KELLY is rapped
BY LEGION LEADER
Commander, He Says, Failed
To Call Committee On
Army Plan
BALTIMORE, June 29. — <2P) — J.
Hobbs, Maryland member of
l)ie American Legion’s national ex
cutive committee, asserted today
ti]at “confusion” over National Com
al,dcr Raymond J. Kelly’s “service
j security” defense plan could have
been avoided if the committee had
been consulted.
Hobbs' statement was in reply to
Kelly s assertion Thursday at Nor
follir \ a.. that disclosure-of the “pri
vale
ture-- and a "breach o£ faith.’’
Under the proposal, which became
jiuoivn here when Maryland Le
gionnaires voiced objections to it,
gn "army’ of citizens would be or
ganized under Legion auspices to
a:j in national defense.
Commander Kelly said that dis
closure of the plan was premature
because the “national executive
committee has not had time to con
sider the proposal."
Or, June 20, Hobbs said, Kelly
v,-ote him he was not calling the
committee to act on the matter be
cause a committee meeting might
"increase the hysteria of Legion
jiaries and the general public rath
er than allay it.”
Hobbs added that if Kelly “has
had any intention of consulting the
committee on this vitally important
step, he must have reached it” since
June 20.
•It is still my opinion that Com
mander Kelly's plan for a service of
security corps is too important to be
launched upon the 11,000 posts of the
American Legion without action by
the national executive committee,”
he said.
"If National Commander Kelly
non- intends to call the committee
and submit his plan In the regular
■nay. I am glad to hear it. Con
fusion could have been avoided if
he had taken this simple step earl
ier."
JAPS ENUNCIATE
SPHERE DOCTRINE
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insisted upon maintenance of the
status quo in east Asia.
(In Washington there were strong
indications of opposition to this
Oriental Monroe Doctrine project
ion).
The foreign minister, broadcasting
to the empire, visualized the crea
tion of stabilized spheres through
out the world between “closely re
lated peoples” as a prelude to perma
nent peace.
Xo mention was made of “status
quo” or previous Inferential warn
ing to western nations to stay away
from colonies in east Asia and the
South Seas.
"The cause of strife mankind
hitherto has experienced,” he said,
"lies generally in the failure to give
due consideration to the necessity of
some such natural constructive world
order, and to remedy the irration
alities and injustices.”
(At Hongkong Japanese-British
tension was so high that a state of
emergency was proclaimed and
British authorities planned to remove
all women, children and unneeded
men from the Crown colony to Ma
nila. This was interpreted to mean
that Britain would reject Japan’s de
mand that it close the Burma route
which, the Japanes charge, is carry
ing arms to the Chinese.
(A Japanese blockade of Hongkong
or even an invasion was considered
possible. The British were under
stood to be ready to take powerful
counter steps. American action for
removal of women and children was
expected within a week).
V. S. Navy—1940’—
March Of Time Film
“The U. S. Navy—1940,” latest
issue in the March of Time film
series, brings to the screen of the
Carolina Theatre tomorrow show
ing in conjunction with the feature
musical, “Irene”, the story of a
ritually important part of the na
tion’s newly-inaugurated defense
Program.
The huge sums now being appro
priated by Congress for rearma
ment are to be spent largely on the
Army Air Corps and the Navy.
Since tne March of Time has pre
viously surveyed the Air Corps in
the recent film, “Soldiers With
Wings”, this new issue pictures
the Navy as it is today and shows
how it will be developed and ex
panded under the current build
ing program.
Featured in "The U. S. Navy
1940'’ are several scenes of the
now historic Washington Naval Dis
8rrnament Conference of 1922.
v,hieh resulted in the scrapping of
more than half a million tons of
S. warships, including unfinish
ed cruisers and dreadnaughts that
had already cost American tax
payers hundreds of millions of dol
lars.
For construction of 130 new ships
?nd maintenance of the general
naval establishment during the
Past seven years, The March ol
yn-ie points out, the people of the
F have spent four and a half
billion dollars, and under the new ■
Aaval rearmament program they
must spend many billions more. 2
RESEARCH
W. vco, Tex., June 29.—(JF)—'The
otton Research Congress adopted a
-solution today urging the legisla
>es of southern states to appro
*aV\ ’F least $250,000 annually for
ir'lfic research, for new uses of
l0il and its by-products.
Bridges Blasted as Japs Surround Hongkong
Border bridges were dynamited and even- girls were told to “consider yourselves soldiers” as Hong
kong grimly watched Japan tighten its net around Frencli Iinlo-China and encircle the British crown
colony, pictured above. Map shows the trouble zone. Occupation of Kowloon and the island of Hainan
put Japs in a position to isolate Hongkong. Blocka de might compel Britain to close the route through
Burma over which China has obtained supplies.
REDS TAKE NAZI
SUPPLY TRAINS
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move to the Carpathians would place
the government in the approximate
center of the country.)
Foreign correspondents were told
that military authorities had taken
over the communications system,
and military censorship becomes ef
fective at midnight Saturday. Some
London correspondents and others
already have had their telephone
connections cut off in the past 24
hours because of stories they filed.
Bessarabia, which the Russians
always have called the land of milk
and honey, already is under the
heavy tread of the Soviet military
in a comparatively bloodless occu
pation.
Russian sources said, too, that the
principal cities in northern Buco
vina — the other area yielded by
Carol under a Moscow ultimatum—
are now in control of the Red army.
15 Miles Beyond
The chaotic state of affairs and
the lack of good communications
from Bucharest to the provinces
made it difficult to learn at what
point in the north the Russians had
halted, but the latest semi-official
word was that they had pushed on
as far as Dorohoi, some 15 miles be
yond the western boundary of Bes
sarabia and thus well within old Ru
mania.
Russian informants declared, how
ever, that this penetration beyond
the agreed line was “probably a mil
itary error.”
There were, at the same time,
signs that at least two possible
•3U 111 L. Itcic V£Ulbl.XlJst
These involved Bulgaria and Hun
gary, which have claims of their
own for Rumanian territory. It
seemed clear, from information re
ceived by diplomats here, that their
demands were being calmed.
In Budapest, Hungary, it was
learned that Germany and Italy were
urging both Bulgaria and Hungary
to stay at peace and continue their
production, with the understanding
that their demands upon Rumania
will be adjusted “in due time.’’
Nevertheless, King Carol, who al
ready had appealed strongly for
Adolf Hitler’s help lest his country
simply break apart under the Rus
slan-Bulgarian-Hungarian demands,
was forming an army of 2,000,000
in a "last man’’ mobilization.
Jammed With Refugees
The highways of Rumania were
jammed wtih refugees and with
hundreds of thousands of Ruman
ia! troops answering the call to serv
ice while the Russian soldiers
trafped down the winding, muddy
roads of Bessarabia, taking control
of town after town.
The army of occupation, which
started pouring down yesterday
from Russian Poland and also over
the only bridge the Dniester river
near Kisinev, continued streaming
today through these bottlenecks and
then spreading into the territory.
Waves of Soviet fighting planes
flew overhead as escorts and then
landed at Bessarabian airports over
which were hoisted the Red flag.
The first Russian units to enter
Rumania were corps of heavy tanks
followed by light tanks, artillery
supply trains, motorized infantry
and soldiers on foot.
Eye-witnesses said that a scarcity
of supply trucks indicated that the
army intended to live on the land.
In some isolated points on the Ru
manian frontier forces not inform
ed of the country’^-capitulation fired
on Soviet planes and engaged the
advance Red army units.
Other reports told of several scat
tered machine-gun actions in which
an undetermined number of Russian
soldiers were wounded.
But for the most part the Ruman
ian frontier force simply stood si
lently by, watching the entry of
troops against whom, for 21 years.
:heir own army had stood guard.
Bessarabia’s population of 4,000,
)00—one of the most conglomerate
n Europe—took the occupation with
’eelings as mixed as their blood con
lections.
Hundreds of thousands of Jews,
vho only a few days ago had ex
messed terror that Rumania’s new j
Paul Reynaud Badly
Hurt In Auto Crash
BERN, June 29.—(/P)—Paul
Reynaud, former French pre
mier, is ip an emergency hos
pital in Montpelier on the south
coast of France in serious con
dition as the result of an auto
mobile accident yesterday, the
Swiss Telegraphic agency re
ported tonight.
Reynaud was reported on the
way to the Riviera from Bor
deaux when his automobile over
turned in a ditch.
He suffered a head injury.
totalitarian government might be
come as anti-semitic as the old goga
regime, were declared by the Rus
sians to have welcomed the Soviet
arrival.
Reds Cheered
These same sources asserted that
Russians and Ukrainians—about 1,
000,000 of them scattered through
the province—cheered the arrival of
the Red forces, waving their long
outlawed red flags, throwing flowers
on the troops and giving them wine
and black bread.
The Bulgarians—of whom there
are 200,000—and Germans—of whom
there are 100,000—stood in groups
discussing what might lie in store
for them.
'’’o millions of Rumanians it was a
black day—in contrast to the nation
al day of 21 years ago when Bessa
rabia was taken from the Russians.
Most of them took it with resigna
tion, but there was some street
fighting in the larger cities between
Russians, Ukrainians and Ruman
ians.
The Rumanian airline, which used
to take the Rumanian papers to Bes
sarabia, suspended service 24 hours
before Russia had made her de
mands, and so only a small percent
agf of the population knew of the
developments until the Soviet for
ces arrived.
ATailir tvoolfliv lonrlnvimoi'c! V»n rl vn.
ceived advance notice to flee from
Bessarabia, but they were trapped
b„. the severance of railway commu
nications and the impossibility o?
getting automobiles through the
refugee-jammed roads.
As Red troops arrived in the
towns, public buildings were taken
over and the Red flag immediately
run up.
Condition Of Maxwell
Termed Much Better
RALEIGII, June 29.—(IP)—A. J.
Maxwell, state revenue commission
er and a candidate for the demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination in
the last primary, is “much, much
better,’’ his wife said tonight.
“He improved more in the last
24 hours than at any time since he
has been in the hospital,” she add
ed. “He is still weak and is not
having any company, but is be
ginning to eat and is enjoying it.
I believe they will let him come
home next week.”
Drivers Are Injured
In Auto Crash Here
Henry P. Langston. 2110 Burnett
avenue, reported that while driv
ing a car owned by W. E. Ed
wards, 510 Wrightsville avenue,
the car was struck by a car owned
by W. T. Denster, Sunset Park,
and operated by John W. Bellamy.
Langston and Edwards were
treated for lacerations and abra
sions of the head and release!
from James Walker Memorial hos
pital.
Kenny Store Looted
Here Saturday Morning
The C. D. Kenny Co. store was
reported broken into and an un
listed amount of merchandise taken
sometime Saturday morning.
The building was entered through
a window on the east side at the
front, and the stolen goods were
taken away in an automobile parked
between Hanover and Brunswick
streets
GERMANS RESUME
BOMBING ATTACK
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that British fighters brought down
one German bomber. Two were
felled last night.
Heavy gunfire, apparently across
the English channel, rattled windows
in a southeast coast resort town.
In Cairo, the British navy an
nounced the sinking of one of three
Italian destroyers in an engagement
in tlie central Mediterranean.
Six thousand Polish troops, the
Polish government announced here,
crossed the Syrian frontier into
Palestine to join the British forces.
German airdromes at Flushing and
Waalhaven, near Rotterdam, Hol
land, and a seaplane base 'on the
Dutch island of Txeel were bombed
yesterday by British fliers, the air
ministry announced.
An air field at Evreux in northern
France also was attacked, and a
chemical factory near Frankfurt was
declared to have been set ablaze in a
fire visible for 50 miles.
Johnston County ABC
Stores To Be Closed
SMITHFIEBD, June 29.—C2P)
Johnston county voted today ti
close its state-controlled retail liq
our stores, and to return to prohi
bition by banning the sale of al
beverages containing more than 2:
per cent of alcohol.
Complete unofficial returns show
ed 7,579 persons voted for prohi
bition and 3,956 voted to retain the
stores.
Under state law, the alcoholic
beverage control stores must be
closed within three months.
KIPLING, June29 —W—Thoma:
Rhone Crabtree, 18, drownec
yesterday while swimming in the
Cape Fear River near here. 1
1 City Briefs
TENT MEETING
The tent meeting at Tnird
and Church streets, which for
the past week has been con
ducted by C. L. Overturf, of
Lebanon, Tenn., will continue
through Wednesday night, with
services nightly at 8 o’clock.
He will speak tonight on the
subject: “The New Testament
Church.”
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Allison
announce the birth of a son,
Morris Gustave, Jr., June 25
at Marion Sprunt annex.
CHARITIES
Ail persons having orders
drawn on the Associated Chari
ties for food and rent given
to clients are asked to present
them .immediately .for .pay
ment, Mrs. L. O. Ellis, exe
cutive secretary, said yester
day.
TO WEST POINT
Jack J. Neuer, son of Mrs.
Emma K. Neuer, 2003 Wool-*
cott Avenue, left last night for
West Point to enter the United
States Military acadamy.
SUCCUMBS
Luther Franklin Wheeler,
negro, injured 'when he stepped
into the path of an automobile
driven, according to reports to
police by Edgar Artis, 907
North Sixth street, died at
James Walker Memorial hos
pital yesterday afternono.
VISITING HERE
Dr. and Mrs. Lyle C. Hedman,
of Manassas, Va., are visiting
Mrs. Hedman’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George L. Donnell, at their
home on Nun street here.
PREACHES HERE
The Rev. S. J. King, of Jack
sonville, Fla., will preach at the
evening service tonight at 7:45
o'clock at the Eighth Street Free
Will Baptist church
CHAMBERLAIN IS
URGED TO RESIGN
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fought on alone, at sea and in the
air, against the axis powers.
Lord Strabolgi’s action against
Chamberlain and Lord Halifax
came just one day after the decla
ration of a neutral diplomatic
source that a peace move was ‘‘in
the air,” and that Soviet Russia’s
“natural concern” over Adolf Hit
ler’s intentions might put Russia
on Britain’s side at a peace con
ference table.
But, this source added, such a
thing could come about only if the
British "install a genuinely lef.t*.u
government which does not try to
make a catspaw of the Russians.
In his letter, Lord Strabolgi said:
“Mr. Neville Chamberlain has
found it necessary to give an in
terview to the American press de
nying that he is in favor of asking
Germany for peace negotiations. .
“Unfortunately, the past of these
two statesmen is so identified with
the appeasement policy that, so
long as they are in the inner war
cabinet, the German propagand
ists will find credence for their
fairy tales about Britain suing for
armistice. . . 1
“If Messrs. Chamberlain, Halifax
and Hoare could see their way to re
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would be the greatest service they
could do to their country and to the
cause for which we are fighting, and
an act of high patriotism.”
Sea Supremacy Lost?
Neutral sources declared that a
direct threat to British sea suprem
acy was implicit in the possibility
that Germany had seized four
French men of war—which would
give her a 6 to 3 edge over Britain
in these fast craft with the striking
power of dreadnaughts.
These sources said that if Ger
many has in fact added the 35,000
ton Richlieu and Jean Bart and the
26,500-ton Dunkerque and Stras
bourg to her battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau she might, with suf
ficient air and undersea auxiliaries,
be able to challenge the British bat
tle line.
General de Gaulle is forming a
French legion to fight on at Brit
ain’s side, but hope of any consid
erable French support appeared to
be fading.
Vernon Bartlett, commentator for
the News-Chronicle, predicted the de
fection of most of the French and
added:
Two Wars
‘‘Faced with the possibility that
the French African colonies now
will surrender, the British govern
ment must be prepared to fight two
wars, the one west of Gibraltar and
the other east of the island of Pan
teilaria, the Italian fortress between
Sicily and Tunis.
Ejected During Willkie Riot
Delegate J. L. C. Anderson, of Virginia, is ejected from the Phil
adelphia GOP convention hall despite strenuous efforts to the con
trary. Police said Anderson was too boisterous during the demonstra
tion for Wendell Willkie, one of the most riotous in years.
DISORDERS OCCUR
IN NETHERLANDS
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Dutch flag was dispensed with.
Officials recently requested citizens
temporarily to forego displays sinee
“our people mourn for what is lost
and manifestations of rejoicing seem
unbecoming.’’
PARIS, June 25—(Delayed—By
Courier Plane to Berlin)—(iP)—As
the result of “regrettable incidents,
a proclamation on the first day
after cessation of hostilities be
tween France and the German
Italian alliance warned Parisians
against getting into lines of march
ing German- soldiers. , -
This was one of a series of in
structions on how to behave un
der German occupation.
This dispatch, which was incom
plete on its arrival in Berlin, did
not give any details of the "re
grettable incidents.”
Isaac Wright Named
By Bar Association
BLOWING ROCK, June 29—(IP)
—The North Carolina State Bar
association elected Hamilton C.
Jones of Charlotte as president to
night to succeed Fred I. Sutton
of Kinston.
Others named were:
Isaac C. Wright of Wilmington,
L. S. Spurling of Lenoir and Fred
Coxe of Wadesboro, vice presi
dents; Allston Stubbs of Greens
boro, secretary -treasurer; and
James G. McClamock of Greens
boro and Normal Shephard of
Smithfield, members of the execu
tive committee.
TOOK HIM 44 YEARS
TO WIN A DIPLOMA
LONG BRANCH. N. J. (ff)—Oscar
P. Cobb, 59, got his high school
diploma 44 years after he started
the course. Cobb left school in 1898
to fight in the Spanish-Amferican
war. He resumed studies in 1938
and, completed credits with the
class of ’40. _ 1
GOP IN DISPUTE
OVER CHAIRMAN
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no way the jubilant and confident
air assumed by party chieftains
after Thursday’s nomination oi
Willkie as the 1940 standard-bear*
er.
This same spirit inspired the
rank-and-file delegates as the last
oi them headed for home.
Entering an elevator to go to
the roof of a hotel for the national
committee meeting, one member
loudly announced that he was an
original Willkie man.”
•There are lots of them around’
here today,” some one else com
mented.
•Tve met lots of them since
Thursday night,” another put in.
The members of the committee
were extremely reluctant to con
cede that their 1940 campaign had
started in a controversy over who
should manage it, but the exist
ence of the row was so obvious
that finally they made no effort to'
conceal it. 1
Sees Pryor
Earlier in the day, Samuel F.
Pryor of Connecticut, who swung,
that state’s delegation solidly to
Willkie from the first ballot On,,
called on the nominee with a group
of national committeemen to as
certain his views on the question,
ot a chairman.
Meanwhile, Landon was busy In
opposition to Hamilton. No reason
for hts attitude was given, but it
was understood he felt that the
new leadership of the party should
have a clean slate and a free hand
in the selection of its working per
sonnel.
Walter S. Hallanan of West Vir
ginia was appointed chairman of
the sub-committee. He said he
would visit Willkie in New York
about the middle of next week,
probably Wednesday and talk the
question over with him.
Other members of the sub-com
mittee were: William F. Knowland,
Pryor, Sinclair Weeks of Massa
chusetts, Harrison Spangler of
Iowa, Ezra R. Whitla of Idaho,
Mrs. Grace R. Reynolds of In
diana, Henry Fletcher of Rhode
Island, Mrs. Scranton, Werner W.
Schroeder of Illinois, Frank O. Hor
ton of Wyoming and William
Stern of North Dakota.
Negro Tries To Break
Into Gilmour Basement
Dr. A. D. P. Gilmour reported to
police that a negro tried to break into
his home at Fourth and Orange
streets early Saturday morning.
The negro was found forcing the
basement door. He escaped. Nothing
was missing.
1888 Statement of 1840
THE WILMINGTON SAYINGS AND TRUST CO.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
As of June 29, 1940
RESOURCES
1 Cash in Vault and Due from Banks ,f. .. .$2,431,976.21
United States Government Bonds.. 455,205,10
State of North Carolina Bonds.. 60,532.25
Other Bonds... 69,821.14
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank. 27,000.00
Loans and Discounts . 4,918,118.14
Advances to Trusts ..... 2,500.00
* Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures .. 51,318.70
Other Real Estate.... 45,300.00 ||
Accrued Interest on Bonds. 2,923.95
$8,064,695.49
LIABILITIES
Capital....$ 300,000.00
Surplus .. 600,000.00
Undivided Profits .,... 189,503.56
Total . ...$1,089,503.56
Reserve for Federal Deposit Insurance
Assessment . 3,000.00
Reserve for Interest accrued on Deposits 18,550.64
Reserve for Contingencies .. 50,000.00
Unearned Discount .. 26,722.87
Dividends Uncalled For ... 9,420.40
Certified Checks .. 608.54
Cashier’s Checks ........ 7,546.09
| Deposits ... 6,859,343.39
$8,064,695.49
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