The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 1

--BHefly Mississippi Bu The Attodatti Pntt and Sewf THE Weather Pomul Mississippi: Fair, slightly warmer tonight except in extreme- southeast portion. VOLUME 44 'GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI MONDAY. MAYJ3J940 TROOPS MAY CROSS GREENVILLE BRIDGE COLUMBUS The visit here yesterday of two Alabama national guardsmen revealed there was a possibility at several thousand troops passing through Columbus in August enroute to the war games in the Sabine Valley. The troopers, Sgt. Edward Cox ard Pvt Martin Phillips of Headquarters and Sen-ice Troop, 127th Engineers, went -on U.

82 all the way to Greenville surveying the route. They said not only their regiment but other regiments would use No. 82 and. cross the new bridge at Greenville it it is rf auy. Information secured and along the route will be given to regiments in other-states, including North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia and Tennesse.e ODOM FAMILY HOLDS SEMINARY REUNION SEMINARY Members of the Odom family enjoyed a reunion here at the home of Mrs.

Hazel Odom Kelly, at which ten brothers and sisters with their children were present. Guests of Mrs. Kelly were: Mrs. Thelma Carpenter and children of Moselle; Mrs. Rosalie Nelson and Miss Edna Rae Odom of Laurel: Miss Bernice'Odom and MiM Willie Merle Odom of Jackson; D.

M. Odom of New Augusta Miw Glenda Joyce Odom of Mo selle 1 Miss Jacqueline Odom am Miss Bobbie Jean Odom Laure j. Unable to be present for the as lembly were Buck Odom and Den nil Odom of Mobile; Mrs Jess. Tisdale, oj Laurel, and Valda Odom of Pryonfeuri, Ky. COLUMBUS VOTERS TO TOMORROW COLUMBUS Voters of Columbus will go to the polls Tuesday te the rr.ur-Jcipal a ministration for two beginning ntxt Jtnuary.

Already cm city councilmen ana loUr directors have been nominated result of the first primary. But the chief executive the rnaror remains to selected runoB primary. Mayor T. W. Harrii lacked only about of receiving a majority over his three opponents lut week and went into the final p-imary with R.

E. (Bob) Lee former councilman. CLOSING MERIDIAN HOSIERY PLANT DENIED CLOSING MERIDIAN r- Rumors that the Meridian to down'were tinTrea crazy by Paul Bubeck, manager, in denial to The Metidian Star Sat- they started I don't knawr 5Sr. Bubeck said. But crazy.

We're 'total to start running the entire factory full next week. Ribbentrop Discloses Fate Of Low Countries Nazi Drive Doubles In Fury; Paris Denies Liege Taken; Dutch Move To Second-Line Defenses HfS I I forces. 11I1W tic A I. of the factory, about 19 per. cent, has been working two a week.

S. W.MORRIS KILLED WHEN (AR TURNS OVER Coyet Company tmployt'i Auto Struck Loose Gravel On Highway No. 1 W. Morris, sixty-five years old, for thirty-eight years connected with the wholesale firm ol The Goyer Company, was fatally injured at o'clock last night when his automobile struck loose gravel and overturned on High way One six miles north of Ben oil. Mr.

Morris and his brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morris, had made an automobile trip Sunday to the Ben Humphrey Bridge and to Woodson Morris 'arm four miles south of Greenville and Mr.

Morris had takei Mr. and Mrs. Morris to their hom in Rosedale. was returning tc when the fatal acciden occurred. Eye-Witnesses Mr.

and Mrs. B. J. Powell, sr of Benoit, were the only eye witnesses. Mr.

Powell told Chic of Police William Taggart wh went to the scene of the crash that he was driving south toward Benoit and Mr. Morris passed him He said about 200 yards ahead him the Morris car struck loos gravel, careened to one side TBI-STAtE BUS COMMENDED JACKSON The driver of Tri-State bus was commended yesterday by Colonel T. P. Brady, commissioner of public safety for preventing motorists from crashing into trailer loaded with telephone poles. Colonel Brady said Jack Byars, at the wheel of a Meridian-Jackson section, halted his machine in lime to avert an accident after he saw the trailer become disconnected from its truck and halt with a heavy log protruding into the highway.

Realizing the danger to motor- sists who might not see the obstruction because of darkness and misting rain, Byars secured his flashlight and halted several cars which might have struck the trail- eI He remained at his post until the driver of the truck returned and finally removed the loose vehicle from the road. GREENWOOD OFFICER HEADS GUARD GROUP JACKSON Capt. Gares Garber, Chemical Warfare Reserve Officer, of Greenwood, was elected oresident of the Reserve Offi- cers Association of Mississippi at enlisted men devote Se closing session of the annual terest in convention here yesterday. I tion (Continucd on page 8) COlPAXiONTELLS OF 3 COMMISSIONS Carter, Greenwood And Tupelo Men Qualified As Second Lieutenants Colonel A. G.

Paxton of Green ville, commanding officer of 114th. Field Artillery Regimen today announced that three listed men had qualified by appr priate studies and training commissions as second lieulcna- in the inactive National Gua They will be assigned to war cancies with the 114th. Field A tillery Regiment. They include Corporal Hoddi Carter, Greenville, and Mas Sergeant George H. Chambli I Greenwood, assigned to Headu.ua terrf Battery at Greenwood; a Sergeant Charles O.

Branyan ol Battery C. at Tupelo. "It is very gratifying that these tock Market ukcs A Note Dive much in- Captain Garber, succeeds Lieut. E. H.

WhitakeY, of Laurel. Capt. Paul W. Sadler. 358th president of the Jackson Reserve Officer chapter, was elected senior vice-president.

Chancellor A. B. Bute of the University of Mississippi was named historian and Walter Wadlington, of Biloxi, was elected judge advocate. Gulfport Sheriff Probes Krummer Killing GULFPORT, May 13 (AP)--Sheriff R. C.

Edwins investigated today the death of Howard H. Krummer, known also Howard Bradford, 43, who was found shot to death yesterday on road north of the Gulfport veterans hospital. District Attorney R. C. Cowar scid that Mrs.

Winnie Tisdale Mississippi City told him that sn shot Krummer in the chest after he had attacked her. Krummer, who was once a patient In the Veterans hospital, had been employed on the beach paving program. imeai." ed. Colonel Paxton declar- NKW YORK, May 13. (AP) --The heaviest selling of the year, touched off by liquidation of Dutch marginal accounts, swept through the Stock Exchange today, depressing prices to the lowest average level since September.

The market closed with many leaders off $2 to more than $7 a share. General uneasiness over possible repercussions of the war in Europe was evident in Wall Street. Commodities, in the main turned downward with stock. In the Chicago pit, wheat lost to 3 cents a bushel, and corn to cents. PROJECT WEEK CITY MAY 20-25 Mayor Smith Issues Proclamation; Citizens Invited To View Work Mayor Milton Smith today pro laimcd May 20-25 as "This Worl YouV 1 Community Week," in ccognition of the "social and ec- momic benefits" derived from he projects of the Division of Pro- essional and Service Projects of he Works Projects Administra- ion.

Mr. Smith's prcolamation fol- PROCLAMATION To the Citizens of Greenville: WHEREAS, the Division of Professional and Service Projects of the Work Projects Administration is operating projects of social and economic benefits to the citizens jf the State of Mississippi; WHEREAS, the sponsors of projects operating in the Division of Professional and Service Projects of the Work Projects Administration throughout the nation are planning to celebrate the. week of May 20-25 by providing an opportunity to the public to sec for themselves that this work pays your community and has ursec that all Mississippi citizens lake an active part in the celebration of this week; NOW, THEREFORE, Milton Smith Mayor of Greenville, do hereby designate May Twentieth through May Twenty-fifth as This Work Pays Your. Community Week and urge that all citizens help in the observance of this period and join with the sponsors of all citizens help in the observance 01" this period and join with the WYATT ESCAPES WITH BURNED HAND AS FIRE RAZES HOME Firemen Busy Over Weekend; Three Other Runs MadtToMmor Blizet GERMANY WARNS AGAINST SHOOTING PARACHUTE TROOPS Denies Reynaud's ClaiM Parachuters Wearing Dutch Uniforms, BERLIN, JSSav 13 (AP)-- Germany, through the diplomats of the United States. Sweden, Spain and Switzerland, advised Great Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands today that any evince of dealing with German rachute soldiers In a manner ontrary lo International ould to severe reprisals.

In the official interpretation of is note given the German ess. it was said the reprisals ould be carried out at a ratio of to 1--in other words, for every rachute trooper shot contrary to tcmational law, ten tnemy solo- would executed. War Said Race Against German Fuel Shortage Bv DEVON FRANCIS NEW'YORK, May 13 (AP) -The war in the low countries is pictured by sonic petroleum authorities ns a race of German amis I f.T ritm- I against time in the face of dim- Joe Wyalt, manager of the Gul Service Station at Hinds an- Washlngton, suffered a painfull. burned left hand and escaped safety through a rear windov when fire at 3 o'clock this morn ing destroyed his six room hom the Reynolds Addition, Old land Road, two miles east Ircenville. Mr.

Wyatt was at home the time, other members of family being out of the city visit ing relatives at Kosciusko, whe he awoke -fli a room filled wit smoke. He succeeded in tfral bing a few baby dresses and whi attempting to pull an electric Ic box from the house was burnn on the hand. The dwelling and garage win- enveloped in flames when flrt men from Headquarter Compan No. 4 reached the scene. Thi succeeded in halting the flam that scorched the sidcwalls an damaged the roof of the home Jack Hughes, fifty feet from th ilazing house.

Mr. Wyatt estimated ms damal it $3,000 which he said was par covered by insurance. He sa he flames may have been cau: cd by a short circuit in the cto trie wiring. Firemen were, kept busy ov the week-end. At 6:25 o'cloi Sunday evening they responded an alarm from box and mode to 409 North Edison.

damaged the partition wall tvveen the front and second roo of a house owned by Frank Lo Chinese grocer at Gloster ai North Edison Streets. Fire at IS: 15 a. m. Sund swrpt four outhouses in the re of 605 Muscadine Street a Ford automobile was destroy along with fishing equipment ned by B. F.

Heath, Chatham, slortd in one of the outbuildin The structures face Edison a Muscadine and are in charge Harold Kantor. Assistant Fire Chief E. L. Chip- Authorized sources said ould be no doubt about mill status of the parachute jump- nor ibout their uniforms lese, It was said, naturally wen fferent from other uniforms bu 1 everlhclcss were clearly dtscern- )le known lo tht mlliuuT irces of enemy countries. They expressed resentment ommuniques by Allied authontit.

leaking of "extermination" crman parachute troops. Thi anguage was regarded as froi nsult to the honor of Gcr nan soldier. A statement by Premier Pau of France that Germai arachulers, under certain ions, would be executed on th pot caused rewnlmen Berlin. It was claimed that Reyniu ought to incite the civilian pop ilation to disregard the (Continued on NEED OF MORE DIVERSIFICATION IN COUNTY URGED Farm Cditor Sayi Ftrmtn Should ThrM Cash A primary need of Washingto county agriculture Is larger far income, says F. P.

Hurst, cxtci sion agricultural editor. Farme need more money to buy man things needed in the home and the farm nnd to make long neei ed farm and home improvcmcn A study of the different sources farm income as made by the Mississippi Extension Service reveals that tne income on many farms could be Increased if formers (Continued on page 8) SAM JONES' SOLONS CONVENE 'Reform' Legislature Meets supplies of motor fuel, but yet the German fuel problem parently is Jar from acute. Three factors lend to case the feet of thr Allied petroleum' ockade again Germany. They are the unquestionably rgr 'reserves piled prior ID war: the production of gnso- le from Germany's unlimited uantlllcs of coal, and the impor- tion of oil from sources still Neae TOT The petroleum experts who i 80 per cent ol German oil imports were iibi.Mncd previously. How Much Used One petroleum geologist, Max W.

Ball, has estimated that Germany ran obtain only one barrel of oil lor every three needed, thereby placing a heavy drain on "serves. He sets at 110.000,000 number of barrels Germany isecl on an annum basis for the navtivc warfare which preceded the Norwegian invasion, nnd at .40,000,0110 barrels the number for active fighting. Three petroleum engineers of the Cities Service Company, K. Garfias, H. V.

Whelncl and 1. W. Itlsturi, in February concluded Germany must rely Rumania ine peuuicum ave written on the subject, do ot regard the German fuel sit- allon as any too happy if the ar drags on, but they odd that ingenuity of German Enni- wrs has been applied intensively problem. Imports constituted almost all German motor fuel supply rlor to the war. When the Aled blockade was Instituted in eplember, Reich's war ma- hlne WM cut off from north nd South American Holds where ONLY EBEN EMAEL HAS BEEN SEIZED, FRENCH CHIEFS SAY 'Gigantic Battle' Coming; Nazis Say 700 Allied Planei Lost PARIS, May 13.

A The Frc-iirn high command reported today that the German a'-laek In he Netherlands and Belgium had In violence, partlcu- u-ly In Ihi- region between the Ibert Canal and the- Lower hlne, as well as in the region outheast of Tlrlemont and In the inn Ardennes." lo make up the bulk of deficiency in oil lo run Its trucks, armored cars, Hibmnrlnts and airplanes. Need of petroleum for civil nin be reduced, but cannot disregarded entirely. Reductions already have been in thr warring countries. Garflos and Ristorl last October estimated that If Germany obtained all the Rumanian oil available for export--about 35,000,000 (Conllmied on page I) CAMPAIGN FOR ENLISTMENTS IN C. OF C.

UNDER WAY CM! Of $iW)00 From Of County It Set campaign for enlistment of support for the Washington Coun- Chamber of Commerce got under way today representatives from four civic clubs me' st Hotel Greenville for a klck-of luncheon. Frank England, general chairman of the drive, pre- meeting. The finance committee of the organization lias set a goal of 110,000 In subscriptions iroffi the business interests of the county, an Increase of 38 per cent over the amount of the subscriptions last year. The city nnd the counl combined have pledged $3,000, making total budget of $13,000. The campaign for memberships Is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday night, Mr.

England said. Alfred Mitchell, president of the organization, emphasized that this is not a drive, but an opportunity for business firms to make an In- both in the future of Greenville and their own business. He pointed out that every business firm in Greenville is a beneficiary of the work of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Mitchell cited as the three prlmai-- objectives of the Chamber of Commerce during this year the publicizing of Highway (12 and the Ben Humphreys bridge: ai airport for Greenville; and Com munity Chest.

DEPUTIES SEEK KNIFE-SLAYER OF NEGRO STOREKEEPER Slaying Followed Argument Over Playing Of Tunei On A Harp Willie Mitchell, 211-year old no gro harpist and dancer, know among members of Ills own cat as "Chunk" IB being hunted deputies from Sheriff W. 1 Crouchs office toduy for th i sloylni! of Bubo Hnnson, 4 year old negro woman store ol orator, ill knife nnd pistol fruy at an nil night party In Hunson woman's story, two east Foote at, 3: 30 e. m. day. slashed In the In the neck Ol (Continued on page 8) The German push the west tonight appeared to checked, French military spokesmen declared.

Advance Allied nwlorUed ah- forces, the Belf flu and Dutch armies, werfc laid have slowed up Ihd Natl steam-roller advance throuirh southern Holland and The greal "Battle of the West," the spokesmen added, lass skirted In lls prellmlnar? Deny Llcge Taken The French war office disputed ndiiy an announcement from Adolf Hitler's Western front that Nazi Invaders cilpr urcd The Citadel of the KrtMt Llcge fortress In Belgium t(w mini whero Kaiser Wllhelm's ny was blocked for more than; a week In 1914. ,1. Thr French said -the only Jo.l't. seized by Hi" Germans so far the -Liege forUflsd sone in ESeii Emai'l. "Evorywhoro convoys or troops war materials ore movliM' forward In Impeccable order vllh iwrte'ct regularity," Uio French i 4 i i i at' ON LIQUOR CHARGE County Opens; Assistant ire umei t.

ij. Liiiy- man said a 12-year old negro boy Day Before Inauguration man sa is believed to have been smoking and carelessly dropped a cigarette. He was seen running from the place when fire broke out. on page S) Tal- DEATH Mnlio (AI') li'iniin motor scmitcr si ruck II riillKh "ml pHrlied him In Ilic pavcim-nl. lie illiil of a Experts Think Nazi Secret Weapon Is "Nerve To Paralyze Victims BERN, Switzerland, May A "nerve gas" which penetrates ordinary gas masks and renders its victims helpless and unable to coordinate their mus- a meeting two years ago suggest-j better ventilated fortifications.

ed that liquid acetyl cholinc, if it such as those in the re-nch M.igi- came in" contact with a wound or not line. break in the skin, would mako They also indicated the Allies ---t be studying defense against weapon, apparently capable of incapacitating entire garrisons Tiiey reported that Allied Belgian authorities were suidyinR Of Governor BATON ROUGH. a May 13. (AP)--The Louisiana political dictatorship begun 12 years ago with the accession of the late Hucy P. Long to the governorship ended today as a "reform" legislature convened prior to inauguration of Sam Houston Jones tomorrow.

The theme was expressed in Governor-elect Jones' own "we are a democracy again." The 42 year old Lake Charles attorney will sucx-oed Governor Earl K. Long, younger brother of the "Kingfish." A thousand choice bef-vr-s were prepared for a giant barbecue in the Louisiana State University LONG RECOMMENDS BOARD ABOLITION Criticizes Pardon Board; Says Too Many Cases Referred To Governor Court Several Session Cases Quickly Disposed Of Judge Ben F. Wasson in County Court today fined Ernest Bright $100 and coals and sentenced i to serve 30 days on a charge: of selling whiskey. Bright was found guilty at noon by a jury after a few minutes deliberation. Bright, forme.

Little Gem, a Warfield Road night operator of the YUGOSLAVIA SAID PREPARING TROOPS FOR WAR Fears Invaiion; Anti- Allied DvmonstratioM Brinf Out Troops In Italy BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May 13 (AP)--A high Yugoslav source icportcd today "all security measure" Including pulling 700,000 troops on war footing, had been taken In Yugoslavia to guard aualnst entrance of Italy Into the European conflict. This source asserted that ami- British demonstrations yesterday nnd May In Ituly "confirmed the fears of the Belgrade government that Italy would fight with Ocf- innny if she entered the waf. He said lhat in Ihis event Yugoslavia nnd Greece were Immediate danger-ot Fascist Invasion. spot, face.s five other including one rhartfc of selling whiskey, two charges (if violating the Siibbulh laws and two charges of operating i privilege le- censr. II" was arrested in Keb- ruiiry and apiJi-iiie court.

1 I 1 He reported air forces pulroli over the Adriatic had been established lo watch any Italian warship movements. Demonstrations ROME. Mny 13 A In the di-cision midst of a rising anti-Allied cam' lign, Italy busily reinforced her crniw wis'Lillorio line of fortflcd postions western Alpine frontier I Hcntcnci- hcld-up pending good be: havinr in the future. Sold wa i sentenced to pay a fine of $ii() and sentciici-el to serve 30 days in City 'Court and appealed to County BATON ROUGE, May 1 3 Court. (AI 1 )--Governor Earl K.

Long to- 'he day sinned a commutation of sen- lnc "on facing France today and, according to Italian sources, called out einisrcc DlCiir in I I "-j a soldier unconscious for as long might be studying defense tence to i imprisonment for Ku- (iciic Kicker under sentence to hang for murder in comv.ction with the slaying of Douglas Acomb NVw Orleans -Slates cashier, in a robbery October 3, HI27. The- governor recommended that the parrinn board lie abolished nnd a new system fct up Hi- critl- the Louisiana ntau- i cizcti Ihc practice of largi- nurn- foothall stadium, where Hucy oncl- hers of cases being retcm-d the additional reservists army of 1,250,000 men There were two major cxprcs- i sions of nnti-Allicd sentiment, one court oldertd a proccdtndo I a series of student dcmonstratloiu court in the case of State ths! brought out 500 soldiers and W. Love, negro, charged! police to protect the British and w.lb whiskey. Dick Weathers, a negro, was find and costs on a charge i i a mischief. French Lmbi-sfcs.

the other con- propaganda against British French control over shipping in i Mediterranean. In the i i division a In addition, Catholic sources iudcmenl was ordered agnmsl C. announced that English and Sco I'. Cole lor $240.21 in i for student Priests brought by the Bat- 1 were being closed nnd that the terv and Electric Station. A verdict for awarded A.

11. Whik- Dture Fort Ebon Emael and thus there were no suggestions weclgo into the how which appears Belgian defense lines. That belief was expressed lo- Jay by neutral military attaches to Switzerland, through whose iiands passes a great deal of the war's military information. Has Been Developed They SP.id a gas of this type had 'iecn developed in Germany and tuditd in other c-ountries in re- ent months, and lhat soldiers in- aling it would be overcome by and would stagger and "(Howard Blakcslc-ss. Associated Press Science editor, reports lhat the American Chemical Society at naturally in the extremely small wnicn a human body in i masks carried by German amounts, i who were taken prisoner.

football stadium, where Hucy oncl- hers of cases Doing Ilwafd A in his suit cavorted, and where Jones will governor, who diii-s not ilvi brought against Coui-h Conslruc- take the oath of office tomorrow lime- or the facilities lor a i ny before approximately 125,000 a complete study ot th- rases Th( rm sons Governor Long who has freed i i a the follow- i more a 8(1 penitentiary TM i i vv. It. Price, H. II. Clrroll, I i in a i i i taid it wu.i his p.

W. L. i i C. A. (Continued on page B) extremely smau I be adapted lo causing Blakcslee says the i ol ASSURING JAPAN The militarv.oxpci-ts a i 1 nerves tliat the fins, said lo leave nn ill pulses after-effects, to be almost sible to detect but to smell a i (hi like geraniums, would be effective against the Belgian garrison f.l Fort Elien because thry were equipped only with hlanrl- army filter masks.

They added that such a gas undoubtedly would be more eflcc Uve dropi skii ork of a i i im- the muscles, and that a placed on a scratch in -c unconsciousncn- i i a few momcnK No After-Effects Such an application, however, leaves no bud after-effects. American military experts, he suys, have discussed the use iten wouio DO this type fort Ihan in the (Continued on page B) Netherlands' rich they had no intention the status quo in The I i in a i i i taid it wu.i his opinion convict should be required to make good under a parole before l-c was given a pardon. I The Kovi-rnor declined to take fiction on pa a -don board H. P. Lane.

W. i i C. A. Trutliman, J. M.

Lamb, .1. J. Fox F. Hraslow, 7. C.

Burney, C. L. i i i i i i Furr, W. O. liaglcy, G.

R. Gray, i ilk- summi The tallymen are L. W. Hess. oJhn I I I plcnsu Henry Crisweil, L.

H. J. i a i That Vacationists Publicize Greenville 3 sasi L. McCorkle, M. I'.

Srhlirsinger. Hachiro AritJl that Britain did Kit intend to interfere with the situation in the Dutch East Indies since she believed the D-itch forces there were sufficient to a i a i Integrity of the beating Thomas DuHont iin'l hi sister, Jennie Dul'onl in .1 robber; at 1135 New Orleans, on July 17, 1937. Gendusa was tcnlenced bring after his case had been fought through the Supreme court twice. of the Chamber of uugcsts lhat Grcen- vacotionists coin- i with publicizing i i I i year. Mr.

h.is rciiiu-steri thai all K. K. i i rolinty who nrc man, jr. I going nway lor th summer slop At this miirning's court session i iho Chamber Commerce and W. JJ Alexander, was flni-il a bumper stnp advertising ml in robbery $100 und tests on a charm- ni Greenville, and to rcci-ivc a num- -h-iving while inloxiciiled.

A like bci of postcards knowing views of line on a similar charge- was i Givcnvillc and the county. sesM-d Hamlin at the A i Tin- Chamber cl Commerce will II term til tin- court Both 'iilir- I ttlad to help summer vacationed picas of nolo-tontcndrc. willi routings, he.