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Germany Ocr^Ws Channel Islands
Plane Force
lakes Jersey
And Guernsey
Announcement By High
Command Hints Troops
Were Landed by Planes
COMMUNICATIONS CUT
Germany Claims British
Cruiser Torpedoed By
Sub South Of Brest
BERLIN. July 1—IP)—Germany
claimed her first foothold on Brit
ish soil tonight, occupying t h e
channel islands of Guernsey and
Jersey in a surprise stroke by the
air force.
The two pastoral islands in the
English channel, famed for their
fine’breeds of cattle, lie like step
ping stones between the French
coast—now also in German hands
-and Britain. The islands are
closer to France than Britain.
Bare Announcement
The high command gave little
more than the bare announcement
that they had been occupied,
Guernsey on Sunday and Jersey
today.
But its credit of a “coup de
main’' (surprise action) of the
German air force hinted that
troops had been landed on both
islands by airplanes.
The communique said:
"The British channel island ot
Guernsey was occupied yesterday
by a coup de main of the German
air force.
"A German reconnaissance
plane shot down two British fight
ing planes of the Bristol-Blenheirr
type in an air battle.
"Surprise occupation of the Brit
ish channel island of Jersey was
carried out successfully in a sim
ilar way today.”
London Admits Landings
'London admitted ‘‘enemy land
fcgs have been made” on the
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ANNENBERG GIVEN
THREE-YEAR TERM
Remains Free Pending Rul
ing On Plea For Sus
pension Of Penalty
CHICAGO. July 1.—UP)—M. L. An
henberg, who made millions in pub
lishing, racing news and real estat(
enterprises, was sentenced today t<
three years in prison for evading
income taxes, but he remained free
Pending a court ruling on his pier
for suspension of the penalty.
The defendant, grave and ner
'ous, cupped his right hand arounc
is ear while Federal Judge James
. • Wilkerson pronounced judgmeni
ln i capacity-taxed chamber.
Annenberg then slumped back it
ls chair. He seemed dazed. His
son’ Walter, placed a comforting arn
nbout his shoulder. Together they
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WEATHER
V FORECAST
Wut11 Carolina: Partly cloudy, some
(lav- '("settled in the mountains Tues
w " ednesday showers, cooler is
' nnd central portions.
logical ata for the 24 hour;
® 1:3U p. m. yesterday).
,... Temperature
to 7- a- m- 68; 7:30 j. m. 70; 1:30 p
7:30 p. m. 78; maximum 85
mtun (15; mean 75; normal 79.
1 —: Humidity
to X a. m. 84; 7:30 a. m. 75; 1:30 p
a3'. 7:30 p. m. 65.
y., , Precipitation
“one- , ,or, 24. hours ending 7:30 p. m.
tone’ tota since ficst of the month
Tides For Today
WilBli„„, High Lot
Olngton - 7:12a 2:23;
, _ , 7:47p 2:26]
lb°ro Inlet_4:52a 11:09;
tfef 5;Wa; sunset 7:27p; moon
-•«a; moonset 4:50p.
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1
r.
Resigns
REUBEN B, ROEBUCK
ROEBUCK TO HEAD
FOOD STAMP PLAN
County Commissioner Re
signs And Is Succeeded
By Lewis J. Coleman
The city and county commis
sioners, at a joint meeting yester
day afternoon, appointed Reuben
B, Roebuck, local grocer and
county commissioner since 193
but defeated in the May 25 pri
mary, to the position of issuing
o cer in the food stamp surplus
commodity distribution o ce open
ed here yesteday.
Shortly after the appointment,
the enuntv hoard accented Roe
buck’s verbal resignation and ap
pointed Lewis J. Coleman, who
wa to succeed Roebuck when his
term on the board expired Novem
ber 30, to fill his unexpired three
month term.
The appointment was made fol
lowing the refusal of Louis Davis,
1317 Princess street, to accept the
appointment. He was named
several days ago, along with
Harold Jeter and R. C. Platt, but
did not appear, when the work on
the food stamp plan was started
yesterday morning.
Roebuck was nominated for the
position by County Commissioner
James M. Hall and the nomination
’ was seconded by J. E. L. Wade,
I city commissioner of public works.
Wade, Hall, and Cooper voted in
favor of Roebuck’s appointment.
Harry Gardner was opposed and
George Trask did not vote.
Trask stated he had promised
his support for he job to Harold
H. Jeter. He nominated Jeter after
Roebuck was nominat i. Trask
sail after promising his support to
anothr, he would not vote for Roe
buck nor against him.
Gardner, who voted “no” to Roe
buck’s appointment, said he had
no reason for not wanting' the re
tiring commissioner to have the
job except that ‘ he thought the
public might not approve of the
board’s appointing one of its own
members.
No vote was taken on Jeter’s
nomination, a majority already
having been given to Roebuck.
Immediately after being nomi
nated by Hall, Roebuck asked to
be heard. He said he did not wish
to be elected to the post if “it
would cause any embarrassment
for the members of he board.
1“I would feel differendt about
the matter if it was after Novem
ber 30,” Roebuck said.
Hall then replied he would feel
no embarrassment whate er. He
said he considered Roebuck cap
i able of holding the positionas well
as deserving of he job and added
he felt no embarrassment about
nominating him.
Gardner, however, voted against
: the nomination, saying he would
' be embarrassed to vote “yes.”
Roebuck then inquired of County
1 Attorney Marsden Bellamy as to
whethe he should resign from the
. county board.
“If I were you, I’d resign,” Bel
lamy said. Roebuck then tendered
r a verbal resignation which was
accepted by the board.
Gardner than moved that the
board designate Coleman to fill
Roebuck’s unexpired three-month
term. The board voted in favor
o fhis motion. 2
ill any Killed,
Hurt As Nazis
Raid England
Two German Bombers Shot
Down In Blow-For-Blow
Battle In The Air
BARRICADES ERECTED
British Airmen Bomb Stor
age Tanks At Hamburg,
Down Messerschmitts
LONDON, July 1— <#> —German
air raiders roared high over the new
coastal barbed wire barricades of
England and heavily bombed this
tight little isle tonight for the sec
ond time in less than 24 hours.
At least eleven persons were kill
ed and a score injured in one north
east Scottish community.
Two raiders were shot down in
blow-for-blow battle of the aiv, which
followed extensive British bombings
in Germany and the destruction of a
dozen planes over France.
Part of Navy Saved
The spectacular aerial counter
punches came as Britain learned that
at least part—an unknown part—of
the French fleet has been saved for
her by a doughty Gallic admiral, and
posted a “keep cut1’ sign for all the
world on French mandated territory
in the near east.
A /Irvilnnl AJiienlion YX T Al'l ^ uro n
hero in the defense of Ypres and la
ter a collaborator of France's great
Premier Georges Clemenceau in the
Old Tiger's efforts to extirpate for
ever the German menace to France,
was named to command “all free
French naval forces.” General
Charles de Gaulle, head of the
French national committee to con
tinue the war, made the announce
ment here.
De Gaulle said there were “al
ready several ships and air groups
under his command,” but their num
ber and location were not disclosed.
String Barbed Wire
While the British told all comers
that occupation of the French man
dates Syria and Lebanon would not
be allowed, sweating British tommies
completed a ring of barbed wire en
tanglements around the British
shore. There is a sentry on every
beach and every pier head, alert
for the Nazi invasion which England
is sure will come.
On the home front, the aerial war
fare went on without a let-up.
The air ministry announced that
storage tanks at Hamburg, Germany,
were bombed and left burning in
further raids by the Royal Air Force
last night and that British fighters
over France shot down five German
Messerchmitts and “probably” de
stroyed another seven.
The Germans, continuing wide
spread attacks on Britain, sent
bombers across the northeast coast
again Uiis evening. The air ministry
said a' number of incendiary bombs
were dropped and two raiders were
shot down. Six were killed and 16 in-'
jured in a. northeast .Scottish coast
town.
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British Arrest
Lady Mosley
Lady Mosley, above, wife of im
prisoned British fascist leader Sir
Oswald Mosley, and sister of Hit
ler’s British admirer, Unity Mitford,
was recently arrested in London by
Scotland Yard’s “Fifth Column
squad.” ^
WILLKIE RESIGNS
UTILITIES POST
Says He Hopes F. R. Is Re
nominated ‘Because I’d
Like To Beat Him’
NEW YORK, July 1 —(J>1—Wen
dell L. Willkie rid himself of busi
ness connections today, said he
undoubtedly would campaign
from one end of the country to
the other and expressed the hope
“Mr. Roosevelt is renominated be
cause I’d like to beat him ”
The repub li can presidential
nominee held a press conference
in the small, rather plainly deco
rated board room of Common
wealth —& Southern corporation at
20 Pine street,in the financial dis
trict.
Later in the day the corporation
directors formally announced Will
kie had resigned the $75,000-a-year
presidency and directorship of the
concern, effective July 10. The an
nouncement said also that Willkie
would resign all directorships and
offices he holds in other com
panies of the Commonwealth and
Southern systems. Directors said
meetings would be held within a
few days to fill the vacancies.
Commenting on his move, Will
kie said:
“I think I should devote all rny
time to the campaign.”
Willkie, refreshed by his week
end aboard Publisher Roy W.
Howard’s yacht, bantered with re
porters but avoided specific state
ments on policy.
“I expect in my acceptance
speech (in Elwood, Ind.) to give
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Germans Oust
Embassies In
Four Nations
Americans Are Included In
Order To Diplomats To
Get Out By July 15
BULLITT LEAVES PARIS
Germans Apparently In
tend To Push Economic
Control In Seized Lands
WASHINGTON, July 1 —W—A
German order for American and
other diplomatic missions to get
out of four occupied countries by
July 15 was interpreted in inform
ed quarters tonight as a further
step in the creation of a broader
Nazi economic system in Europe.
The official attitude of this gov
ernment toward the new order
applying to Belgium, the Nether
lands, Norway and Luxembourg
was not disclosed. In the case of
Poland, a more sweeping order
applying to consular as well as
diplomatic missions was complied
with under protest.
Staffs May Remain
Embassy and legation staffs,
with the exception of Ambassador
John Cudahy at Brussels and
Minister George A. Gordon at the
Hague, apparently could remain in
their status as consular officials,
The Oslo legation is under
Charge D’affaires, Raymond E.
Cox. Ambassador Cudahy has
charge of Luxembourg.
Meanwhile, the state department
announced that William C. Bullitt,
had left German occupied Paris
for the new temporary capital,
Clermont-Ferrand, to resume re
lations with the French govern
ment which were broken when the
former Reynaud ministry fled
Paris for Bordeaux.
It was understood that Bullitt
himself decided upon the move and
that it did not represent any new
government decision on future re
lations with the French govern
ment.
Behind the German plan to clear
occupied territories of foreign di
plomatic missions, it was said in
well informed quarters, was prob
ably a desire to push economic
reorganization and control without
close foreign scrutiny.
Follows Example
Cudahy in remaining at Brussels
had followed an example set by
Ambassador Brand Whitlock who
stayed on there under Germany oc
cupation during the World war
until the United States entered the
conflict.
Germany now, however, was be
lieved anxious to eliminate for
eign and especially American, in
fluences as it set about establish
ing a new continental order. The
Nazis also were believed irked at
the presence of diplomatic repre
sentatives still acredited to gover
ments now in exile.
HITLER MAY SETTLE
CLAIMS OF HUNGARY,
BULGARIA FOR LAND
HUNGARY IS PREPARED
Dispatch Of Troops Into
Transylvania Area Is
Expected Momentarily
PROTESTS PRESENTED
Officials Claim Rumanians
Penetrated Hungarian
Territory At Visk
BUDAPEST, July Hunga
ry was on a war footing tonight
and the dispatch of troops into
Transylvania — which Hungary
lost to Rumania in 1918—was ex
pected momentarily.
Excitement was whipped to fe
ver pitch when the government,
protesting to Bucharest against
‘incidents” on the Hungarian-Ru
manian frontier, warned Rumania
of “unpleasant consequences” and
called up more troops.
Officialdom re-emphasized the
“mission” of thousand - year - old
Hungary as an outpost against the
east, and let it be known that Ru
mania—which has just surren
dered part pf" its territory to the
Red army—appeared to be “on the
threshhold of collapse.”
Seeks Peace
Responsible quarters said Ger
many and Italy still were striving
to maintain peace in southeastern
Europe, but the feeling was wide
spread that military action was
imminent.
General mobilization was be
lieved near after an "incident” on
the frontier, in which three civil
ans were reported killed.
The foreign office admitted Hun
gary is "preparing for all even
tualities.”
Official reports alleged Ruman
ian troops had penetrated Hun
garian territory at Visk, but were
driven back after an exchange of
shots. Immediate quickening of
military preparations followed.
Reservists flocked to mobiliza
tion centers. A full army • corps
was advancing toward the Ruma
nian border, officials confirmed
Restrictions were placed on the
sale of alcoholic drinks and on
railway travel, because of "unfor
seen technical reasons.” Tomor
row Budapest’s buses will be off
the streets, apparently, because
they are needed for troop trans
port.
Protection Needed
In its reports from Transylvania
(half Hungarian in population, ac
cording to Budapest) the semi-of
ficial Hungarian news agency
spoke of urgently needed protec
tion for Magyars. Thousands of
Hungarian-born Rumanian soldiers
in Transylvania are refusing to
fight for Rumania, the dispatches
added, and the number of desert
ers was growing hourly.
The government has reiterated
often that a Rumanian collapse
would call for immediate entry'of
the Hungarian army into Transyl
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NAVY PLACES ORDER FOR 45 WARSHIPS;
BILLS SIGNED TO SPEED SHIPBUILDING
a _
WASHINGTON, July 1—Uft—
The navy placed the biggest
order in its history today—for
45 new warships to cost about
$500,000,000 — just two hours
after President Roosevelt sign
ed legislation to speed up con
tract-letting and shipbuilding.
At the same time the army
promoted 1,350 regular officers
and called the first of 9,000
reserve officers to active duty
for intensive specialized train
ing while the president dis
cussed with defense advisors
a program for further army
expanlion with emphasis on
mechanization.
Two new agencies set up by
the Reconstruction Finance
corporation arranged to buy
150,000 tons of rubber and 75,
000 tons of tin for reserve
stocks.
And work was started on a
third set of locks for the Pan
ama canal.
The navy, in its fourth con
tract-letting within three
weeks, ordered 11 cruisers, 20
destroyers, 13 submarines and
one large seaplane tender—
193,000 tons of warships. This
brought to 150 the number of
vessels now under construction
or soon to be started. Addi
tional contracts are to be
awarded shortly for three air
plane carriers and two more
cruisers.
The contracts were negoti
ated without competitive bid
ding as authorized by the new
speed-up legislation. The new
act also permits the president
to increase the work-week in
shipyards above 48 hours.
-
Officials estimated that the
elimination of the competitive
bidding requirement would
save $16,800,000 to $17,000,000
on the contracts let today and
that the time required to build
a vessel could be reduced 20
per cent if full 24-hour shifts
were used.
Senator Connally (D-Tex)
introduced a resolution during
the day which would make it
the sense of the senate that
the war and navy departments
insist upon contractors using
extra shifts.
“Time is of the essence,” he
said in a statement. “Plenty
of labor is available. The pro
gram affords an excellent op
portunity to train semi-skilled
labor into the highest charac
ter of skilled labor.”
The rubber and tin will be
rations which the RFC set up
Friday, Jesse H. Jones, fed
eral loan administrator, an
nounced. They were . capital
ized at $5,000,000 each. Auth
ority for their creation was
contained in an act which the
president signed last Tuesday.
The rubber company has
agreed with the international
rubber regulation committee
to buy 150,000 tons at 18 to 20
cents a pound, two cents below
today’s market price.
The tin company has agreed
with the international tin com
mittee to purchase 75,000 tons
at 50 cents a pound. It also
will acquire manganese and
other strategic raw mate
rials. 1
Creek Troops Prepared
To Fight Move To Take
Macedonia And Thrace
ATHENS, July 1—</P>—Greek
troops stood guard with bayo
nets tonight on the northern
frontier to back the government’s
determination that, come what
may of Revisionist fever in the
Balkans, Greece will biuok no
attempts to cut off eastern Mace
donia and Thrace.
The Greek press declared this
territory, atop the Aegean sea
and across the Rhodope moun
tains from Bulgaria, an “unde
tachable part of the fatherland.”
The press played up the athle
tic games being held in Thrace
as underlining the “pure Greek”
character of these districts, par
ticularly since, the exchange of
populations with Bulgaria and
Turkey after the World war.
Special importance was given
to ceremonies celebrating the
liberation of Thrace from the
Budgars after the World war.
Speakers said these populations
were deeply attached to the
Greek fatherland.
SOVIETS WITHDRAW
IN PRUT JECTION
Russian Sources Claim Over
stepping Of Limit Was Only
Misunderstanding
JASSY, Rumania, July 1—(IP)—Red
irmy withdrawal from positions over
the Prut river into old Rumania was
reported tonight in this heavily-arm
ed, refugee jammed provincial capi
tal at the edge of Soviet-occupied
L>essarabia.
Soviet sources had said the over
stepping of the limits of ceded Bes
sarabia and northern Bucovina was
only a misunderstanding, but it stir
red fears in the Balkans that the
Red tide might sweep on through
southeastern Europe.
The army of occupation still com
mands bridges across the Prut, but
many of these are mined on the Ru
manian side. Rumanian troops stand
ready to enforce their claim to the
southwest bank.
Every second man in Jassy is in
uniform, carrying a gun. Everywhere
are refugees, burdened with what lit
tle they could salvage from homes
pulled into the Soviet sphere.
Forty bearded orthodox priests
reached here today from the Soviet
occupied territory, escorted by an
entire Rumanian cavalry regiment
which broke through Soviet encircle
ment and out-faced a Russian tank
column.
Exhausted, laden with irons and
valued religious vessels they saved
from their churches on the Bessara
bian-Soviet frontier, the priests trav
eled three days across rain-splashed
quagmire country to safety.
REUNION OPENED
AT FORT CASWELL
Broughton Scheduled To
Address Veterans Of Bat
teries C And D Today
FORT CASWELL, July 1.—Today
was really “reunion” day for the
members of Batteries B and C, 2nd
Trench Mortar battalion, who train
ed here in 1917 and 1918, as the ap
proximately 65 ex-soldiers gathered
here for the opening of their first
reunion.
No formal program was held as the
veterans were busy greeting former
"buddies,” visiting nearby beaches,
bathing in the surf and participating
in a softball game between the two
batteries here this afternoon.
Battery B was the winner of the
game.
The reunion, which will continue
through Wednesday, will be high
lighted tomorrow by an address by
J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh,
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RUMANIA BUYS PLANES
Government Pushes De
fenses In Fear Of Hungar
ian, Bulgarian Drives
INCIDENTS REPORTED
Old British Guarantees Of
Rumanian Territorial In
tegrity Discarded
BUCHAREST, July 2 (Tuesday
—(/PI—A large fleet of German
bombing planes arrived last night
at the Brasov military airport,
strengthening belief in diplomatic
quarters that the reich is backing
Rumania in its stand to prevent
Russia from making further ad
vances.
The planes’ arrival at the air
port in the center of Rumania, at
a corner of old Transylvania, also
reinforced the belief that Germany
feels assured of success in its at
tempt to bring a peaceful settle
ment of Hungarian and Bulgarian
territorial claims on Rumania.
Claims
Hungary claims Transylvania,
while Bulgaria wants the return
of southern Dobruja.
The possibility was seen that
these two nations would cooperate
in halting the Russian advance
and in combatting the spread of
communist influences in southeast
ern Europe.
The number of bombers reach
ing Brasov was not disclosed.
Military observers said they
were planes which had been pur
chased by Rumania, but delivery
at this time was held to be highly
significant.
The government, however, re
doubled its defense preparations
in Dobruja and Transylvania in
fear of imminent Hungarian and
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GERMAN PRISONERS
LANDED IN CAN >A
Sent To Western World To
Prevent Possible Release
By Parachute Troops
QUEBEC, July 1—(ffl—A motley
shipload of Britain’s prisoners of
war, the first sent to the western
hemisphere lest they be set free to
fight by invading parachute troops
or fifth columnists in England,
have landed in Canada for intern
ment.
They landed over the week-end
after a heavily guarded voyage on
which one prisoner dived through
a porthole and was lost at sea.
One ship’s officer said the cap
tive German army men gave little
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