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PERrTy Henîtersnn Batly Htspafrfj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR '^Λ?ΒΙ> W,RI! service of tub ASMoriATKn ι·κΕ38. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE i), 1ÎM1 pum.isi j κη ^κνκιι γ_ ( λι· τ κ κ noon FIVE CENTS COPY Army Takes Over Struck Plant ****♦*♦*»· - To Operate W arplane Factory Fighting Breaks Out at Gates of North American Aviation Plant Shortly Before Army Moves in to End Strike. Los Angeles. .lull·· !).— (ΛΡ) — Three thousand I'. S. troops, bayonets drawn, and carrying machine guns took owr the strike-hound North American Aviation plant today under pres idential proclamation after two riots in wheih tear cas bombs were hurled between police and a CIO picket line, 1.000 strong. Six persons were taken to the Venice hospital after fights between tlu· pickets and workers who tried to enter the plant." Strikers gener ally yielded as troops of the 15th Infantry advanced on the big plant factory in long skirmish lines, but one who stood his ground was bayon etU'd and taken to a h- spital. The soldiers moved in a short time after fighting broke out and tear cas bombs were hurled as some of the 12.000 men tried to enter the plant in response to a government request to resume production of warplanes at the plant. Λ convoy of 50 trucks, loaded with army troops, moved down Rednndo Boulevard in front of the plant. The tro )is were greeted with cheers by the lines of workers across the road from the plant's main en trance. who had been prevented from entering the struck plant by disorders. Army rontrol of tbo huee plant, which has a backlog of S'JOO.OOft.OOO in plane orders, rame five days after the work ers struck, demanding a mini mum wage of 75 cents an hour and an increase of ten cents an hour for all workers now paid 75 cents an hour. Today's action followed an ulti matum by the President that the Army would take over the plant un ie.- the men returned to work this morning. The strikers, however, reι· .lined firm in their demands de spite the I'residrntV statement and Ihe request of their own CIO na tional leader.- fur them to return to work. In taking oyer the plant. Lieuten ant (' 1· ··;· 1 ( ' arli· E. I'radshaw. in ol !(»· v. ι u rn district office of the Army air corps, issued a state ment saying: ".My :ibl! a'.: from Washing t ι . .· ; !:.kc lediately all steps necessary to protect workmen desir ing ' · enter the plant, those leav ing the plant and in their homes, and to ta a a i. 'her additional meas ures . ν be h·, 'ded in the interest of nati 1 defense. "Effect ■. in.mediately, the plant wll be opened t r work under gov e, ument , ·ηtr<·ΐ. 1-implnyees desir ii to ret. ru t.. their jobs will be gi\en all nere- ν piotection to in su, ι ιree ..mi ia· entrance to and ex;' : ι om tin !aei .ry. "Ί ot proper civil authorities are givlug full coopération to the extent if tl.eir ab 1 ty in the enf rcement if ! val, si..te md federal laws and in any addita'iial steps deemed es se: t;al and authorized by the na t. ■ ι ; 11 emergency power- of the Pn aient." Tin soldier.· moved into the plant quietly Disorder;- ceased when the c -m ii) came down the road and the occupation of the -treat airplane manufacturing center to k place with the simplicity ol a routine mili tary maneuver. Twenty-five minutes after the first disorder, quiet was restored when word passed "the troops are coming." A : ilitaiy truck moved down the boulevard, loaded with soldiers. It was followed by some 50 more. The big gates of the plant swung (Contin ctl on Page Three.) British Take Prisoners Nairobi. Kenya Colony, June 9.— (AP) -An· ther 1.200 prisoners were claimed by the British today in a continuing advance against Italian remnants in -"Uthwestern Ethiopia. An army communique said 200 Europeans and 1,000 Eritreans, as well as 20 army trucks, were taken by British imperial forces which had crossed the Omo river in two planes. These raised the total of prisoners reported bv the British in this dri'ï tr. .v>nn . - Τ τ τ *· f *********** British And 'Free French9Advancing In Syria Warships Shell Port Of Tripoli Bloody Fighting Said to be in Progress as Syria's Defenders Are Pushed Back Wherever They Resist Invading Forces. (|{y The Asoclaled Tress) Capture of 150 German para chute troops in Freneh-ruled Syria was reported today as British and "free French" mechanized columns drove into France's .Middle Fast colonies and the big Runs of the British fleet threatened to blast Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Both the Germans and French have vigorously insisted there were no nazi troops in Syria. Dispatches from Vichy report ed that defenders of Beirut had blown up the coastal road lead ing from Falestinc to the Le banese capital. Vichy reports said British fleet squadrons were anchored before Beirut and Tripoli, and from this it appeared that the British had «demanded the surrender of the * two cities. 51 In Paris, one of France's chief collaborators with Germany de scribed the situattbn as "particu larly grave." Kcuters. British news agency, in reporting the seizing of nazi 'chutists. (| noted the "free French" Levant radio station as saying that the Syrian populace was welcoming the allies enthu siastically and that French troops were also falling into line. (By The Associated Press.) British and "free French" mechanized columns, striking across ancient battlefields where the Crusaders fought the Sara cens, were reported today to have advanced within 10 miles of Damascus, capital of French ruled Syria, and also withii, 10 miles of Beirut, capita! of Le banon. General llenri Drntz. com mander of Syria's defense forces, declared bloody lighting was in progress. I'»nti li win· liip-. supporting tin i.mil inva-inn which began at li a in. Sunday, wen· reported in action along Hir S\ 1'ian coast, shelling the port of Tripoli, termiÉpis of a pipe line iron It mi's great Mosul oil fields, and bombarding other coasta points. Dispatches from Jerusalem saiil allied forces, which Vichy estimated at ÎO.OOO strong, were driving across the In 'tiling desert and into the volcanic mount;·ins of the I rcucli Levant states from Falestinc and ΙΊan..ioidan uid (Continued on Page Tinee.) Strike Law Before Senate Archibald !ί. Wavill's command i" Hou e insistence Huit legislation l· curl) dcfen.-e Hikes be couched n general terms was reported today ,, Senate at linn was sought on a ineas lire permitting the government U take over strike-bound plants. In eomplianei with administratioi wishes, advocates advanced a pro posed amendment to the selecth ' service act providing tor the com nianding of defense plant in which the Army or Navy found there w i> an existing or threatened failure ol ! production. Similar in form to a bill pre.-eiu ed previously by Senator C'onnally Democrat, Texas. the proposer amendment omitted- some senator.' said significantly any mentii η ο strikes or lockouts. C'onnally's measure would give tin ['resident authority to take over anj factory or plant where defense pro duct ion is "hampered, delayed, im pederi or stopped by existence ο strike or other labor disturbance 01 other cause." WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy, slightly cooler, scattered thundershowers tonight and 'Iat-.dj'f Behind the Lines in Tennessee Behind the fighting linos of an army are the medical and supply corps, as necessary to the soldiers as bullets. Top, is the mobile water purification unit, used during the army's extensive maneuvers in Ten nessee. The unit can purify 100 gallons of water per minute. Bottom, soldiers bring in the first "casualty" of the great mock battle. (Central l'rcss) "Free French" Well Armed De Gaulle In Palestine Numerous Mechanized Units With British in Syria; 100 Ships Un der Banner. Ι,ιιΐκίπη. June !).—(AP)—The "Free French" force.- of General ( iuirh· de Gaulle 1'itihtin?.; today with their British allies in the Le \ , 1111 t le. ;ιγγ ,·| pal't of .ν ΙΊ10 40. l)()ii well eqnippid oldiers who have c· κ 11·.* ι aider the banner of the "free l'Yen·! " leader r-inco the French-axis armi tiee. I resler includes numerous mechanized detachment-., as well as ,i company ol Spaclii . crack desert Irained ea\ai'\ That company rode ii" h Svi ia to I.il.va to join the Brit ish. ι '■ ι u( ! I (!i ( i. 111! !'1 hi 111 se I f is in l'a I·· tin.*, win-re h.· was working ( ;, m ι .,1 Si I lenry Ma it land \V "η. c">i ι mtli of IS' itish Pales ' . " aid Ί'ι an Jordan f. 1TCS. \\ ;.| unit· ■ ι the "Free French" recently rcac' · (I a total of more than inn ship.-., including virtually all typ·- ol war lii|i One of their sub i. ■ ;i ι i 11 e enn-idered the fastest, in tlii1 world, nd their whole navy to tal· .' ι pi M'o \ i eatclv 400.000 tons. Fn ueh sailers have been joining the de fiaolli 1 ■- in India, Australia. I'alesline, Bermuda, Singapore and ΊΊ naiad. durinir ι period of months 'I'll· air w of the "I'ror French" inel kIi m re than 1,000 trained pilots. Alexandria Set Afire Berlin. June !).—(AI1)—Several widespread fires were left in mili tary areas of Alexandria. Kgvptian ha.-e ftir Uril nil's licet, by German raiders in anothei heavy air attack Saturday niuht, the high command : rep rted today. Despite strong anti-aircraft de fenses, the communifine said, several heavy bombs hit port facilities and J naval depots. The communique called this raid, the second in force on Alexandria 1 within four djyi "particularly euc I cessful." Eden And Hull In Agreement On World Order, Stewart Says ι;> ( ii\kij:s i\ sri u aim i. 'en I ral I 'ri ■- t'ul it 11 : η : -Λ. \V ι.-illusion. Juin !'. Wa huigton ι>1 ! aldom . till is »ίι c ι ι -g Foreign 7 ♦ otary .Λιιth·»i«y Lu·. ·Γ ι eceiit spetch in L/uiiclon, in which the I » r i î i s ii cabinet Antlioiu ràlcn ! » ; 11 ί '. \\a:· < I > ι « ν■ ' ι ν c· and iht kind < ί |»· .«ce fu plan to ere de afterward. It a':-·» w.i·· in-' t * ' ι ' t' t ! ii Li in that Ant! "liy empna i/i ed the cmij»(rativt· ρ -r! ί ·. e\p«""i tin- I * 1111 · d Stall·? to t. .· :i '!· velop ing ideal internat tonal poel war con-j ditiun . 11 w a ι ιicciaIΝ interest J ins· Amur caniy in-iii t:.c tact that ι tin· pt akcr dv.clt particularly up n| the in comity I « »r gtiaranfticing the ' Ί ι » 11 r 111 ι (Inn j.." ]ui ·· t ( » ι isl.v ιτι^η tinn ed by President l'iu·· cvelt as esseii-1 ti l t » niank md happ:ne.->. I ree· I cloni of -pcieh. freed·.m <»ι worship,! Ireedom from want, treed1 un '.romj fear. And it wa- remarkable how exact ! ly Anthony ex pre >ed .him-eir m agreement with the "world rder" which State Secretary Hull, through out his whole public career, has cam-! paigned for. He didn't refer lu Sccr< tary Hull b.v name, but anybody who's follow- j fd, as 1 have for ye. · the latter'. utterances and advocacies in the Mouse of Representative·-, the Sen-j ««te and the Cabinet, couldn't fail to' be struck by the cl«»v ne>< with ν hich Minister Eden's -ketch was m line with them. Cordell Hull, in short, alw i.vs has insisted that no c nntry. by i t sel t 'done, can attain it · proper maxmuen "t prosperity and all-around well being in the4 best sense he's an international ist. He doesn't argue l°r a fusion of peoples, like our pres ent-day advocates of a federation of the d< mocracies, but lie does con tend that, ee nomically. all groups on earth are more or le^s depend ent upon one another "Down with trade barriers," was m - initial slogan fr,,m the date of his in. ' election to Congres*!. Rppiprocal Treaties In the State department (οιη ior ei?n office) Hull's vital nreoccui»* has been the conclusi'n of r?eip :. cal <·(.mmorcial I reatie.- Vfeherever |).· 11.ι 11■. High tarill' advocates inn en't ill,ni il. And it'.-, tnu that world·.·. kli (li m il· ι. and in·", tlu· war, have handicapped linn liadlv. llo\. done In In·, t, though, and. In· ;ould huvi dune it faster, maybe· he ι iM il \ ι· headed oil' what' nap- ι pcii'iig tu u.n today. Wi'l : Anthiiny Kden' ο mi opt 1,1 ·' nou u ■ Jilrl oidir. a.-- .at;, t. u · : :y a h h 111,inly possible, is an ■ n-di r to in aruvi'd at through t! ο "crcali"ii ι mi pri.oi\ation ol economic health m ·■■ ■ ι y country." Il· diio. n't ill :;o a merger "! na tion dities any ihhit than Socrotar.v 11 a ' I dot I Ιο οι ι \ ι -, ige . pu t-ttar 'idtr which ".seeks no .elii.-li ιι.ι lional advantage l'or any one "l π . an oui·. : in which each country .-hall ι Continued on Page Three.) ih: μ τ οκdi.κ. Washington. .1 il ut* !).—(ΑΓ)— .selective service headquarter* directed today the re-elassit na tion ni draft registrants "who have erased In perloi'in the jolis tor which tiles were delerre'i and tlins were "impeding the national neiense program. ι ki:\( ii i:i:ni:i:. Vichy. June I). (Ai1) ΊΊιο flench admittoil tonight then loree in I ,o banoti had withdrawn behind the coa.-t town ol 'l'yre in order to tak" up deli ii ivo position.- along the riv ι i.ilani against a secondary liriti.-u attack dnected toward Beirut, Le b.iiiese capital. KI I.ATIONS lilt OK Γ \ Vichy, June 11.— (AIM— Dis patches reaching here from llaglulari said today that Iraq has broken off diplomatie rela tions with Italy and that Italians in Iraq have been ordered to leave that country within 24 hours. gf NEW COMMANDER FOR Γ HE BRITISH IN EGYPT London. June I). (AP) Lieute nanl-General Sir James Marshall Cornwall has become general officer commander in duel ol the British 11 oops in Kfi.vpt, the war ollice an nounced today. The announcement call, his troops "a component part" ol (louerai Sir Henderson township led other the Middle hast. Marshall-Cornwall's appointment as general officer commanding in chief- the British way of putting it - was announced June 3. but his as fi^nmont ν.-as not then disclosed. Arm\ lakes(.)\ er I heir Plant Striking cinpli.'/tis of North American Aviation Corp ration, .some of whom <· ίΐ'Λνη » ntcrtaimng themselves as a game of cards during a dull I period in tlvir picki-ling. tociay watched lit tachments of the United States Army march through '.lie gates of the w .rplanc manufacturing plant to 1 end the sirike which lia ι.i d ip work on S19d,000,000 worth of planes for j the United Stati s and (In at I'l ilain. Nazis Sink Two Vessels Berlin, Juno 9.—(ΛΡ)—German bombers . ank two merchant ships totaling 7,0(11) tons in raids during the night over British waters and : pounded harb· rs on the English south and southeast coast, the high i command reported today. Λ Inne daylight raider, it said, I dropped several bombs on a raw I material depot in >"iithern England, ι Two names—the fourth and fifth -were added by the high command to the li t ni nazi submarine com mander:, credited with having sunk ι mi ire tli,in 2(10.Olid t ns ol Brit ι -Il shipping. The men were Lieutenant ConnnandiT Ileinrieh Liebe and First 1. · tenant Kndra.-'s. RAF Bombs Nazi Cities London, .huu 'J f ΛΡ-) The royal air foret' ι ·. ici , ι et ' ssl'nl re sulls" in I»· ;ittae|·.. ! ; ι > t night on Ε. ('ti ant! !> ■: md, Germany, it , vv : anm1 need 'day. The lint. : ι r« ·. d over YVfstern I Gen η any th-rou^h moon] it skies, , while 1 he Cifi " 1 . r I··ι c eade i.-u ; laled foray m'n I ; : .■ n. ( Ο Γ Γ j t · i a I s in 1 '»<·(! ·. ;. ; ί I c civi - lians Yvere 1; il led a? id ■ ! · ι « ι mi ; ι red ! a Iil;! Mr i . h · . - tii '.pped in 1 eend ι a ι y and e \ ρ I <- ι ve i>· u tri > at ' ..· vera! place- in we. te η rid ii"rth YY'f. tern Germany). A lone na/i i.^ler kilJerl ι ι di number <Ί per- -mi. hi an alt. <■'. on a t'orni It coastal 11»\\ η. inland, there yv.i scattered aetiY'if.v with some r,i>i ι a 11 ie. T! e gnvornmt nt .-aid "it· German i»!ane Yvas destroy er! dm ι η lî the night. Six Killed On Highways ! Charlotte, June !). -(ΛΡ)- Six per-1 ι ins died on North Carolina's high- 1 ways over the week-end and other.· j were taken to hospitals, some ol them .seriously hurt. C. 1'. Meredith ol' Apopka. Fla.. was burned to death and G. K. Little | of P'airviile, Fla., was killed near Wilson in the collision of two truck: which injured three other person.-, W. C. Nobles of Fairville. and Jake Shellon and Pete Johns, both ol Meg gelt. S. C. Mr.··. Bruce Mauldin and her ten year old daughter, Martha, were kill Washington. June il.iAP) While injured at an automobile cra.-h -..ι tin· Albemarle Charlotte highway ab ί It five π. ι le.- I roi a Albemarle. They wi re all residents ol Stanley county. Four other per uns were in jured. An ait bile turned over neai ( 'liai Ιι111e ud I, t.illy hurt Terry Ih.igler. cU \ ι 11 -1 . · ·ι 11 i ι . > U ι. His paï en: . Mr a ι "I ,\l . 1. \V 11 a ι u · ι , anu a brother ι en ..til m .nor injuries. INVASION OF SYRIA OPENS A NEW FRONT Home. J.ine !l.— (Al'J—The Briti>l i11 \ a.-a ill ni S\ ria . ·) κ tied a new front for tie. itali a and Germans who aim .1 wre-1 ·!■·.·. Sue.·, and the I : ..ιI ill field fro·· the lir: : i.-h. in f :'·ι eel *tu* rte 1 -. ιi : .«I; > . ant there v. a.- nothing yet ·.. >aho ,to whether ■ r ii'it thi· a \ · ν · : -eej'·. the clial I rut' there. 1* ι ei.-t t, 1 tha Iil lÎ i- il wi ιι trying to put ι < it·· l.'aa block in the vv.i.v Ί as ' ,v lis ail ing Svr.a. and deel cci 11' n would .-υ! lei l'or il. "S.vr· v. I bee.· ι ι . law battli frunl which l!i tain iffteiited de lay her ι|· I· ■ · nth-." an alilhorita! i\ e m a ce .-.ad Congressional Races Perk Up In First And Sixth Districts Dail\ l)i· patch fîurcau. Ill 111!· Sir Walter Hotel, lïv III Α Κ V ΛVI lîll.L. I'aleigh. June ;i. Intere ! mi gr'-ssjonal race- has begun In perk up in .il le i-t two (ii ·ιrirt.». with I.»r- I mill announcement.- and con-eii:icnt I fjllieUoning of tin pace expected ill others i>rliin1 manv moons have wan ed. In the First. .1. Con Lanier of Pitt county has to.-sed a hat into the ring, bringing to font the number of al ready announced opponents for Con-1 t'rcsn .hi Herbert Bonner. The in-; euinbeilt probably smiles very broad ly at each new ine's plunge into the I political pool. ,i there is always greater -a'ety for the "ins" in the number of the " nit-" who want "111 " In the Sixth, there are reliable re ports that City .Indue K. Karle Rives of Greensboro has begun an unde ! clared war on Congressman Carl 1 Durham of Or in:;c county while ; other formidable groups „ known l'il» i' » 'kin;: hvit 1 tic : c ί m ;■ η ci - tort I" pick Mir: elmdy will: a chance tn unseat the 11 : ..ϋu:~! Imp (.'hapel Hill. With the I11 .· : .η!'." mcement the First district lir-ld include- llci licit Li-.r> ol Chowan. forme:· di-tr et so licit"!· and now a state senator: and Marvin Κ Rlount of Pitt, tormcrly mayor of (Ίι eenville and a one time high ranking ollicer of the North C'nrolir.a League ol Municipalities Bonner is assumed to be η certain candidate for re nomination, with the hacking ot the powerful organization which, as secretary, he helped Lind say Warren to build up all over the First. Lanier's entry is just another item showing why Pitt county, largest in the district, ha.-n't had and probably will not have 'he congressman. There is every reason to believe that Lanier would rather insure the oet'eat of his teilow Pitt county cil Pnntinued on Pfigp Three}
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