Biloxi Daily Herald (Newspaper) - July 26, 1940, Biloxi, Mississippi Press Leased Friday July 26, 1940 Gulf 299 NAZIS ATTACK SHIPPING OFF IRISH Roving Far from Home Strike at British Airmen Race to The Associated battle raged off the coast of Ireland war's first action fishes of gunfire between the surface vessels and air raiders could be from the another slashing raid on British as reported by high Nazi speedboats three merchantmen totalling 22.000 toms ndar English coast battle in north Irish started when roving far from home j attacked a RAF raced to the The Associated bombing planes have renewed attacks on Britain's great rock fortress of sentinel of Fascist high command said it i was j after a long night flight from | Italian from Gibraltar said unspecified planes bombed the stronghold in a 30-miaute raid before dawn but were driven off by antiaircraft the Holland radio was quoted as peace committee has appealed to President Roosevelt the name of to arrange a peace Minister Winston Churchill's government has already rejected peace overtures by the Nazi fuehrer war in the west started briskly again today as Nazi on page Open Their Groups Holding j Sessions in Will j Come Back Next annual convention of the Mississippi Association of Architects opened today at the Buena Vista Hotel and even on the first day of their annual convention the members say they are coming back to Biloxi again next year for their 1941 first business session was this afternoon and the members convene again tomorrow Saturday afternoon they are going on a deep sea fishing state board of architects also convenes Saturday afternoon and will act on applications for registration to practice as an of the state board Eugene D. and Frank State association officers Frank R. V. vice and Mr. Mississippi Chapter American Institute cf Architects also is meeting in joint Mr. is president of this will be discussed concerning the junior association who draftsmen and engineers with four years experience with an but not registered as a practicing There are 20 such members and 60 senior members of the on the Coast belonging to the association R. H. D. B. Carl E. E. Dean B. Woleben and Wilson B. Gulf John T. Jack I. D. Gehr and Peter J. and J. W. Wire AND EMBARGO ANGERS AND DAMAGE IN GIBRALTAR July 26i.-Pi Four persons were killed and 37 wounded when enemy airplanes bombed Gibraltar reports from Britain's reck fortress Damage wss reported to be least twenty bombs the seaside suburb of Caleta and and docks near the Rock's the Hotel and the area around point Europe and its barracks were SET July 26IIP)Oil supplies at six points in Germany ere set afire by RAF bombers carrying out operations over a wide last says the nightly air ministry July 26(AP by German radio broadcast a dispatch from Bucharest saying that the offices of the Oil Company were searched today by police who found large number of to be used for French experts of the company were expelled including the director general of the S. SHIPS MAY REMOVE July 26UP) Chairman Bloom said today the House foreign affairs committee had approved unanimously a to permit the use of United States vessels to remove refugee children from European war zones arai gement President Roosevelt described as July 26(P) The first peacetime conscription in American history was completed today by the Senate military committee for consideration by the Senate early next Sheppard said the committee would vote officially on the legislation Tuesday morning and predicted there would be no dissenting of the final sections approved today by the committee would impose penalties cf five years in prison and in fines for or those convicted of aiding Asked to Investigate Licensing Great Predicted in July 26UP)'The Japanese foreign office instructed its ambassador to Washington today to investigate the United States curb on oil and scrap iron exports after a spokesman had described Japanese reaction as likely to be Japanese news said that while the presidential order requiring licenses for such exports be aimed at Germany and it was evident it also j was to curb besides making a i report on tiie licensing was I expected to urge that careful con- I sideration be given the question by the United States in to prevent a of trade re- | foreign office said reaction will be very if the presidential order is tantamount to an embargo against newspaper Hochi in an editorial on the Havana conference today predicted failure of what it called attempts of the United States to organize a of American Americans already have made it clear that the conference will not follow the lead of the United the newspaper adding that South America racially is affiliated with Italy because of the common European blood of their America's friendship with Spain and said breeding an anti-American Latin America furthermore is bound to the axis on page Day At Bay St Observance Sponsored by Clement R. men look as though they were competing in some new kind of obstacle But far from it. They're British civilians learning new technique for snuffing out dreaded thermite incendiary bombs which Nazi planes are dropping all over Britain with increasing With the long poles keeping them safely away from the men place the hollow asbestos snuffers over the the Seeks to Devalue Gold as Basis of FREDERICK GARDNER j either to win trade July 26(JP)The j sions from the United States or s Day of Postponement Chances of Success j Against DEWITT MACKENZIE Every day that Herr Hitler Withholds the blow by which destroy England adds to defensive strength of that fbt little and to British aces in general against At least that's what has been happening up to This being the the fuehrer's delay in striking his victorious lias become one of the Wonders of the f Had the Germans attempted when they had j its in 1933, the league em and British de- ployed 725. Trust at British Back Visit North Irish Coast While Others Strike at Southeast Associated July 26(JP)German bombers made a daring thrust at Britain's today by tacking a convoy off the north Irish Others kept up the continual battle for control of the English channel by striking again at the southeast coastal heard heavy gunfire and saw flashes of ship's guns as the British replied to the attack on the convoy off the north Irish first made in that area since the start of the St. July 26Hancock County Americanism as officially designated by the board of supervisors and city officials of Bay St. Louis was observed Thursday afternoon with a parade more than two miles long and ceremonies in front of the court house on a specially constructed More than 1000 people were impressive observance was sponsored by the Clement R. Bontemp post of the American Legion at Bay St. Louis and cooperating were the Legion posts of Gulfport and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Auxiliaries of parade was led by the Harrison county patrol cars and county and city Legion three including Bay Drum and Bugle Corps of the Joe Graham Post of Gulfport and the Legion Auxiliary band of More than two dozen mounted Legionnaires provided an unusual sight and other floats and marching groups were Boy and Girl Sea Scouts led by Skipper Robert K. C. Y. Sons of the Daughters of the with a 000 gold may be forced into the role of chief defender of the metal against a campaign by nations to undermine its monetary Wall Street banking sources said who have a warming debate the future of including arguments from Berlin the metal would lose its high international exchange said Nazi strategy appeared to be aimed at focusing attention on the United gold position in preparation for the post-war fight for than 80 per cent of the world's recorded monetary gold has been concentrated in the United much of it moved here since the start of the the cessation of gold shipments from continental Europe since the surrender of the United States has continued to move closer toward a on the long regarded as the world's leading gold has been drawing upon her extensive reserves and the British empire's output of gold to pay for war purchases renewed attention in Wall Street to the Berlin attitude was the comment of other nation's into the Nazi trade he is short of gold and produces Wall Street as represented in recent debate was that Uncle Sam has a valuable business tonight at 8 hole in the play for trade as long as metal holds its FHA Dealers to Hold Business Session Tonight and Saturday Mississippi Retail Lumber Dealers meeting in Biloxi for the past two days at the Buena carry on their planes streaked out to | U. S. Army recruiting the and soon one est was seen to reports indicated the southeast coast attacks were not as on page Gulf Coast Voiture 40 8 German minister of that gold would cease with a beautifully decorated WPA library car and many on page Secretary-General Submits His July 26(JP)Joseph I Avenol took the kicks as they A. C. Avenol submitted his I came and went quietly about his nation as secretary-general of the which he regarded as that of League of Nations in a telegram an international civil sent last night governments When it became apparent the of all the member j league had little future as a became secretary-general in 1932, and during his term of office saw Italy and a number of smaller states quit the league failed to bring peace in the the war the Spanish civil and didn't try seriously to save Czechoslovakia or the outbreak of the war last league activity has dwindled to almost for both Britain and France decided at the start the league should sit tight and say What they if it wasn't too usually was law at the handled few of the activities he took personal charge of last year's economy drive and slashed 226 employes from the leaving 303 on the more or less at sixes the war might have As it England developed a strength which been producing astonishing rets in the daily aerial Britain and the and raids on The Nazi certainly in few One German and Nasi foreign Minister - Berlin claims conferences argent was paid Swiss a. plus for entertainment and upkeep of the official In addition he had free use of the mansion and its extensive the darkest when each setback was labeled the criticism literally was poured on his Much of it came from the staunch who said Avenol was too too much at the order of London and They said the league and its ideals might have been spared many shock with a man of energy and initiative at its institution at least until the war was he directed most continued on cage Made For U. 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Conduct in July 26(JP)A Japanese embassy spokesman declared today that two recent m e r i c a n incidents at Tsingtao involving United States sailors had settled with American expressions of first incident was a clash between United States sailors and Japan eses policemen reported last Monday which Japanese official news said started when two sailors left a cafe without paying their United States consulate at Tsingtao accepted Japanese demands for an compensation and steps to prevent a the spokesman said the other incident occurred at a beach July 20, when an intoxicated sailor seized a 16-year-old Japanese girl who was rescued by Japanese petty letter was received signed by the senior American naval officer expressing regret for the the embassy spokesman and the sailor involved personally The spokesman said there recently had been four other incidents at the basis of European currencies and that world economy would not suffer if the vast stores of metal in the United States were outstanding Wall Street gold who declined to be quoted conceded some economists in this country had become pessimistic over the outlook but said the general view in financial as he found was far apart from said it apparently would be to Berlin's interest to a joint meeting with the state FHA mortgage bankers who handled FHA retail dealers and representatives of building material Saturday night at the annual banquet W. T. state FHA will be the main M. secretary cf the states that there are worth of FHA mortgages insured in Mississippi and that 65 per cent of this has been for new industry is pushing building of low cost homes of between and for people with incomes of fram to a Mr. Lockhart The main purpose of the Biloxi session is to continue work and a constructive Mr. Lockhart exhibits have been set The Celotex in charge of Charles B. New of Europe Commerce on August 6 was today with the appointment of the 12 captains of the various companies of solicitors who will take the field on the opening day of the drive to obtain new memberships and renewals from those already members of the colonel commanding the Blue army and his two Ralph E. Brash and Ivan designated N. A. E. P. Jack Sam Tom Joyce and Huntley Caraway as captains of the six companies making up their two The Blue army has been assigned all the territory east of 25th Brown headed by Colonel B. Frank Brown and Majors C. H. Brandon and John has also completed its Trying to Blend Areas into Plans E. C. H. E. Joe for F. C. C. Brash and The Browns will have all of Gulfport west of 25th above hamed captains were designated this morning at a meeting of the Colonels and majors held at the Chamber of Commerce offices in the Hotel The captains will meet soon to appoint their lieutenants and complete the personnel of their companies of in the forthcoming is mounting as the date still held as its opening Mayor J. ers of soon will be released j W. Milner is commander-in-chief to contribute their labor of the having been ed by the newly elected The Associated July 26Germany set her hand to stabilizing the continent she has virtually mastered after a 10-months war while continuing to send waves of bombers against Bulgarian and Slovak representatives journeying to the Reich between now and Sunday for conferences op the future of southeastern informed sources disclosed suspecting French aims to recuperate so as to strike back after a year or is to keep French war sources denied that official recognition has been given a separatist movement in French as reported by Germany's official news respect to the Baltic where Soviet Russia has all but formally incorporated the three states of Latvia and spheres of German authorized sources said this was purely an oa as a medium of international to this Germany and other totalitarian nations may dispense with gold for internal use but will have to use it to settle foreign trade balances if commerce is pursued on any basis other than one international banker might conceivably work out long-term trade on page Named For C. of C. Organization for Membership Drive Begin August 6 , Is showing its product progress in the | three new shades and also its new tion of the set-up for the j concealed nail The Corinth ing membership campaign to be I Brick has an launched by the Gulfport Chamber exhibit in charge of Chad face brick in grey and facing hollow building flue drain and glass and glazed and ceramic All the materials except the glass are made in sea fishing and an automobile trip were features yesterday with more fishing and a bridge luncheon The fishing and boat trips are on the Mary Ellen II as guests of Reid McGee Convene Annual in Joint Session with Banquet Is Set for B. Gulfport postmaster since 1919, in welcoming the Mississippi Rural Letter Carriers Association to today I I think I'll move out on a rural Taking everything into the service is much In he told the 200 or more of you is virtually a post office -in He pointed out that rural carriers are authorized to accept packages for issue money order receipts and perform many other unusual services in addition to delivering the daily papers and J. W. Milner extended the official greeting of which followed the invocation by Dr. Henry T. R. A. Hickman of 1st district president and Mrs. Lloyd Badon of president of the responded to the two welcoming addresses on behalf of their respective M. Sumrall of 6th district launched the 37th annual convention at 9 o'clock this morning and after the assembly had sung the gavel over to President E. on page Thomas Attacks Plan as July 26(JP) Mayor LaGuardia of York pleaded for compulsory military training today as only means of keeping us out of and Socialist Norman Thomas attacked the idea as basic principle of testified before the House military committee which is considering a peacetime conscription as a major part of the national defense During the day President Roosevelt said her would leave tomorrow on his first inspection of defense in the know exactly what countries are going to attack us unless we are told the those two are not going to attack us if we are New Yorker said boys of 18, high school should be trained to prevent dislocation in widespread demands for and hardships for BE can have all the Pan American conferences for unity that we but they'll only laugh at us unless we've got the he qualified his recommendation for training boys of 18 first by saying that high school graduates should be permitted to take their or after college so that there would be a minimum of interference with higher Socialist candidate for said the training was measure far better calculated to establish the principle of universal regimentation than to provide efficient also referred to assurances made by Gen. W. E. Shedd that men of draft age with dependents would not be conscripted and said he sought permanent assurance than the word of an Army on this Roosevelt said he would leave late tomorrow evening on the yacht and after cruising down the Chesapeake on Monday would inspect the Norfolk Navy a fleet training at old Point the Army's Langley air field and its experimental work and Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock president told reporters in his press conference he had asked Chairman Vinson and Chairman Walsh of the House and Senate naval committees to accompany said he would return to Washington at the instigation of an order under which exports of petroleum and petroleum scrap iron and other scrap will be the chief executive said no embargo on page are well under way for a big general meeting of those tiie success of the campaign which will be held prior to the launching of the drive on August 6, it was stated by Chamber of Commerce July 26(JP)An exchange telegraph news dispatch from Hongkong today said that Japaneses forces had started a drive from toward the French Indo-China border 15 miles Wallace To Resign Indicates Secretary of Agriculture Will Give Up Cabinet July 26 President Roosevelt gave a clear indication today that Secretary Wallace would resign from the cabinet as soon as he began active campaigning as the Democratic nominee for vice chief executive told a press in response to a request for comment on his first talk with his new running mate on campaign strategy that all he could do was to relate a story was that in 1920, after Mr. Roosevelt was nominated for vice president on the Democratic he saw President Woodrow and asked when he should submit his resignation as assistant of the president said Wilson told him he had concluded on the basis of historical precedence that he should not resign until the start of active That course was chief executive said today he thought probably that was good procedure and common Say Five Ships Seven Damaged by July 26(JP)The admiralty acknowledged today that a German plane and torpedo boat attack yesterday on a 21-ship convoy in the English channel sank five and damaged five merchantmen and two British admiralty also announced loss of the trawler Fleming in a clash with four German dive admiralty challenged the German high command's claim that 11 ships totaling 43,000 tons in the convoy were admiralty said the Germans attacked the convoy in successive waves of 30 planes each and that as a result five small vessels totaling 5,104 were The damaged ships totaled 5,133 of which one 554-ton ship had to be fleet of nine German mosquito boats also the coast to attack the the admiralty but was drivai off by two destroyers and two motor torpedo Worken Banquet to Held August 12 Will Marie Start of C of C. for the annual campaign of the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce were instituted last night at a special meeting of the Work on organizing the workers will begin next week when the officers of the campaign will be annual team workers chicken spaghetti dinner will take place Monday August 12, at the Central Fire report luncheons will be held with the Lions and Business Clubs on August 13, 14 and 15. Already President R. W. Burnett has been assured cooperation from officials of the service clubs and other civic The campaign is similar to those conducted each year in August for the past 20 the refinancing campaign was the principal business other matters were including the utilization of the airport for an army or private aircraft in- were received from congressional officials indicating that the Navy is seriously considering naming of a cruiser after from Washington also indicated Biloxi's bid for a U. S. biological survey fisheries laboratory is to be was made that prominent newspaper writers would shortly visit Present at the meeting Dr. who Ray Tom S. L. D. R. A. S. Leslie H. L. Schwan and Secretary A. V. Arms oo Crew Refuses to Sail Unless Merchant Vessel Is Equipped with July 26 The Dutch merchant vessel Prins III rode at anchor outside the Lake Michigan breakwater her departure delayed by the refusal to sail lot unarmed members saM ton of German bombers off on May 10 and that they wanted armament to protect themselves in the event of future of the complement except for and Capt. W. P. C. announced their decision shortly before the vessel was scheduled to sail for an unnamed foreign out cf Antwerp and owned by the Oranje lines of unloaded a cargo seeds and twine here June 27 after calls at Duluth and authorities placed a detainer order against the ship pending advice from They said the crewmen could not land being without necessary Oranje lines the Prins Willem recently was seized by Canadian officials after a dispute between ship's officers and the Twelve crew members were removed from the ship in and were ordered held for Detroit immigration city council looks the mercury hovered the 100-degree the recalling the difficulty experienced in removing snow from the added a snow removal fund to the proposed 1942 Brought To Middle of 419 Deaths Attributed Directly or Indirectly to Heat The Associated Cool winds brought lower to most of the heat stricken Middle West marking the breakup of the season's longest heat trough of low pressure tending from Utah and Arizona to the lake region moved slowly eastward and pushing before it the stagnant air responsible for the torrid high temperatures still prevailed south of the belt of cool the weather bureau said moderate temperatures were in prospect for all sections of the nation by total of 419 deaths were attributed directly and indirectly to the protracted heat They included 190 heat fatalities and 229 Wisconsin and Pennsylvania suffered the heaviest helped bring relief to sections of the Middle West last night but the rains were too light be of much help to corn and otter crops suffering from lack of winds uprooted trees smashed windows in Coast guardsmen several crafts caught in on Lake I Utility officials reported 1,86*
