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German Drive Reported Stalled
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Ships May Go On War Basis
Bailey Says
Shortage
Is Critical
North Carolina Senior
Senator Says "We
Must Get a Total Ef
fort Without Totali
tarianism;" Voluntary
System Fails.
W.i liûii't'in. .Hint' I'ii CAP) S-a:*
t«·ι I'l.iiiey. IV'Mnoerat. North ('an·
Ιπι.ι. ii(! t · κ 1 ; ι y it wa . iircc sary I ·
put t h * * entire merchant marine on
;i war rrnnoniy *" t » » cope with cri·!
iic.il li"i t ι<· of ships" both coast-ι
·· .ni' I transoceanic
The chairman of the Sonate com- j
: ι I hed und< 1 he· merchant :
' |.· }n :< lit ies lull pending beto"
« ■· »i 11111 i 11 ee after Hou^e approval.
"Thr> is war ccniifiniy .is opposed!
'■< noieuj economy." he said to ;
' ■«·.· men. "We inu>t get a total e!
' ί ? ;thout totalitarian!. in. We'll
.(·· p every hip busy. we'll build up
• 11: 11 ·« ι chant marine, and it will be
fi'«nii for years."
I )··t'en·r ;md maritime official ·
• Ί the drastic .-hip control legi
' 11 ίι·η after experiments for several
■ '«nths with a voluntary control sys
tem .
I hev said government agencies
ι < ' ded ships immediately to bring |
;,onii.i)iiii tons of defense material to
Mi country.
.T««hn .1. Dempsey, speaking for the
• arilime commission, told Congress
that mo-1 ship owners had cooperat
ed under the voluntary system, bin
.· few preferred to haul some items
,.t Mu a ton when this country need-,
» (I «-re at $18 a ton.
LUFTWAFFE BOMBS
PORT FACILITIES
I '.'I lin, .1 lino 'Jli (AIM Port lac
I· ' 'ι■. at Southampton and vital ob
·· > tiv ·· · in the center ol the city were
ι" ι ! I n ·< I successfully by the luftwaffo
a attacks on Kngland last nigh*.I
I ;··! '.ι.ιns said today
I'bc night raidies a! > were saicl 1
t" h ive sunk a 1.500-1 on mercham
vi · I oi l' ( b eat Yarmouth.
The Germans acknowledged tha
P.1 itisli air raiders bad again attacked ι
ume places in western Germany
(airing the night, causin* some dam
:· aid casualties, but they said ii"
military targets were hit.
BRITISH GARRISON
ACTIVE AT TOBRUK
Cairo. June lit!. (AIM Britain.
hi aged gari ι "ii al Tobruk. Libya,
yi sterility made strong, new gam
against the axis Iront "and thereby
con-iderably strengthened oui own
I · · 111 on in this sector," the lîiiti h
liddle Ka. I command reported to
day.
This sign of new British offensive
strength on the western desert was
coupled with claim, of gains al· .
in l'a t Africa and what the com
munique called progre.-sive "disin-j
tcgration" of'-.fasci t forces in Ethio·*?
pia.
Tire Prices
To Be Fixed'
Price Administrator
Henderson Announc
ing "Freezing" at
June 16 Levels.
Washington, June 26.—(AP)
Leon Henderson, price administra-j
tor. announced today that botn ι
wholesale and retail prices of auto
mobile tires and tubes would be
fro/en at the levels prevailing June
16.
Henderson said fhat conferences
with the tire industry would be held
within the next few days to smooth
out certain details of the proposed
schedule, which is expected to bej
ordered next week.
An advance announcement of the j
pending move was decided upon. I
Henderson said, to advise· the trad*· j
of what to expect and to avert any J
advance in prices. I
AFL Machinists End Strike
At San Francisco; New York
Fears Transportation Tieup
Nazi Blitz Wrecks Red Town
C. /'. Rtiilioplioto
Only heaps of rubble and a few battered walls remain in this Russian
town near the German border after an attack by N'azi dive bombers
and tanks, according to the official Herman caption with this radiophoto
<"mm I'erlin. According to the Nazis, the building at left is what remains
of a Red snipers' nest.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE,
OCCURS IN MOROCCO
London. June ίιί.—(ΛΙΊ—Λ
severe earthquake, whieh ex
perts compared with some of tin
worst in recent years, was rec
orded toda\ and indirect reports
said there had heen considerable
damage lint lew casualties in
Morocco.
The (iuake began at '! |i. 111. (7
a. η!. 1ST) and still was regis
tering l<> minutes later when 111<
scismograph needle here swung
two and one-fourth inches.
The tremors appeared to be
getting progressively more viol
ent.
Τ obacco
Association
In Convention
Nortolk, June -li.—(ΛΡ)—Uu ι
lie. bcl'ire the Tobacco Λ nci.iti η
ul the United St .le . which i holding
its til annual cunvi ntion lien· t.>
flay, tomorrow anil Suturd; y, in
eluded discussion of l!ie opening,
dates of maikets in tin· tobacco bell,
election of fl'icers and reports of
various comniittees.
A meeting of tin· tobacco >.11 · coin
nutlee was held today, al which lime |
ropreseiilatives from the various to
baeeo belts discussed the opening
dati - ol these belts. Announcement
of the dates will not be nnde until
the general business session of the
h cl.v tomorrow. In addition to an
nouncing opening dates, tomorrow's
session w ill be featured by addr· : 1 -
by J. W. Dunninglon. of Farmville.
president of the association, and
George Van Dyne, of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, Washington.
FDR Asks
Housing Fund
Washington, June 2(1.—(API
President Hoosevelt proposed today |
that Congress authorize spending of I
an additional .S^âO.finn.OOO oil delense '
housing.
This would ti uble the amount ap
prnved last October. In a special
message to the legislators Mr. Hoose
velt suggested early consideration of
the proposal, in view of the urgency
of the matter. j
Wilson Men
Welcomed
Five Survivors of Zam
zam Met by Cheering
Throng; Miller Hadn'
Shaved.
U'll.-.iiti, June 2li.—(Ai')— Five ο
Wil (in', survivor.-. of till' Egyptiai
Inn r Z;iiii/.;ini wcic met by a duer
in;; ihroitj; I 1,0(10 mi'ii, women an(
children as they returni tl home tuiiuj
by train from New York.
Tlionuis L>. Miller, who hadn'
.haved .sinee a Gcrn.au raider sanl
the Zamzam April 17, was a eente
nt attention. Miller .haved his bean
this atternoon.
The others in ti.e party were \V
A. (Tinkicj .lolnisoii, 1'aul A. Burton
Harry t'awthornc and .lames Smith
They will all be guests at a banque
Tin sda.v iliwht.
Ned I. a 11 u h 111 u 111111 e, now heliev ι
being treated in a hospital in France
fur a shell splinter wound receivei
in the sinking of the steamer, wa
the istli member of a group of tc
baeeonists from Wilson who wer
bound for South Africa.
Nazi Raider
Admitted Lost
lierlin, June 26. (AP) The ("lei
man high command acknowledge
today the loss of one of its siirfac
raiders in an Indian ocean batti
with a British cruiser, but annotinc
ed the retuin of the pocket battle
ship Admiral Scheer from a raidin;
cruise in the Atlantic which ncttei
152.000 tons ol shipping.
The daily communiiiue said tha
the auxiliary cruiser Pinggui;
"which had been active in foreigi
watirs against enemy merchant shij;
ping, was lost in the Indian ocean ii
a light against the much superio
heavy British cruiser Cornwall."
The communiiiue said the 10.00Γ
tun Admiral Scheer. commanded b
Captain Krancke. "arrived at a Ger
man base alter a long, successfi
cruise in the north and south At
lantic." It credited her with th
sinking of 86.000 ol her total 152,
000 tons in the destruction ol a sin
&ie convoy.
Work to be Resumed
Monday on $bUU,UUO,
000 Worth of Ship
building Orders; Chi
cago Newspapers Hav
ing Labor Trouble.
(It.v The Associated Press)
AFI, machinists announced today
the end of the 47-day strike at eleven
San Francisco Hay shipyards.
Important defense nrd rs aggre
gating $500.000,000 have been de
I; yed by the walkout of 1.200 Λ ΚI .
machinists and of (100 affiliated with
the CIO.
.At a meeting in S η Francisco last
night, the AFL men voted to return
j to work Monday, negotiating their
I contract;: later. Meanwhile they
i were assured f protection under
I term- of a master contract negotiat
ed by the AFI. metal trades council
, with all .'f!) major Pacific coast ship
! yards. The striking machinists, alter
I their \v lkout. had withdrawn from
I the trades council. But they received
I assurance from the office of Produc
tion Management in Washington of
I protection under terms of the master
I contract. Meanwhile the CIO strik
! ers prepared ti> meet tonight to re
consider their position. James Smith,
! business agent for the CIO, sat in
on the AFL meeting and said he
would have a definite recommenda
tion to make to the members of his
union. Recently, Smith has opposed
back to work plans.
Wages were one of the big issues in
the strike. The machinists, who had
been getting $1 an hour and double
time for oveitime, struck for SI.15
! and continuation of the double over
time. The master contract provides
I for $1.12 and time and a half for cx
; tra hours.
Clear across the continent a strike
j threat held over New York city's
municipally operated subw.'y system
I which carries more than 1.800,000,
000 passe ngers annually.
With uni η contracts exnired -Tone
20. Micî ael -I. Ouill. international
president of the CHI Transport Work
ers I'nion, declared last night that
, (Continued on Page Two)
Hitler
: ι
Bewilders
First Reaction In
' Washington to Russian
Invasion is Confused,
Stewart Says.
ι
IS\ ( ΙΙΛΙίΙ I S Γ. STEWART
I Central Press Columnist
Washington, Juno ϋ(ί. Kxeeiilive,
t congres intiiil. military, diplomatic,
ί ί pi>1 ilii-.iI nd miscellaneously export
comment in Washington apropos
.■ lion Hitler's attack tin Russia
cioosn't make much sense. Not yet,
anyway. There's a lot of it, but be
wilderment's about all it expresses.
The situation recalls the ancient
'•tory ot the young reporter, who
assigned by h1·. editor to telegraph
in an account of a nearby calamity,
arrived on the scene, took a look,
tried to talk with some of the dis
aster's survivors, found 'em fairly
incoherent and hastily wired to head-j
quarters the message, "Everything'.·,
" i confusion. Can send nothing."
' Which outfit do we hate worst, the
'j nazis or the communists? Perhaps
it's a tie. In that case, should we do
any lease-lending to either one ot
em? Before we try to answer that
question we must take into account
' the fact that Winston Churchill pro
mises the Russians all tne aid Bri
' tain can give 'em. It's understano
■ able. Winston's thinking of Britain's
1 immediate emergency. It may be
" life-saver to John Bull to have the
1 nazis involved in a terrible jam with
r the Soviet folk. After and if Hen
Hitler's licked, the British can wor
( Continued on Page Seven)
WEATHER
FOR NORT HCAROLINA.
Partly cloud ν tonight and Fri
[ day; wanner Friday.
Red Chutists Invade Rumania
News of the· Day News reel Photoa
Russian parachute Iroops arc shown bailinjr nut of a hutre transport
plane ciurin<r recent manuevers. A suicide squadron of several thousand
such troops, armed with machine jruns and flame throwers, attacked the
Rumanian oil fields at Floesti and the port of Constanta, according to
reports in Turkey.
Americans May Join
Democracies' Armies
FINNISH PRESIDENT
CHARGES RED THREAT
Helsinki, June — (ΛΡ) —
President Risto I'yti of Finland,
in a radio message to his country
even as Russian warplanes were
carrying out devastating air as
saults. charged tonight that
Soviet Kussia had repeatedly
threatened the independence ol'
Finland since their peace of
March, 1910.
RAF Raids
Intensified
British Reports Nine
German Fighters Shot
Down Over Channel
and France.
I .'II If I ■ 111. .111 Mi :'i; ι \ I > : I ·. ' . . ,· I
HA I·' I I · IX Ht,'·! I 1 |)ι· ί|ι· I I III I i! I! I
more German fighter planes oven
tli·· channel : 11 κ i ivfvrt liei'M I· r 11 u·· · 1 >
day wlii'ii il returned 11n·ι.· I'nr :m
<11111Ί 11,'if li ·Γ: I It; I ; ι ill 1ι ι rc'lllf' .1 n- '
lli.'i'-lcr.v ni 1 }ιι· 11 ; ι \Ί iglit .-kit" ni I h
.'il'c. ι. Till ' ί ■ ι h I igliler.- were
missing.
Only : ι lew hours aller the RAT
wound up flic m'.'.ili· I 4 -1111111 11Γ11 · li -
sive il lui yet attempted η con ·
tinuoiis . ι - , 11111 in which H n ι to ΓιΐΚΙ
planes were said In have paι 1 icipa I -
ed - the mar nl .'I irei .il t cm lid lie
hoard along the smith coast as planes
raced aerns the channel In hammer
nazi-oecupied lerritnrios again.
Yesterday'.- great laid culminate!
in another smashing air attack mi
western Germany. The short slim
mer nights were said tn he lorcing
the RAF tn enncentrate mi western
Germany I m t when the nights
lengthen thev expect tn reach mit In
the virtually untmiched eastern sei
i inn.
Bremen and Kiel were the main
objectives last night.
While the RAK smashed at li <■
reieh the Germans apparently oc
cupied with operations in the ea-t
■contented themselves witli I ig ! 11
raids on [joints in southern England
BRITISH FORCES
ADVANCE IN SYRIA
Cairo. .June 2ti.— (AP) — British
forces in Syria have made "substan
tial gains" west of Damascus "in the
face of increased resistance," the
British command reported today.
Positions captured yesterday in '.he
region of Mardjaynun. southern
Syria, are being enn-uhdated. tne
daily communique said, while Βι ι
tish land guns and guns ..| the Brit
ish fleet off the coast are cooperat
ing in supporting the British driv e
toward Beirut.
Formal Approval Ex
pected Soon for Enlist
ment of American Men
in War Effort of Bri
tain and China.
Washington, lune 26.—CAP)—The :
I ιitcrl State:- probably ·Τ .ur ·■ Γ· ·γ
••«I. lull Π egged ;ι pprr>\;41 within a
lew davs in the enlistment of Amer
ican men in the British or Chine-·.·
war effort, either for actual comb.:»
duty or for non-combatant technical
work behind the lines.
The iMilistimjit would be sanction
ed < » 11 i ( · ι : 111 >■ a> service in the interest
1.1 national sal·. 1y.
Informed persons predicted t'n'..·
development would come wI^T issu
ance by select i\ ο erv ice headquar
ters here oi a memorandum to state
directors loi m,illy direetin# that de
terment. be nix on to roi>i-'rants whe,
wish I" \olunteer for duty abroad.
A final deci- ion to ι - Mir the menr ·
randum ha not been made, offietals
aid. but at -elect ve erviec head
quarter· it va lo· iked upon a> a
\ irtualh inevitable ■■-tep alter Pro
ident Boosevelt told his pros- con·
Pronee Hi .1 anv e ι » ι \\ It . wants I· ■
fill i t in 1 îri ta in' ■ ·ι· ( 'h ma's fight -
iiιl» lore·.'.· h.ι a ported right to (in ,
The Pre idrnt < Μ Ί·· med that f » »
I a ι η no Ιο! ι ;.·<.·ι i η e : < Anieric 'i »
to take an oath alleiiiane·· to th
kiim, a pf •eedurr b\ v. h ich Ih« y
would 1 ' ' ι ■ thoii American eiti/ei
.-11111 and I >cc< une I ·' . ' h ci t ι/.en . ,
DUTCH SUBMARINE
SINKS TWO SHIPS
I .< » Ϊ l fi « m » ι< · lîlî ι \ Ρ ι Α Λ el h
( ι i a nd -iihir ο ! u "j ·· · .lam wi I h the
Britisli na\ y Ι. ι uni. m euen \ tan '
ker of about '· .uni) u .·> nd au euen y "
siippls ship ol abniit àOU 1 « m ." the
Netherlands adi ial'\ announced
today.
It gave η·· indication of where the,
sinkin^s occurred.
Vichy Envoy
To Ankara
Vichy. .Τ 1111 > · LM> ι ΛI1 < Jaeqiie -
Benoist-Mcchin. vice president ο!
the Vichy cabinet. has an ivcil m Aim
Kara, carrying a special message
Irom Chicl of State Marshal Petam
tor the Turkish president. Ismet
Inonu. it was announced officially
today. (
(Previous reports said Benoist
Mcchin was flying to Turkey to ask ι
permission lor French troops retreat- '
ing Irom Syria to cross Turkish ter- :
ritory This has not been confirmed :
in Vichy.)
The message, the announcement
said, "renewed expressions of ti\.
ci il i· mal French-Turkish friendship."
(The two countries had an alliance
-—to which Britaoi was a po'ty be
tore ethe fall oi France.)
Nazis Keep
Silence On
Offensive
Red Army Reported in
Russian Military Dis
patches to be Envelop
ing Thrusts of Ger
many's Mechanized
Armies.
(I»v The Yssociated l'ress.)
With Germain hersHt silent
"on details of the Russian cam·
paiun. reports from other quar
ters. ^u-ludiiiK' the Russian, in
dicated late toda> that the of
fenshe had heen si.tiled on large
see!ions of the 1.000 miles of the
active line on the fifth day of
the epic clash.
The Red \r:n\ was reported
in Russian nnlitarv dispatches
today tu lie enveloping the
thrusts of Germany's mechaniz
ed armies and. if ultimate!;» suc
cessful. the tactics will he the
first checkmate ever found for
tin- panzer infiltration.
My 1 ho Km, -i m ;<<·.·>. mt, musses
• Γ Hod 11"··:·)).*-. thrown into the
)!'<· ιί·}j ufter pu u$c οΓ Germur»
uni·;- in tlu-ir dri.e tnwurd Vilnu,
^ithunnici. re-iornved the front, leav~
n-g tho î ; ι η 1 : s '■> be disposed oi in
our guard action.
Tlu' P'reneh tried il u little more
According to word reaching
Vich.λ niilitar> circles tonight,
the Germans have made no great
forward movement against the
Russians within the past 24
hours, except for the drive near
Vilna.
This, if true, might account l'or
the continued reticence til" the Ge>
nnn Mgft command to discuss the
•ampaign in detail.
Russian forces were reported hold
in.t; tight in the Vilna sector and
l ewlinv along the 1,Odd-mile active
jattle front Russian dispatches said
.hat a town on the border of Ger
i.an-occupied Poland had been re
aptured in Ku.-sian counter attack.
The announcement of Russian suc
.e.-ses coincided with a broadcast o£
in offic.al Ua.-sian statement charg
ng Finland with flagrant violation
(Contnued on Page Seven.)
BRITISH VESSELS
SUNK OFF TOBRUK
■: .lune ΛΙ')- Λ Brit
. : ι· ... y ι 1 . a light cruiser and
ι tanker were sent to the bottom off
In 1. ,v„s, port i.i 'I'olirui. b.v~Uei
nan v., 1111 i a ι u - - on Ttio-dny. mt'orm
■d i ci ''piirted todays
Kigiit lop total h» -))!.(Kin tons
λ ere mid·. λ >uim ...run ·. the .same
oiircr ...ill.
I ,·.".. ! "Ί till· Π κ : Is:: was not
;i\ en alt αι.,' '■ !»«· ni": a me pre
lou.ly Wi ο :opoiU'd to have made
good li...; in .ittacl ■ on British
■ hipping in ti.e North Atlantic.
SENATOR BYRNES
MAY JOIN COURT
WITHIN A WEEK
W.I : ι : 11 i:.t ■ · m June 26. —(AP) —
ci;.I p. o.i.i led 1 ■ d y that James
Γ.ν ' ι I ι i.rial, S .' Caro
itui. Would leave the Senate some
m i !n \! wed. to l.iecwe an asso
ie Ιι· ί · t ice · >ι the Siijiri ■ <> Court.
Τ: ι > . ;d l is rue.·, w uld di lay lak
ng the Supii'ii i Coiiri nth longer
inly if l)einocrala· Leader l'arkley,
o\\ recovering from an illness should
a:1er a setback.
Japan May
Join War
Italian Admiral Says
Japan May Occupy
Sakhalin Island and
Other Soviet Bases
Rump. .Tunc 26—(API—Admiral
■ ino Duecci of the Italian navy said
odny that Japan might join in the
\is war on Russia, occupying all of
siUhalin island and other northern
ν>ν■ t-1 hases to prevent the Ignited
îtatr- from occupying Siberian hases
η .1 war against Japan, Germany
md Italy.
I'nitcd States commercial nid t *
Russia "may force" Japan to "rc
'xamipp her defensive problems to
ivard the west ar.d north". Admirai
Dutcci said today.