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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14, 1ÎI41 raB,',s,!'x,'KiTfsi;N.u7EKNl'(,N FIVE CENTS COPY
FDR Freezes All Axis Assets
Welles Scoffs At Germans\
j
He Declares
Americans
Unimpressed
Matsuoka Telegraphs
Premier Mussolini En
dorsement of II Duce's
June 10 Declaration
On Japanese Position.
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\Vi lie . under imt ·:.ι· y ol
I'Cfl to'l V Ml .1 (I I". ■>"
, · I ' ·. · ilcinent . th.-'t \..||.|·- m
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!■ ■ can v:ng contraliand '■<
■ I ·. · :M be sunk.
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• ■ . ' ι : Γι.Il far'· . th.·
• · ι·Γ ihc Aine rii all nu·: olι mI
1 : ■■> ■ : Mum· had hren ··■ ί".cil
V.'· marked il w ι ρ·' - · iilc tn
• ' ι .iici in .ι il. pa- innate
ι ! and i - Welles de
I, ι· 1 lia 1 an \ ican nn·:·
1 ι η ace· ίίΙ moo \v ! t h thr
t ί 'ill. 11 i -1< irical |i' jïicy οΓ t h i -
■ η tlh' lii^h ra . en:; r'ed i"
peaceful conutierclî, was sunk in the
i i '· ' : lie Λ11 a 11111 ocean I ar re
■I fi'itii any combat area.
N i l·: can ve cl. Wc'lo mil·
• I. did nut earrv anv carR'
w is prohibited b.v Americai
which was considered on·
• ait by tiie United States am
' ■ iruo wik not defined for an;
il a combat zone.
• \ ι1 el. the undersecretary de
(Continued "n P.airo Four)
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h. June 14. (AIM Tli
iiI >ι eme court today upheld t h
dim ce niurdei· coin ict inn ι
t Y Cash ol Durham lor tli
• "lull·: oi his wile. Mi··. Rut
( \ ( 'ash.
h v. as cons icted it the Dcccn
m ol Durham . iperinr cou
killing which ιiceuri d on Se]
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KESCl'KI)
Wa ington, June 14.—(ΛΡ)—T1
I ( : lia rd toil ι y was ad V i.-cd 1
'■ · .: 11 r 1 )uane that had rescui
• · ί and men from the ΊΊ e
■ British merchant .ship of
■ · tons.
Cua t (; 11 a rd did not say wh
"•lied I·· the Iiritish ship. Ή
owned by the Han
hip C mpany of London.
Japan Endorses
Italian Statement
On Axis Loyalty
PRESIDENT TREATS
A MINOR IELNESS
Washington, June 14.-—(ΛΓ) —
President Roosevelt remained in
ι In· luiug quarters ol' the White
Hiiuse today to undergo further
treatment for a sore throat.
White House oflieials said II is
condition was about the same
and that lie iiad a temperature of
a hunt half a degree above nor
mal. , x Jli
Will Defend
Damascus
Official Sources in Sy
rian Capital Deny Re
ports of Capitulation
of City.
I > .ι : 11. ι >(.·', ι -, June It.— (A!')—Offi
ciai .<<mi"ftdenied today reports that
negotiations are under way Cor the
linen.1er ol Damascus to the invad
ing lïrilish and Free French forces.
In the official denial, it was said
the report of negotiation- for the
' capitulation of this capital came
from the Loud- η radio.
The report had been accepted in
I quarters here as an indication that
ι· Damascus would be declared an open
; city and thus would be undefended
I if the invaders pressed through the
outer defenses.
(London reports haw indicated
1 .il the allied drive on Damascus
e had bi-cn held up pending negotia
e lion- l'or a bloodless march into the
Γ capital).
e The general situation, the tfilial
il -aid. was unchanged -ince yesler
d. y.
lîriti.-h air raiders were sa d to
1 I have -truck Join times during the
- 1 night at the Beirut waterfront, but
I to have been driven off without in
! flu-ting casualties or damage by
iuavy anti-aircraft tire.
y ιλι i'okt.wt γκοτι:( tion.
d Pliiladelphia. June 14. (AI1)—
I American war fliei won't get In ;
in the pant--, if military authority
ι .m help it. A major product of a new
il armor factory here, is a thick plati
ic to go under the .-eats of military air·
,-s plan·· to prevent what might be call
ed "unlucky hits" from below.
Undersecretary of
State, Commenting on
German Threat to
Sink Contraband
Carrying Ships, Defers
Final Statement.
Rome·, .lunp 14.—(ATM—înpanci·
Foreign Minister Yosuko Matsuoka
has telegraphed I'rcmier Mussolin. |
endorsing his dec·!:irnlion that Japan
"would not romain indifferent in
the face of American aggression
against the axis," it was announced
today.
Matsuoka's message, delivered to
the Italian ambassador at Tokyo, re- :
ferred 1o Mussolini's speech lune 10
before the chamber of fasces and
guilds on tile fir -1 anniversary of
Italy's entry into the war.
Mu solini' words, '-ol'erring direc'
Iv to the Japanese foreign minister,
were: "t!ie attitude of Japan -
through what foreign minister Mat
suoka said at Rome and more recent
ly at Tokyo—is in perfect line with
the tri-partite pact "
Matsuoka's message said he wish
ed to let Mussolini know his "emo
tion" over the speech, and added:
"On this occasion I vvish to renew
my heartfelt congratulation, for lia
splendid successes which th" Italian
armed forces have had on all battle
, fields."
ALUMINUM JALVAlit
CAMPAIGN PLANNED
Now York, June I t CAP) Plans
ι (or ;ι national campaign to salvage
I 2(1,1100.1101) pounds of aluminum from
( kitchen pots and pans and other
ι scrap metal sources were announc
ed today by Frank liane. Director of
the Division ol' State and Local (' ·
operation of the Office of Civilian
; Defense.
Bane revealed the program in a.ι
address to defense represent.itn ι
from 12 northea.-tern States at a con
ference here. Λ resolution war adopt
ed by the T.'i official.- pledging sup
port for the drive.
The metal would be sufficient I".
(iàO long-i an>;e bomber.·- or -1.00'
lighter plane , liane e.-tnnated. add
inn that local officials would be ex
pected to assume lcadi rship in 111·
collection.
FURTHER CUT URGED
IN AUTO PRODUCTION
Washington. June 14.—(ΛΡ) Do
! tense officii)I. are being urged to 01
; dor .ι cut in automobile product int
i I ; ι r in excess of Ihc liO per cent al
I ready agreed to by manufacturer*
• it was learned today.
ι The propo.-al for further curtail
mont \va·· mad ο by some governmen
: o\t ci 11 ives vv ho believe lhal a short
ago ol various type· «>! steel ma
impede delivery o| defense order.·
and thai additional molal should b
diverted from automobiles to ship
and armaments.
West Coast
Strike
Cracking
Lumbermen to Return
to Work Monday;
AFL Machinists Vote
Tomorrow on Return
to Work on Ship
Building.
ι
(By The Associated Press)
National definse · f I i . t ion board!
official.- Watched we ι t develop- j
11 !<-i 11 ~ today as the P.i.;e( Sound CIO ι
lumber ti ike front · .. :ed and AFL ,
machinists in San 1·': aiici.-co pre
pared to \ ote tomorr on a return
to work un $501>,0()0.η00 worth
Na> y and nurchanl ί :p building.
The three largest I· ■■·>Is if the CIO
International Wood v. ■·: kei s of Amer-j
ica—whose president, ( ). M. Orton, '
last week denounced tin board for !
''labor busting and · lr.lie-breaking"
tactics -planned to p-sume work
MoikI.' v under a b aid peace plan.
Possibility that fill peed work in
eh veil Sail Francisco bay area ship
yards might be resumed Monday
after tomorrow's balloting was cloud
ed by the report that onty Tliil of the
original I.KÛI AFL strikers are still
available, the rest having found oth
er job . Harry (look, machinists bus
(Contimied on Pai'o Three.)
Text Books
Corrected
U. S. Education
Commissioner Finds
Much Misinforma
tion About South
America.
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< '·": ; r.11 !'π· Cnliininisl
W'.i ι i ι ι«|ι m. .lull. Il Inhil \V. |
Si : if ti mImt. Unit'"l Still'* K.dueat um j
( *< hi 11111 - ■ inner, is right. Our Yanke·· (
rli»i! 11 · χ t ImmiI. ccmlain plenty of
in' >:·· a ι '"ii c incoming Latin
Amené . I'erliap they're n<>: .·> u.i'l
relative t" "iir very
earest iieiuiiljur
■ like Μ ρ χ it"1 » and
■ 'ulia. 1 >ιΜ they arc
. ι : 11 > I < ■ inaccurate a -
in the republic
until of. -ay Pana
11 ; ι. I l.nmv, because
tudicd ;nni" nl'
11.1 i' text bunks
ii"h I \ a a kid.
I.ator I lived I'm·'
■ n · 111".' I!i'· c'lMatnr
'r η nui· own hemi -
John *ï»tutleûiiltf
(fnnliruiod <>" P:me Four)
DefendefS
yichyD Kissoue
4bond°n
Croatia To
Join Axis
Koine, June 1 J.— (ΛΡι—Poli
tical circles sail) today tliat
Croatia would sien the three
power pact, .joining other south
eastern Furopean nations which
have lined up with the Italian
German-Japanese treaty.
This was reported soon alter
it was announced officially that
Italian Foreign .Minister Count
Ciano had arrived at Venice with
diplomatic representatives of
Croatia and Germany.
British Subs
Claim Toll
London. .1 a,, 11 < .VP)- The . «I
îïiirally an · n· < <1 î«u 1."iy that la il
i. h subi · ι >■" ι: ίIm■ Mvditv! r n.
oa π |i.rl ! · » ι i. · . · . viiiiny" \ e -rl
ciiicl tni j it. i. il · · t t.lht·! - m ι...
roach nui ret··. :·.' 1 > v. hioli carried
under r.i \\ t · r into ( ;<
man and liai . ; " ·ίIrd harhnr.·
The v< I .· ' ι r ι ,· led an lî.. ι
ian ai med ! ι .ι 1· · ! ' ■> ■ <Ίι· · ·ηοι -
i 1 vva e.- ci >rl 111ι- did · apply np
ni ahnut 1 .non ΐ· -ι · · ι ■· I · -d ai a
harbor. and I v. » 1 · » ι » «. · ; nul ι
lar^e caria» api ■ . ; · mhîrr a ·:
ped<»ed in an A· :; u
In .id.dilinn.
pedned and aln ■ ■!«·. : · - a
la ru» ■ tanker ni ai · ή : . ί 1 " ι· - '
ni be.!;' ; lib η ia ι ί I u· I ■>.;···■"·· d
Si π »ï 111 >« >. a.L'ill!-Il» \ r · ..a 1
\va: "lcpi'i I« (I t" ha\ Γ ι c · · ί
tanhlil I » : ι \ il ni hifil mi mil I; il
Οίί." and an Italian η irrehai 11 c. «
ly111 Lt i' t!»:· I ». « r ! »- · r ol' Mcnua/.i ' λ
tnrpcd» .rd.'
H
British and F r e «
French Forces in Syrii
Advance on Damas
eus, Which May B'
Declared an Open Cit
to Save Siege,
London, .Tunc 1 -t.—< ΛΡ)— Authoi
1 live -.iiim- announced today th
Κr· ηί·1ι troops had abandoned II
Syaali town of Ki-soue and h;
t'i, 1 it-i: hack t ncv. positions only
miles Γΐ'οπ 1 Jamascus.
Κ ■.·■ -nue i.- ten miles south
I > . · a c and British and Fr
I· in,·: ; Γ ι rcc- striving 1.1 capture t
Syrian capital have Ι)··ρη held
for s· vera I rl ν · by Fren
;v- .-tance
I·: : i ι « * central sector west of Κ
• ιι·, : e c -ourei s · aid, the alii
la.w h( Id. and. "closely si
ρ· 'ι·! by thi· 1!AF. are in touch w
\' a 1 iv 11 .a ; p"i ! .· ni >rth ■ a' Merd
> " Xi a'e! the c a-t. the all
V. ' <■ - ι ! 11 ' · I ' i\ c CIU'I 11 II!'. '. led "SOI
■; < ' ■ ό" nt . r Si don.
ι I·".· ■ ι ! : " ! 'a: ν source- said
• I ·■ ai hi ι η tlir'iwn "lit
the mu kirt- of Sidon after gain!
fiiotljnld there yesterday).
InP.reicd I!: it ns earlier prediel
'! I).,· .· ".·■·"!' capital
s.\1 .. ν ..(lid Ι- ι μ·;π ling Bt
( ( 'ι .tit i ι a led .in Page Three.1
Occupied
Countries
Included
President Roosevelt,
Acting In View of Un
limited National
Emergency, Extends
Order Freezing As
sets in U. S.
Washington. June 14.— (ΛΓ) —
President Roosevelt today order
ed the imnn -diate f'rce/intï of all
(ierman ·»ηΗ Italian assets in the
I nitcd States. 1
At the same time he ordered
the free/inii <>l the assets of all
invaded or occupied Furopean
countries not previously covered
in frecziiiK orders.
The executive order said the
action was taken in view oi the
unlimited national cmergeno he
declared recently.
The control me;, life will i>c· ad
î 1111 ί ι1 ♦ ί ♦ rl l)\- i},< Γ: (?asui y depart
ment. whose ι. : ι ( · 111 η ι ι . the- White
H'»u e said. i- already in motion.
Under previous executive order
tree/in# control had been extended
t·ι the η -et> ot Nu: ν ;iy. Denmark,
the Netherlands r.el^iurn, Luxem
l>»urg. F run ce, Latvia, F.-toina. Hu
main.i. Bulgaria. Lithuania, Hungary,
YuMo>lavia and Greece.
Today's order extended control to
ets ο Γ Λ 11);; nia. Λ! i stria. Czech o
Movakia. Dan/ig. Aie-tria, C'zeeho
dition to Germany and Italy.
: Ν. Υ. Harbor
To Be Mined
i- !
,1 Loaded Mines to be
'[ Used to Some Extent
in Mine Planting Be
ginning Sunday.
îe
\V;ishin.al··η. .1 mu» li (AIM Pre
'-1 paration· 1" nine- :ii the lower
buy of Ni'W York harbor wore dis
I· ■ -i ll ! Iiy ι!:.· X y It wa- ill
:'d dieated thai a .idi'l ι 111n τ than mere
Ρ" practice mini's would he used to some
til .'Xtent.
(iliii-jal did not ay whether the
'·■· ■ ι«·. i1 iiin 1" hi' i'aι ried ·Hit tlii.- sltm
IH' i! .τ !>>■ 11 ι Am y. v. intended only
f·»·· tr.i'i ι :■ ι : a■ ,.ιι arti.al .· al'Cfjuard
:il- ol the li ii'hoi·
o| ,\d\ ι:« ι·|· '.u Ih ' the mine
nu pi η η tins would take place between
June là and September in a spe
ed ell led : · · 'hi >>l Sandy
ol Honk, the Ν·.·, y -iml ihat "when
it loaded ·· :a s re planted the area
(Continued on Page Four)
Joe Caleutt Defended And denounced
During Three-Hour Clemene\ Hearing
Daily bispatrh Bureau,
In the Sir Walter <ioiel.
By IIKNKV AVI.KILL.
, Raleigh, June 11. Governor .1
: Melville Broughton will get a pu -
lure of Joe C'ak'Utt, convicted --lot
machine distributor, as a "bene
i lactor" in the language ol' a retired
1 Methodist minister, and as a "com
mon racketeer" in tin· eyes of the mi
(-.prior court judge who presided at
the Fayetteville man's trial.
A quartet of able attorneys .--pent
almost three hours Friday drawing
the portrait the preacher's viewpoint
.-ummarizes. Judge H. Hunt Parker
presented his idea of the man and
his business in a crisp. succinct state
ment penned originally as a tele
gram but which "due to its length i
;-m mailing", as he put it
Commissioner of Paroles Edwin
Gill presided vit the hearing on Cai
cutt's plea for a full pardon or. al
ternatively, for a parole which would
i save him from serving even one day
1 of the twelve months sentence Park
er imposed after trial in Wake su
perior court late last year.
I'rom contre, ι nan. down throiign
. talc - lator.· .< ι xi county "I I ieials
lu κ iclt-ιit ni tl.i little· mil! village
in which Calculi was burn thru·
iMiiii· .. wealth ni test imonv Ilia' tin
iiic-tune 'biggest distributor of coin
npcr.ited machine m tin- world" i.
iiii part ol a criminal. but on the
othiT hand a man of outstanding
ability and integrity, an asset to th<
community. In letters and telegrams
nut bv ihc m'iih'. -Hit by the hun
dred··, l'anks Arendall ol C'alcut*.
counsel marshalled the testimony tor
his client. Commissioner Gill wa.
tuid that one North Carolina su
perior court judge. Q. Κ Nimock?
Jr.. desires to lie heard in Calcutt'.
behalf.
Such an overwhelming array ο
clia· arler w in' 1 le.. ι ·. ■ 1 >.ιi>!;·
nevci In ιίι 11 :.uled il ,i clemency
ih- nun η ι . a η > ye. ι ·.
( >n î I it* iillici 11 : ι lid there ;i|)|"· n
ed lin atlnrnev> t·, argue lui Ihe State
ui North Carolina; but on the çoro
ii ι : ss h >rn s ' s table and .i part . ι ! ret
ord which will yu before tilt f,.nrr
nor va- tin- açid indictment by
Judge Parla1! .
"For many years Caicutt has op
cratt (1 a c, at mal racket in Ν· >ι!·ι
Carolina. C";i 1 · ': 11 prior to his Wake
trial had 'n u arrested about twenty
time- Touching Calculi's ii""d faith
he wa- operating nne-armed bandit
in Favettevillc in March, 1940. Hp
va> operating one-armed bandit.- in
April. 1940. Hr was iperating one
armed bandit- In Ileceni.-er, 1940 In
his trial Calcult swore i^at since
1939 law lie had not put oui one
aim bandit Ili- record present ι
case of contempt for law with lei.
if any. parallels in North Carolina,
i 1 am opposed a ''alclitt's reque:
(Continued on Pafe - Three)
Justice Byrnes at Home
The newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice, James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina, is shown at home in Washington with his wife and their dojj
,'Whiskers." Byrnes was confirmed by his former colleagues in the
Senate ten minutes alter they received the nomination.
ι
Modem Betsy Ross at Work
Betty Maneill, of Marion, Pa., selected as the modern I'-'sy F,.i?s,
rehearses the making of the first American 1 lair at the l;.··.·y J;...·*
House in Philadelphia, where the Stars and Strip· - was l> t-n. Ii. tty
shares June 1 1 with uld us lier birthday.
"'Λ ι.inU I'rc&t)
His Favorite Admirers
Hnrlnn Fis ko SU<iw, .κ. ; ' " "urtiif Γ IV e U. Ci. Supreme Court.,
··<· «inference with two .Μ ί.Ι. .. . t: ' : ··— 7. ·. Potdr,
I ,nrt Harh. . ii, aro shown with thoir giamitaii.ci ... Eroûki/ r., "»> η ore
<* ··· ; ♦ ·** "■ ·· v.n cvqkc- to WgcVjiYip^on as Chief Justice.
{Central Pres$X
WEATHER
FOK NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sun
day. scattered showers in east
portion.