-asing inn: ediately the efficiency ol 1 .bor in ship building yards, since virtually all are now scheduled to 'do all the work they are capable ol undertaking. "Then- ι no criticism of what has bien done to date." Knox said. "It has been well done, but it is not enough. We've Sot to do more. We must have s mething more than an I honest day's work. We must have I the kind of spirit and the kind of i zeal that nimates men when they : go into battle." 14th Draft Call Issued Raleigh, June Sir—( AP)—Briga I diet: General J. Van B. Mctts said to» day liuit 1.401) youth- wnuld be la» cl a·:·, d inl» tin· Army Γι .,· .ι y ea ι ! military training under North Caro j ! :«-»** 1-1 Hi draft call. Tin· ! a ' cal! ; ! * »r 1 .nail \v!i it υ s ■ and -inii .\'r.;r ■ ·ι·~" tu i»c Inducted al !■' ι: · ! ::· : .· ni ' a end . .1 m··. S, π ..Π ;.;al vwrv bu..y figuring quotas for local boards. I Syria Looms As W ar Zone Britain Gives Broad Hint That She May Have Taken Step To Beat Nazis There. < B> Tilt* \ssociatcd Press. \ broad hint that («real Bri tain may already have taken steps to beat the (ierrnans into 1 reneh-rtiled Syria—prospc< l?ve site of the war's next great bat tlefield—was dropped b> i >n don sources late today. Amid a Hurry ot act! vit.\ in the French capitoi. pointing t<» a crisis in British French relations. London quarters suggested that it was significant that British of ficialdom was silent on the sit nation in S,\ ria. Meanwh: i« . the authoritative la. ci-î ed: ·οΐ . \ lî'gni!" Clay da, often a -1 ' i.t III : I'l l·: ;« I Mil ■ ί -πι. de t lared 1 h..Τ lienii.inv .uni Italy were r< ady : r .aln'ii against the United Slate il live United State entered the war. In V,c!.\ C'liiet ft State Petain cal led an ιη·μ< nt cabinet meeting late this afternoon, th< second of the day, alter cnlerrmg with Generalissimo I \\ eygand. In Pari-., the populace \va- warn I t ci t<. he ready 1 levions swept in to tin· nid French capital. Si η m i ta ? h ■< ί ι - iy. t he Freneb-con trolled Beirut radio charged that the British were preparing to attach ι Syria and declared 'hat French I torecs were ready to "reply ett'ee ! tively." Authorized nazi quarters in Her hn. with apparent significance, saia Germany would yive France a "free hand*' to reply to any British at 't rr.pt? as?, inst her sncereignty k f Nazis Report Record British Ship Losses Total Nears Sinkings Of April, 1917 British Wonder if Next German Blitz Will Strike in Middle East or in Attempt to In vade British Isles. ( lî\ Tin· Associated Press) .\' i 11 II it let·'.s high command re j. * - ■ ι todi® tluit '< 4(>,()()(> ton» ot Γ, · ι. mcivhnnt shipping was dc \ rd πι May—a ligure closely ap nu the H52,000 tons of allied •< !it tn the bottom in Britain's • critical month of die World U . Api il. 191 i\ lu ttii· war in the air, royal air il.«ht raid, ι .spread "large π an at tack on Berlin, the 1. ι ι air ministry announced, and : targets m Germany's in-· <1 ' : . I I Kll hl·. i Germans acknowledged that a I civilians were killed and IV red. M· iiiwhile, the Britislf mulled over : ' l'i'inent oy Reichsmarshal Her Goering that the conquest of Cote prov d Adolf Hitler's asser : iii t "there are no unconquer lands"—and wondered if the ' German Mit/- would strike in M ddle Mast or in an attempt to ι I- Hie Bitish Isles. quarters in Berlin said the . M would not long he kept in e ' a they cited yesterday's meet i»twcen Reichsfuerht r Hitler : 11 tinier Mussolini at Brenner Γ -. ι ' : r h navy officers wh directed al of more th 1 m 15,000 1 and Greik troops from Crete ι id that 20,000 Germans drown 1 : hen their transports were ' d by British naval guns, e Middle Ka.-Ί war theatre, the - ι ·γ strategic position was ro d shaping rapidly with the next ·' -til.· apparently destined to η the Krone -ruled colonies Sv ι 'ind Lebanon I'."ill the German nd Krrnch dc 1 reports lr m Turkey that nazi ι ' d troops had already landed ■ Syrian port of I.atakia. ■ \ 1111.1rit;.ti\o sources in Ankara, "ι ι or. insisted that a nazi eon ■ nt of more than 500 troops out ! d for desert iehtiftg landed Thursday at Latakia, and that a τ '' treighters flying swastika flags 1 been assigned tn carry Ger ii Ίο ps and heavy military equip 1 ι' from Rumanian ports to Syria. Π: Ί,-h troops were reported pois the Iraq and Transjordan ! Mi. i- to moot an expected nazi " 1 cross Syria into Iraq and '' · I ne in an attempt to split Brit M ddle [vast forces. ' Krench-cont rolled radio at ' ' ί charged that the British were t ι · !> ιrιna an attack against Syria as ''a 1'rench government held an un ■ 11ν I ng meeting on what was n 1 '·•«"led to be the tense relations ^Continued on f'arîe Seven * Shot Down by Nazis Lt. Richard II. Hillary Flight Lieutenant Richard H. Hil lary, RAF pilot assigned to duty in Washington, arrives at New York from London Shot down in a fight with Nazi airmen over the English Channel, Hillary's face was so bad ly burned plastic surgery was nec essary to give him new eyelids and a whole upper lip, grafted from the skin of his arm, Jackson To Bench? Informed Circles in Washington Predict Attorney General Will Succeed Hughes. Wa-hingt« >n. Juno Ά. -(ΛΡ)- Chill ies Evans Unifies, the eleventh man in history h< erve ;i.- chief justkv ni' tir· 1 "ni*· » I Stile , "il! îclinq !-n his high «it 1 is ι on July 1 ;md retire j to private 11 !. because of "eon-idera tions <» 1 he»:,1th and age." The décision οΓ tin· 79-year-old1 jurist, to I'd ire marks tin· end οΓ Su preme Court service that has covor ed 1!' ye,·: first ;is associate and! later as chic! justice. It also closes | a ea π ι τ in publie Ί'1'e that has been i unu-ually varied and distinguished. A< :oon as the ehiel justice's in-j lention to retire became known spc \ Continued on l'a no Seven> CHARTER ISSUED TO WILSON FIRM Raleigh. .Tune 3. - ( Λ Ρ ) Secretary ol State Ίv;id Euro today i- ucd a ccrtilieate of incorporation to Thurs- | ton Motor lanes. Inc., ol Wilson. N. C. The charier authorize the firm to own .and ooerate ι mtor ^U e. . and truck- loi- hire and otherwise. Au thorized capital -tock i> (ί,ΟΟΟ share ! of which 2,000 . hall be fir t prel'er l ed stock with a par v alue ol $2.». 2,000 share.- second preferred stock par value $2Γ), and 2,000 shares eom I ι no η stock, no par value, Three shares of common stock were su 1 > , scribed by D. J. Tliurston. Jr., An nabelle T. Thurston of Wil-on. and D. J. Thurston of Clayton. British Naval Officers Say Methods Used On Crete Would Fail Against Britain By LAUKY ALLIA'. Alexandria, June 3.—(ΛΡ)—Some t 1 Untii.li navy ofticers who di I'U'li'il the· removal of more than lo.iiuo imperial and Greek troops '"■ni Crete expressed the opinion '"day that Gcrrfuiny must, on the "·'■ ■ ol what happened on the is ' nd. devise ot hi r means of invasion 1 1 ■ · ι"' · .itempting an invasion of England. ■ ■.ι/ι el I'm ι to land sea-borne ,n" I1- failed, the officers said, in spite ..I the fact tii. I Great Britain's niMrc-t naval base v. .is more than Ί'ίι imle., I'rom eastern v.Vete. Britain warships br ke m overy '•irye stale effort by the Germans ύ send transports and countless n:-h boa's loaded with soldier^ iron. t.c Greek mainland to the isliiml. K\ rn Willi complete mastery ui tile ■ in', the Unman- tailed Id provide tht protect nui iieee .-;iry In land men anil supplies, the nilicers said. It w.i.·. estimated reliably here that about 2o,(Mi() Germans drowned when the ships carrying them were .smash ed. Oik conv y alone w is said to have gone down carrying about II), 000 men, and scores ul fishing boats, each loaded with at least 1 CIO Ger mans, were destroyed dining the past l'ortnig:.t in operations around Crete. 1 saw most nf the evacuated troops on their arrival in Kgypt. Λ11 the mi'ii told tlu' same st ry: ''The whole battle would have been différent if we had had air lighter protection'' \ New Strike Settlement Effort Made Defense Mediation Board Appeals tc End Walkout; Strike May Bring Showdown on Defense Work Stoppages. « (By The Associated Press) The defense mediation board made • new effort today lor a ,-c ttlcmen in 1 '.(■ 25-d;.-y eld strike of 12.Ill" C'K) lumber w rkers in tlie Pacific Northwest. which has curtailed sup plies needed for the defense pro gram. The board already has recom mended that the strikers resume work pi ndmg a settlement and ha. remindi-d the union of Pre iden lloo.-i". ell's assertion in liis addres. a week ago that the American peo pie c.spcet the impartial reeommen d. tions of the board to be accepted Thus, some Washington circle: tjr light the lumber strike migh bring a showdown on the adminis tration effort to end work stoppage hampering national defense. Seventy ln«"'snnd Chrysler Cor poratmn worker at Detroit won wagi increases and bonuses totaling $1.~>, 000,000 la.-t night, subject to ratifi cation at meeting- of the CIO Unitec Ant mobik Worker- union member ship. A mediation board ..ppeai to "show their patriotism" prompted the 15a; City's Metal Trades Council at Sar Francisco to ask its members las mght to return to work at the Ileth lehem Shipbuilding Company. The council action, however, did η t em an AKL macninists strike agains Iiethlehem nor d.d it effect the AFI and C'K ' maehinists work stopp igt in ten ther bay area shipyards hold ing $5.00,00(1,(ll)ll m delen.-e order.-. Cities Cannot Be Defended Boston. June 3.-—(Al'j—Iil.iyo f-ΊοπΊΙο 11. I ..ι ( 111 : ι rtl i : ι of Now Ymk director of civilian defense for tin I'lilted Sl.ilr. , .ml tud.iy tli.it til: country did not p i .-.es. tin· nece-sarj ctj II i I >11 ii · il t 1" pioU-cl il.-, c* ι tie.·.- lion ,ιιι- raids. "We kin ν Ii.r π ι ι p.in-lit ν. ■ need," lu- .nil, "mil lit' not kic I 1111 I * I '. 1 - . Till' "( I I [ pu : I hi (loi·., Ilo ex t h il il il ι Ν 1. not .ι ι-ity ιι America could alïord I" buy il." I .aCiilardia e t mated tlut il woult cost between SV.'i.iimi.OliO and $1(1(1, (MKl.dlHt to ΙΊΙ out tlie- auxiliary fir department.. lU'i-di-d. adding that ci vilian defin-e equipment would havi lo take it.- lorn in tin- hope tha production ol m.ire urgently needec war niati-nal should make air r;ιi' proti'ction iiiatcnal unneie.s-ai'y. War Games Are Started With the Λπιιν in Tenni .· c<· .! line 3.—(AIM Τ lie fifth d,\·>;.»■ —une t» 1 the Anny'.· nine . liv .·■ line fighting organization mined inl the pivotal flank position today a· 5Γ),<ΜΜ) 7th Army corps troops swop northward in the Tennessee win games. The tilth division, irom 1'τΐ ( u tor. Micii., ;j,ivc the lîïth md .'iUîl divisions several hours start and loi lowed a battle plan that would ρ Γ them on an eight-mile taolelanc "battlel'ield" about 50 miu- tn n Nashville at about the same time. Theoretically, the three division?: are to meet an invading army strik ing southward at the rim oi' tlu Cumberland Plateau. Yankee Warriors Wearing Canada's Wings Those smiling lad., fr«»m tin.· United Slat ; ar· pictur· 1 at t!.·· training school of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Moncion, Canada, after they qualiii Ί 1 . \\ kl-; . Mi ouri. i\I i-Idle r«»\v: W. Simmon.-·, North Carolina; «I. L. Moore, South Carolina; 1). Κ. ΑΙ; π, achusotts; 1). 11. Bradley, California; I5a.il Rathbone, Jr., son of the famous movi·.· star. < -i «·ι; ia. Top row: J. J. Lynch, New York; J. K. Dili >ri, Illinois ; F. L. Wariirll, l ι.. . id Κ. 1'. Yose, Massàc h use Its. ( (Ictilral Vres*) Wheeler Leads Fight Administration Lead ers, However, Predict Prompt Action on New Recommendation. Washington, June 3.— (AIM — Kooseveit discussed with con gressional leaders today the War department introduced yes terda> to give the government sweeping authority to conscript private property useful to na tional defense. Kohert l\ Patterson, undersec retary of war, said in a press conference discission of the measure that ' the President .should have the authority to throw I he whole industrial power ol tins country into equipping; the army." » ne military and naval re quirements come first," Tatter son added in say ing why the bill h. i! been offered. ' i ndcr the selective service system, the government has the authority to interfere with the liberty of indiv'iduals. and I see m» reason w by it should not have power also over property." WiUhmglcm, Juno S.—(ΑΡ)—Sub ! ·!1 - !" .il.zed 111 ι Ι· ίΙ;ι ν i i !'·:( \Y.,r depart ■ ni ' ; 1 'τ ifli'iii • . · ·· . ■·.·· '''.'delated • ' < ι il y m ' " !.\ needed 'I 'II : ι ·' ! * »! I ill I >1! ! ' » r UK pmI·.. ..*! Λ ï vh wt'Mkl endow Mr. I : : V, ·■ «·· ··., "... ,·!· ρ,Λννν mcv ι >1·- »! >«·: : ν mm l'.«·· dent WiK *m. had a: I .· η World \ V · 11 " rl.iy . ( Mit· ni îiti· · t : . îtjp \\*;ir departnient'- 1«·.·. ■ ■>< ν «»r Wheeler I h·; ·γ il. Λ] · ·· . who il. l'oUght ti luiliil H·;· I'' !hi ...ί ., n:> ! » ». ! en' · > rt - vrs, "the President could lake oyer .11 the property in Kew York, Mon ι.π·,ι ': ;m]\ > 1 ht■ .· I.itc .aid r invert !ii· ' '«· in · · ,\i - κ· pro -erve- or ((" >ntiniied on Pn^o Seven) JURORS QUALIFIED FOR SUIT AGAINST TOBACCO COMPANIES 1 ,«'\ 111 lit ι »n K> . .lime Ά ( AP> Ten lain e 11 in lificM ; mu . »t three nuire jurors today 1>vought to twelve the nui"i»er .-Heeled !" he;ir anti-trust di\ ι iim charge.·· "I criminal ntono po'\ ;md ; ιu I :\iim ι^:ι in -1 the li.i 1 ii·ιι*> lhree fewest t"l)aeen com panies, their .subsidiaries and execu tives. Nine 'm' were qualified yesterday. ι w.i alteni '-C jurnr» are yet to In sel"eted. hut the pi "seeutinn and de fense each may re.ieet without ex nlaiTition any three oi tho.se vvhi fi: ; nht'v. , FDR May Veto Bill President Would Re fuse to Sign Farm Parity Loan Fund if Price-Fixing Annexed. Washington, Juno 3.—(AP)—Prcs idcnt Him evelt, autiinrilal ·. · mures reported today, .'.II vitu tile bill carrying Imid.- I";' the ί1·"ι |n ι cent parity lu ill am γ luire ρ ν:'...·, i: ι C'onjjrt"- in.-i·t.- on ,ΊΗυΐ'ίιιιΐ1.: «in ! amend : ont I'.· 1 m i ι. ι i il ι i · 11 · .·. - ! ΠΙ' ,Uu\ I'I'nilH'llt I I'f'll ι .u ι II pre iclui'l.i. I i Mr. I:,ell, ' t ·· »·.·..·.·. ■ · (I. was SO opposed to Ihr· mm.mum • ι price legislation that he would re 1 ι ject it n :■ ird!( : tin· \ it il port ante m tin1 ι· ■· i.'i iv'rt/h it }iut» pi m d Iu I>i■ iιΐι· " ι ated. Λ ι: tt( r ι -1:11 · · I. tlit y du el., nil the : il · .· 1 is t' i Xo 1 mill \, < : · ivided .n tn · i' t ( "ui t -ι ·. . i I ';·:*#· S " I'll 1 ■ship Gift Ο β IV ν jp._ Britain Wat To Suggested Ilarrishm - : .1 une 11. - Λ I' ) 1 \\ «> IV .J >: i I < 111 .,1 II'IHIM nil lives in il»*· >i·!· legislature mi. jested tod ι \ I til the * 11 i if-ci States i; * \ « · Iti ».·ΜΜ) ί ί · » ι hattle ship North ( at ohua outright ίο tin* I5riii>h l.i" « ι i;iiit ul without rcscrx alions. Ilcrht rt (. ( «.ties and \rlhiir IV llrethericU nlroduccd a reso lution a "Kin : that tlu· legislature nicmoii.ili/t ( · n-rcss to enact legislation, n nerd he, Co perinil President Koosewlt to take this aetion. i lie resolution declared "lor tunes ol our own country" were linked with those "of our sister democrao " and added: "The I nil· <1 states has recent ly placed in .servie*» the hattle ship North Carolina, a nioie modern and effective ship ot war. which t in he used in inline diate action auaiusl t'he coin mon enemy with much better re sult than h> sa\inu her to meet the enemy .«loin· at some later date." VEATHtR I οι: ΝΟΚΊΊΙ * ΛΚΟΙ.ΙΝ \ ιΊιιικΙν. sraltrn-il show l is anil (hliiulriλΙιμ»its anil \\ i'iIih'mIj » . -Jiulitl.\ waniiri nurlli ii-ntral pnrlMiii. IM.ncl.d Hrjtlii'i· liiri'iasl lor (lir pi-rind from 7:SU I». m. Jinn· ο In 7;.Î0 p. m.: .Iiiiip 7: Ti'mper .1 ill ι·· ΙιιΊιιλ nnriiial middlr and latter part of period: preripila tion liiaw al br sinning and mid air of period. Cigarettes Rationed In Britain Washington. June — ( VP) — Π : · I iiit'd States might now he >.<· 11i!ii4 more tohaMo to (ireat Britain than ever before ii the hitler had tlie shipping facilities and the foreign exchange to tiiiaii: pill clia^es, the .Agrieul t ii !" d< partirent dc< tared today. i ne pnhlie demand lor cig arctt - in Britain lias risen sharplx since the war started. Ih·' d'partmηΐίΐρ<:«'ΐ «χ··.tus- of a shorta".e of ο» » . ii ; ; » : : · -pace and the licces s : ι \ »i < .»r.ser\in:; foreign exchange lor war materials. Messages From Zanizam Survivors Wll « >' I I. Mr . \ I Ί · : W ' Κ ·.;.{· .M 111 η , , , , Ï.i. ί ri. - ι i vr i .t ί'ι · }n ίι 1 ; ·· · i · ί, 1 ι «ί il i:,. m .· ' Ί i :· . ! Α. M I fut, gnt fhi 11 .· - • ' > >'î '1 '11 1.ι■ '' I'm! ι· Λ Jj·ί»ι« !»π). Ί'. Mimy CTkoinas 1 ). ' » « ι' ! v. cl! and · ; ι Ι'ι». 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