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May 4. 1940 •
By William
Ferguson
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VOL. LIX, NO. 337.
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WITHOUT, OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES," - Byron.
United Press (UP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1940—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES IN THREE SECTIONS.
FDR Support THIRD TERM STRENGTH
SHOWN IN PRECINCTS
Splits Texas
Demo Ranks
. Waco Conclave
To Give Verdict
On Party Choice
BY The Associated Press
Strong Roosevelt support
peered last night as Texas demo-
ap-
erats in precinct conventions bal-
loted, In effect, on whether the
president or Vice President Garner
will be the party nominee
Delegates at the thousands of
miniature conventions were in-
structed how to vote at forthcoming
county conventions, which, in turn,
will send instructed or uninstructed
delegations to the state convention
at Waco on May 28.
The Waco convention will de-
terming Texas' stand for the
1 party nominee at the national
convention In Chicago.
In Dallas county, the heaviest
populated area yet reported, Gar-
• ner held a slight lead of 3 to 2
to the selection of delegates with
many precincts unreported.
At Beaumont and Port Arthur
in eastern Texas, Roosevelt held
better than a 3 to 1 lead, getting
310 delegates to Garner's 100. The
county had heard from only half
of its conventions, however.
Travis county, where Austin, the
sale capital. is located split on the
instructions Nine precincts adopt-
ed a so-called harmony resolution,
which means the delegates are in-
structed for Garner but pledged not
to participate in any stop-Roose-
velt move Six Travis county con-
ventions favored Roosevelt and four
favored Garner outright.
FORT WORTH FOR GARNER
At Fort Worth heavy Garner
support appeared. In the first 33
conventions the vice president got
310 delegates. Twelve precincts in-
structed their delegates to support
the president for a third term, but
the numerical strength of delegates
was but 170
It was in the rural areas where
the president showed the meet
. strength
County conventions will be held
throughout the state Tuesday.
McLennan and Bell counties
showed heavy Roosevelt support.
McLennan county, of which Waso
is county seat, instructed 96 dele-
gates for Roosevelt. 08 were unin-
strutted and no precinct had in-
structed for Garner Roosevelt get
three of the first five Bell county
• precincts and the other two were
uninstructed.
Proposed FW&DC
■ Lease to Be Fought
FORT WORTH. May 4.—)-
Vigorous objections to the propos-
ed leasing of the Fort Worth and
Denver City railway by the Colo-
redo and Southern will be voiced to
. Washington Wednesday when oral
arguments are heard by the toter-
• state commerce commission.
Ed P Byars, traffic manager of
the Fort Worth chamber of com-
merce bureau, will leave tomorrow
for the hearing, prepared to show
that public interest will be injured
if the ICC permits removal of the
I Fort Worth offices to Denver and
abandonment of the shops at Chil-
dress.
Endorsements of Franklin D. Roosevelt that appeared to be stronger
than mere formal salutes to the party leader were given In Taylor county
precinct conventions Saturday.
In most cases delegations to the county convention, which will be held
Tuesday, were not instructed, In others they were instructed for Garner
as per the plans of state leaders, and to some outright Instructions for
Mr. Roosevelt "or someone who would carry on his policies" were given.
The precinct 1 convention, meeting at the courthouse, resolved that
Its delegation "should vote as a unit for President Roosevelt's adminis-
tration, and in event he fails to accept nomination, to continue to vote
as a unit for any party xxx who will carry out the Roosevelt xxx policy."
In precinct J, a resolution introduced by W. K. Ely endorsing
Roosevelt and instructing the delegation to vote for renomination of
FDR or for someone who would carry out his policies was passed,
while a resolution endorsing Garner and instructing the delegates for
him, introduced by W. E. Martin, was tabled. The Orange street (No.
3) precinct also instructed its delegate for Roosevelt or a pro-Roosevelt
nominee.
The precinct 5 iCedar street fire station! convention instructed its
delegates to vote for Roosevelt for a third term, or for any person he
would name in his stead. Both Roosevelt's and Garner's past work was
praised, but the Instructions were for Roosevelt.
North Park unanimously instructed Its delegation for Roosevelt. At
Merkel. pro-Roosevelt instruction was voted almost unanimously, and a
resolution endorsing the present administration and favoring Garner, as
per state caucus plans, was rejected.
The precinct 4 convention followed the state caucus suggestion of
endorsing the Roosevelt-Garner administration and instructing for
Garner. The same procedure was followed to precinct 9 least of Abilene),
as did the Potosi convention and probably others that did not report
Mexico Spurns
Oil Arbitration
WASHINGTON, May 4—(PP — The
Mexican government flatly reject-
ed tonight the United States' re-
quest for arbitration of the two-
year old dispute growing out of ex-
propriation of American-owned oil
companies.
General Eduardo Hay, Mexican
minister for foreign affairs, said to
a note that the Mexican govern-
ment “considers arbitration incom-
patible"' with the facts In the con-
troversy and with international
law "since the matter to dispute is
domestic in nature and is near solu-
tion by the authorities of Mexico."
The note presented the view
that the United States could
not contend there had been a.
denial of justice until after the
American oil companies had ex-
hausted every means of ad-
justment provided by the Met-
ican laws, including recourse to
the Mexican courts.
General Hay announced, to the
note, that a settlement had been
reached with the Sinclair Interests
under which the American com-
pany. "accepting the expropriation
as definitive will limit itself to
discussing the amount of indemnity
and the conditions of payment in
Little Mexico
• Crowns Queen
In Fete Tonight
Coronation of Mamie Balbuena as
queen of the Cinco de Mayo fete
will highlight festivities in Abilene's
Little Mexico tonight
The traditional Mexican inde-
pendence celebration began Sat-
urday afternoon and was in full
7 sway late last night with a dance
| Firing of a 21-volley salute at S
a m this morning was to accom-
pany raising of the Mexican and
American flags as first event on
the Sunday program
A parade will be held at 3:30 this
afternoon, after which a lengthy
speaking program will unfold at the
celebration grounds. North Second
and Bois d' Are streets.
The coronation will take place at
8 o’clock.
The queen, a student of Amerl-
, canization school, is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs Juan Balbuena.
The Weather
ABILENE AND VICINITY: Partly
cloudy to cloudy Sunday: Monday elendy,
scattered showers,
WERT TEXAS: Fair with variable
high cloudingas Sunday and Monday. Lit-
the ehanre in temperature.
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy te eloudy
Sunday: Monday cloudy, seattered shew-
ers, eneler in the interior. Fresh senth-
erly winds on the coast.
TEMPERATURES
A.M. HOUR
Bat.-Frt.
M- ee ...
3.
M M
M - M
95 - 93
04 - 92
M - W
B1 • 21
m- m ......• ...... 83 - 81
83. a ......10 .....
M - *3 II.
01 - 87 Noon Midnight —18
"rhest and lowest temperatures te •
p. m. yesterday 97-69 Same date a year
M" 13-61.
Sunset yesterday 7:21. Sunrise today
•KB. amnet today 1:2,
Elderly Loraine
Physician Dies
LORAINE, May 4— (JBI —Last
of the men who knew the horse
and buggy day hardships of a phy-
sician in Mitchell county passed on
Saturday morning He was Dr
Thomas A Martin, 73, who died at
his home here. He had been 111
frequently during the last few
weeks, suffering from a heart ali-
ment.
Beginning his practice at an early
age in East Texas, Dr Martin first
traveled to patients by horseback,
and later by horse and buggy. He
practiced for a time to Oklahoma,
and later moved to Grand Saline
He moved from there to Loraine to
1907. He was one of the first
Mitchell county doctors to use an
automobile.
Dr Martin was born July 19.
1866, in Talladigga county, Ala-
bama His parents later moved to
Van Zandt county, settling to a
community which was later named
Martin’s Hill for them
Dr Martin was married in June.
1889 at Hardy. Montague county,
to Curtis Amanda Reagan. She
survives him, in addition to five of
eight children born to them: S A
of Colorado City, W R C H and
T K of Loraine, and R D of Lit-
tlefield Other survivors are two
brothers, Sam of St Jo, and Frank
of Arlington; a sister, Mrs Emma
Donnell of D Paso 13 grandchil-
dren and one greet grandchild.
The Martin family lived to Abi-
lene for a period while their chil-
dren were in college Dr Martin
was a Mason, and an active mem-
ber of the Loraine Methodist
church which he served—at one
time as steward
Funeral will be held Sunday aft-
ernoon at 4 at the Loraine Metho-
dist church The Rev. 8 H Young
of Sweetwater and the Rev. J. E.
Shewbert of Loraine will officiate.
Burial will be to the local cemetery
beside a daughter, Mrs. Wyse Coop-
er. who died to 1918.
G-Men Absolved
Of 'Third Degree'
WASHINGTON May 40-
Agents of the federal bureau of in-
vestigation were absolved by At-
torney General Jackson today of us-
ing “third degree" methods in the
arrest of 13 persons charged with
recruiting forces for the Spanish
loyalist army.
The charges were made by. Sena-
tor Norris TInd-Neb) who said he
had been told that although mem-
bers of the group arrested to De-
troit and Milwaukee were not
criminals" they were treated "as if
they were well known criminals of
the lowest type.”
Associated Press (AP)
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Allies Close
n on Nazis
Al Narvik
German Push
North Seen by
Army Experts
STOCKHOLM, May 4 () — A
German push northward toward
Narvik, along hazardous mountain
trains and fjords exposed to the
guns of the Allied fleet, was pre-
dicted by military experts in Stock-
holm tonight.
This forecast was made while the
massive German army machine, al-
ready numbering around 100.000 and
being strengthened daily, overran
central Norway, precipitously aban-
doned to the invaders by Britain
and France.
Unconfirmed reports said
British naval units were bom-
barding Arctic Narvik, but in-
formed Swedish observers be-
lieved the German army would
take advantage of the offen-
sive momentum developed in
central Norway to drive to the
rescue of several thousand
naris trapped between Allied
land and sea forces at Narvik.
Refugees arriving in Sweden from
Narvik said a nazi force greatly
weakened by three weeks of fight-
reasonable installments, recogniz-
ing the justification of the Mexican
point of view "
The Mexican note was dated May
1. News dispatches from Mexico
City said yesterday that an agree-
ment. understood to involve the de-
livery of Mexican oil to Sinclair
interests, had been reached.
The Mexican note said the Sin-
clair interests “represent approxi-
mately 40 percent of the invest-
ments of American interests to the
oil industry." New York financial
circles estimate that Standard Oil
of New Jersey. Standard Oil of New
York, and the Sinclair group Invest-
ments are valued at *200,000.000. of
which only approximately $16,000,-
000 is owned by the Sinclair group.
SETTLEMENTS PROMISED
The Mexican note promised that
similar settlements would be made
with the other American oil com-
panies whose properties had been
expropriated.
General Hay charged, however,
that long delays had resulted from
Obstructionist tactics by the Ameri-
can companies "which have sys-
tematically refused to allow the
value of their properties to be de-
termined. whether in the friendly
manner proposed by Mexico through
private negotiations or before the
competent courts."
The companies, the note al-
leged. "by all means at their
disposal, have prevented the at-
tainment of a knowledge of the
amount of the Indemnity, an •
absolutely indespensable requi-
site for being able to affect
payment.”
The note charged the companies
were directing their efforts "to-
wards delaying the settlement of
the dispute, by which means they
have caused serious economic in-
jury to Mexico and to the com-
mercial relations between our two
countries—even going so far as to
cherish the hope that these dif-
ferences which ought not to exceed
the bounds of a dispute between
the government and a group of
private companies, should weaken
the bonds of friendship which unite
our two peoples
Company Accepts
Cash and Crude
WASHINGTON May 4——An |
informed source said tonight that
the Consolidated Oil corporation
had agreed to accept 20 000.000 bar-
rels of oil and $8,000,000 to *10,-
000,000 in cash from the Mexican
government for expropriated prop-
erties to Mexico The announce-
ment followed a day long confer-
ence between Harry F Sinclair.
Ing and a lack of supplies was
clinging tenaciously to positions in
the hills above Narvik while Allied
land units were slowly closing in
around the Arctic ore port
The Germans in central Norway
are separated from their beleaguer-
ed comrades and the Allied be-
siegers at Narvik by a .-long and
narrow stretch of mountains flank-
ing a fjord-indented coastal strip.
Experts said the Germans could
push with little difficulty 100 miles
northward to Namsos to Mosjoen.
But from Mosjoen to Narvik, the
experts believed, the German ad-
vance would be extremely hazard-
ous, as it would involve traversing
difficult, country, expose the Ger-
mans to Allied attacks from the
sea and necessitate ferrying across
a network of fjords and lagoons.
These Swedish experts thought it
would be easy for the Allies, if
they complete occupation of the
Narvik area, to block any German
attempts to drive to the Arctie port
provided the Allies maintain a suf-
ficient and active naval force off
the coast north of Mosjoen.
Norwegian resistance in cen-
tral Norway came, to a virtual
standstill today after Colonel O.
B. Getz, acting commander of
Norwegian forces in this area
issued an order saying that the
fight against the Germans was
French Throw Back Nazi
Attack on Western Front
-----E
HARDY HEROES REACH HOME— Members of the crew of the Brit-
ish destroyer Hardy, which was put out of action after leading five
destroyers in a dramatic attack against a superior German naval
force In Narvik Fjord, Norway, are shown as they returned to London.
The fat man. Chief Petty Officer G. W. Cooks and his companions
wear skiing clothes borrowed from Norwegians when they reached
shore after the Hardy was beached. (AP Telemat)
Negroes Held in Double Census
Double Slaying Check Asked
FRESNO, Calif., May 4.—-
Two negro ex-convicts were arrest-
ed in Fresno today and will be
charged, police said, with the knife
murders of a young man and wom-
an in Stockton.
—Detective Sergeants A. B Mc-
Creary of Fresno and R C, Parker
of Stockton said the men arrested
were Henry Jones, 38, and Dewey
Clark 29, both former inmates of
a prison camp at Keene, Kern
county.
finished.
Disorganized and disspirited
Norwegian units continued to offer] The slain persons were Nathan
scattered resistance, but Swedish Chinchiolo, 23, Stockton; and his
reports said these Norwegians lack-girl companion, Dorothy Woofter,
19. They were found dead to a
wheat field Both victims' throats
had been slashed, and Miss Woof-
ed arms.
Lloyd George Says
War Efforts Faulty,
Feeble and
lish’
ter had been raped
• "These men.” Sergeant Parker
said of the negroes, were pals in
prison camp, and had been hob-
nobbing with each other around
Fresno.
"We are definitely charging these
Check and double check in the
Abilene census checkup campaign.
That was the request Saturday
night from Russell Stephens, di-
rector to charge, as he made two
important announcements:
1. While seeking to aid Abi-
lene to securing a 100 percent
census, check with the entire
household before turning in
names as unenumerated.
2. Make that double check,
and report names actually be-
lieved missed in the light of the
check to the census checkup
headquarters at the chamber
of commerce, telephone 7241,
not later than 5 p. m. Tuesday.
The appeal that the entire house-
hold be checked before turning to
names as unenumerated was
stressed. In some instances, the
husband has reported a family un-
enumerated when later check re-
vealed the wife had supplied the
men with murder, and taking them
LONDON. May 4.—(PP) The inde. back to Stockton tonight."
pendent newspaper Sunday Pictor-
ial today prominently displayed an
article by David Lloyd George.
Britain’s world war prime minister,
denouncing the direction of the cur-
rent war as “faulty, feeble and fool-
ish"
Leaders of democracy have ut-
terly muddled their case and it will
certainly be lost if there is not an
immediate change in direction."
Lloyd George asserted in the arti-
cle. which occupied the entire front
page of the pictorial
“The British parliament must
The negroes later were booked
at the Fresno county jail on
charges of suspicion of murder,
and accompanied by a heavy guard,
started at 7 p m for Stockton,
about 100 miles northward
Both of the men under arrest
denied any connection with the
case.
information. or that a young mem-
ber of the family, or a neighbor
had been interviewed by the enu-
merator.
“Be absolutely sure," the check-
up committee urged. "This, because
if persons listed to the checkup
committee have been enumerated.
It means a great burden of added
work on the enumerators
"The census counters have work-
ed hard they are interested to
their jobs and they, like the rest
of us, are seeking a full count for
1940 We don't want their last days
of work to be so burdened with
needless rechecks that they may
still miss some unenumerated per-
sons"
BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK
IN THREE MINUTE ATTACK
BY BOMBER, CLAIM NAZIS
By The Associated Press
The highly fortified western front, where many believe
the European war eventually must be fought out, got a new
measure of world attention today as the French reported they
turned back in disorder a “quite important” German surprise
attack on a broad sector of the Saar river area.
This large action, the first of its kind reported in weeks,
gave rise at once to speculation on whether the nazi might
be feeling out Allied strength there in the wake of the Allies’
defeat in Norway.
The French report on the fight said it took place on Fri-
day night and was accompanied by artillery fire to both sides
in the Moselle and Blies river sectors.
Livening up of the western front came as nazi Germany,
already flushed by triumph in Norway, taunted her enemies
further with claims that she definitely had proved the effi-
cacy of her great air arm against power on the sea.
Challenging Britain’s long rule as mistress of the sea, the
Germans said their dive bombers had sunk a British battle-
ship of the 30,000-ton Queen Elizabeth class in three minutes
off Namsos, Norway.
BRITISH DIB GERMAN CLAIMS 'FANTASTIC
Nazis went on to claim a total of nine British warships or transports
were sunk or badly damaged by air attack as the Allies strove to trans-
port their withdrawing forces out of central Norway.
These claims for the power of the nazi air force brought the retort
from British sources that they were "of the fantastic character to which
the public is fast becoming accustomed."
In Berlin Air Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Goering, bemedalled
man of the hour In the Norwegian blitzkrieg, proudly announced the
sinking of the battleship by air bombardment—a tent which he and
Adolf Hitler had charged the German airforce in Norway to achieve
at any cost.
Beside the battleship the Germans said British losses included a
heavy cruiser of the class of the 8,250-ton York, "sunk in thirty minutes'
by heavy bombs; a second cruiser and two destroyers bombed and dam-
aged. and a 12,000-ton transport sunk, all off Namsos, plus a battle
cruiser a cruiser and a transport bombed (but not sunk) at Narvik.
It marked a new high in Goering's meteoric career. Men who know
him say he has waited for weeks for just this test as conclusive proof
that the German air force can accomplish any task set for it and that
it has, to German eyes, “once and for all destroyed the myth of British
me-rS, brier German announcement of the battleship's destruction
said it was proceeding on a westerly course off Namsos yesterday after-
noon when the German dive bombers swooped down on it, dropping
heay.e Impression to Berlin was that the battleship was shielding the
departure of British troops from Namsos. They embarked Thursday
No sooner had the power dive unit reported the feat to Goering
than he hurried to the reichs chancellery to tell Adolf Hitler about it.
NAZIS DECIDE TO WITHHOLD ‘NEWS’ . . . news’
The two decided, then, said Berlin reports, to withhold the news
until-Saturday noon “to see whether Churchill (British first Jord of the
humiraity) will have the courage to admit this terrific loss."
Churchill, however, said nothing . .
■ For some time we have been waiting for an opportunity, to prove
to the world that even a battleship can be sunk by air raiders said one
man to the know today..
"General Erhardt Milch, secretary of state to the air ministry, went
personally to Norway with orders from the fuehrer and Goering that. II
and when the hour for the test came, a battleship must be sunk, come
whatwe 'are simply amazed, ourselves, that the experiment succeeded
much as a single loss for us. ,
Action died down to war-riddled Norway except in the area around
Narvik Stockholm military experts predicted the next, move the
Germans, now 100,000 strong in Norway, would be a push toward Na
Reports from there said the Allies were closing in on aweakened
Germanforce and that Allied naval vessels were bombarding, them:
There were slight indications that the Allies might be planning
further strong military action in Norway, 2m con.
London unofficial military sources declared Britain will con
"me "ene L^M "hied torer. wrege. bestrins.:
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in IFM engrossed with the question of whether the Cham:
berlain government could survive the debacle of Allied arms in central
chairman of the corporation, and
Mexican N. Ambassador Francisco Cook Near Death
Sinclair authorized the following ′ PORT CHESTER N Y= May 4.
statement:P—Dr. Frederick A. Cook. 77-
"We have concluded an agree-
ment with the Mexican government
providing for a settlement between
the government and our corpora-
tion. acting for Mexican Sinclair
Beer Confiscated
In Three Raids
take the situation to hand immedi-1 Constable W T McQuary and EVINTC TO COME
ately If they fall to do so with- Deputy Const. George Bosley mare EVENT IU CUT ‘IL
out delay they will be guilty of three beer raids last night confis-.....
high treason to the nation xxx cating a quantity of brew IN WEST TEXAS
The war direction must be dras- Enough evidence was obtained. IN L J 1 ILAAD
tically reconstructed in organiza-they said, to warrant filing of
tion and to personnel otherwise charges against two Mexicans Mon- STAMFORD Texas Private Filers
disaster is inevitable day One of the two is already op- association meeting. May 11 and 12
erating under an injunction pro- Invitation golf tournament, begin.
ning May 9
MUNDAY—West Texas Firemen's
hibiting him from selling beer
At one Mexican cafe, 18 cans of
beer was Uken At a nearby Mex- association meeting Tuesday
year-old Arctic explorer tonight
lay to a semi-coma following a
cerebral hemorrhage His condi-
tion was described by attendants
at United hospital as “critical.”
Iran place two or three cans were CROSS PLAINS — Fifty-eighth
found and at a Pine street estab- annual picnic. July 18 and 19
lishment, a small amount of beer ANSON-Dairy Day show. May
and a large number of empty cans
were found.
Petroleum corporation. Sinclair
Pierce Oil company, 8 A . Compania
Terminal de Lobos, SA., and Stan-
ford and Company"
The next step to the Mexican
program was believed to be an ef-
fort to reach an agreement with the
Cities Service corporation, leaving
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey and the Richman Oil Cor-
poration, (Standard Oil Co., of
Calif.) Isolated to the dispute
STOP and THINK
Don't forget that the farther
hark we look the farther ahead
we can see.—Henry Ford, quoted
in an interview.
... we glory in tribulations
also knowing that tribulation
worketh patience; and patience,
experience; and experience,
hope: and hope maketh not
ashamed; because the love of
God is shed abroad in oar
hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.—Ro-
mans 5:3-5.
TROOPERS BAIL OUT OF
DAMAGED TRANSPORT
McCOMB. Miss., Mav 4.—(P
Lieutenant J. M Joplin brought
A series of landing accidents to the the C-33, the transport whose base
third army’s huge maneuvers today is at San Antonio, Tex. to rest in
damaged three pursuit planes and
so badly wrecked the undercarriage
of a transport that twelve soldiers miles north of McComb where the
had to parachute to safety before wheels and propeller were wrecked
It pancaked to earth when the ship overshot the field
No one was Injured and it was | and struck an embankment
believed all four ships would be re-1 Joplin s co-pilot a Lieutenant
Olinger, three sergeants, five cor-
a field at Georgetown, Miss., 60
paired in time to take part in the
war games which began today and
will move into high gear through
western Louisiana next week
The accident occurred as the
shipa. en route from Selfridge
Field, Mich, sought a landing at
the McComb airport which had been
porals, a private and two crew
members bailed out over George-
town
Major W R Taylor, executive of-
24
DUNN-Dunn 4-H club show.
May 10
HASKELL—8crir« of meetings in
rural communities of Haskell coun-
ty for explanation soil district ref-
erendum. May 6 to 9
LUEDERS—West Texas Baptist
encampment, June 24-30
ALBANY—Vote on issuance of
water bonds. May 21
MERKEL—First of the season’s
series of rodeos, May 24 _________
British Navy Losses
Set at 98 by Reich
BERLIN May 4.—Germany
has claimed that at least 98 British
naval ships have been “sunk, de-
stroyed or set afire" by Nazi air
and naval action and mines in the
eight month period from Sept. 3.
1939 to May 3. 1940. an unofficial
compilation showed tonight.
Oil Rule Voided
AUSTIN, May 4-<*’ —Proposed
new regulations for the Panhandle
fleer with the 2" pursuit ships and
11 transports which landed here__.______
____________________during the day blamed the C-33's oil field have been withdrawn to-
turned Into the air base of the accident on a heavy load and a definitely by the Texas railroad
“blue” forces in the maneuvers. short field.” _ commission.
CHAMBERLAIN TO FACE CRY OF RESIGN .
Acutely aware that military disaster has unseated more than one
government. Prime Minister Chamberlain threw his waning political
strength into the task of guiding his regime through the wreckage of the
Norwepitic erratum by Lborites, liberals and insurgent conservative:
forced the aging prime minister to get ready for a real battle in t;
house of commons Tuesday. He faces an outcry of resign as penalty
for the failure In Norway. .__th.
The demand for the resignations of Chamberlain, Chancellor of the
Exchequer Sir John Simon and Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare, u
by Herbert Morrison, powerful labor party spokesman, was piled on tor
bitter criticism of "complacency" and “oversatisfaction on the parorof
the government Combined, these attacks are expected to take the form
of a drive to overthrow the present government .. ,
Italy, at first indifferent, sat up and took notice of the big Allied
Mediterranean war fleet concentrated at Alexandria .
A sharp warning was voiced by Virginio Gayda, Mussolinis editorial
mouthpiece, that if the Allied fleet assembly boded ill for Italy it would
find Italy " "prompt and strong." .
Italy got on with her preparation for anything that might come. The
official Gazette said the war ministry had received an extra 8,000,000,000
lie ($4000,000,000) for "extraordinary expense.”
TENSION GROWS IN MEDITERRANEAN
Mediterranean countries grew more tense.
At Salonika, Greece, which would be a strategic prize to any Mediter-
ranean war. It was reported strong units of the British fleet are to the
Aegean sea off the eastern coast of Greece.
Further Allied fleet units arrived off Alexandria Egypt ordered gen-
eral war expenses and a week’s blackout
Britain’s ally. France, was having her own political troubles over
the Allied withdrawal from central Norway. It appeared almost cer-
tain the government of Premier Paul Reynaud would be grilled about
It in a secret session of the chamber of deputies.
The Netherlands government began Its expected drive against sub-
versive elements st home by arresting 21 persons, one of them a nationalist
socialist (nazi) member of parliament.
The arrests were announced by Premier Derek Jan de Geer, who con-
sidered them so important he broadcast the news by radio to the Dutch
East and West Indies, as well as the homeland
He compared the arrested men to the Dutchmen who helped put Hol-
land under French Influence a century and a half ago.
Near Record Heat
Recorded in City
The temperature soared to
97
degrees to Abilene Saturday after-
noon. only one degree abort of
equaling the season record of 98
set April 11
Forecast for today for Abilene
| and vicinity is for partly cloudy to
1 cloudy. Scattered thundershowers.
| with cooler temperature ir the to-
, terior, are predicted for Monday.
Nazis Claim 1,100
On Warship Lost
BERLIN. May 4.—P—DNB, the
official German news agency, ex-
pressed its belief tonight that all
hands were lost to what is official-
ly described ss the sinking of a 30,-
000-ton British battleship of the
Queen Elizabeth class off Namsos.
2 Such a battleship normally ear-
ries more than 1.100 men.
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