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THE COUNTY T,HE STATE THE UNION VOLUMN LXX SUBSCRIPTION $l.SO u VEAU riMEj PRID.tY, IH;(K'\I11II! I.-,, I WW 1 (EIGHT PACES) WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPER Renew Your Subscription Before Evpimtlon Date To Avoid Misting An Isttae. NUMBER *4 GILLIAM HELD UNDER ?000 BOND FOR ATTACK ON C. HAYWOOD HARPER PRELIMINARY HEAR ING BEFORE RECORD ER TUESDAY 1 Hat Plays Big Part in Ev idence; One Witness Said, He Went To Harpers With Defendant; W. L. Lumpkin Assisted Chas. P. Green in Prosecution; Yarborough & -Yarbor ough and T. P. Gholson Represent Defendant Following- a lengthy and in-, teresting hearing In Franklin Re-! eorder's Court here on Tuesday morning. Judge Hamilton Hob-i good held probable cause was es tablished by the State against I William C. Gilliam for assault ! with a deadly weapon and at-! tempt at robbery on C. Haywood Harper at the latters home in Ce- 1 <iar Hock township in June of j this year and ordered him held ' in a bond of $8,000. The State was represented by Prosecuting Attorney Chas. P. Green, assisted oy Sen. W. L. Lumpkin by pri vate prosecution and the defend- ! ant was representd by Yarbor ough & Yarborough, and T. P. Gholson, of Henderson. The evidence of Harper, the' prosecuting witness, was amusing , as well as showing a serious of- 1 , fense had been committed. llo'i told how he was called out at ! night to get medicine for a sicli ! i child of a tenant and while he was getting it felt a pistol punch ing him in his side. He turned! to see a masked man who deman- : ded his money. He grabbed the gun, they tussled, the robber beaf him over the head with some in- i strument until he was uucon- 1 scious. He came to on the porcli where his money was again de- I mandcd. struck again and left for dead. In the mean time his aged mother came to his rescue 1 without results and -.she left the House at the request of Harper to ! save her life. He told of leaving | the house, being brought to the j doctor and returning. He could not identify anyone. Cross exam ination by Gholson brought some laughter but no damage to his testimony. W. O. Stone stated he found a hat and sow blood on the floor of the room and on the porch, | identified hat and said he gave it ' fo Sheriff Moore. Ho had Sher- , iff called before he went In house. Sheriff Moce told of being called by P. E. Dean for Mr. ! Stone and that Stone who was at the Harper home gave htm the hat, and that he had kept the hat himself. A picture was called for but not admitted to evidence, Edgar Gilliam, understood 'o he a cousin ?f the defendant, stated In effect on examination that he took Gilliam to Harper's, . then went down the road, return-,, ed and picked him up and drove away. He also stated that Wil liam Gilliam took his (Edgar's) hat when hie got out of the car to go to the Harper home. He iden- , tifled the hat as his. The cross exbminatioh of Stone. Sheriff Moore and Edgar Gilliam ' by Gholson failed to break down j the evidence by the State sufflc- j lent to convince Judge Hobgood J there was no probable cause. At this point the State rested its case and the defense did not offer any evidence. The only ar gument before the Court being] as to the size of the bond. j The case was sent over to j ?* Franklin Criminal Superior Court j which convenes on February Bth, ' 1940, a?tl Gilliam was returned to JalMn default of bond. Dim Your Lights 8 La to Highway Patrolmen of thla district have been instruc ted to enforce strictly the law requlring that motorists dim their light* when passing other cant, Nergeant If. H. Harris,, of Durham, district commander, > said this week. Pemon* Involved in a number of accidents recently have claimed they were blinded by lights of passing automobiles, Hergonnt Harris said. He said the HMD legislature passed a law requiring that lights be dimmed. The sergeant pointed out pa trolmen will have a hard job : enforcing the law. The officer* must torn and give chase after meeting a motorist who did not dlni his light*. DKCOKATK FOR CHRISTMAS *: JLast year the G aid on Club re eived such response on the part [ nf the people of Louisburg In its I'bristmaa Decoration Contest tliut| it is sponsoring anoilfer one thlsj season. The classifications of the con test* are the .same as last year! with one exception ? they are: Class 1. Entrance. Class II. Outdoor Scene. Class III. Outdoor tree. Class IV. Anything from the inside as seen from the outside. I There will be a first and secon,d prize offered for each classifies- : tion. The ^hntest will be judged on the night of Dec. 22nd. Decorate early and entor the contest! If you plan to enter the contest please phone any one of the committee on Decorations. This committee is composed of the following Mrs. George W. Cobb. ' , Chairman. Miss Susie Meadows. Miss (Catherine Rogers. Mrs., Edward -Griffin. Mrs. R. G. Bailey. LOUISBIJRG BAPTIST CHURCH There will be only one worship service at the Baptist Church on Sunday and that eleven o'clock. Dr. A. Paul Bagby will speak on "Until Shlloh' Come." We will enter into the spirit of the Community White Christmas carrying ouf white gifts to the service at the Court House st t:30 P. M. , Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. Baptist Training Union at 6:45 P. M. -.STORK CliOSK f ? T Business In general will (!?? dispensed with In Ijoulsbjirg on Christmas Day Dec, 25th. The fact that Christmas eve will be on Sunday, which will cause the Stores to be closed two days will cause the merchants gen erally to return to business on the smth. instead of remaining closed on the day after Christ mas as heretofore. >. Eu ropean * Summary Montevideo ? Two British wursliips and Nazi pocket bat tleship, presumably the Admiral Scheer, locked in furious battle off Uruguay within Americun neutrality zone; battle races into nielli with outcome ill doubt. Geneva ? League of Nations j committee proposes condemna tion of Russia as aggressor, re- | commends her banishment from Geneva and proposes aid to Kin- , land; League assembly acts to day. Helsinki? Finns say Russians ' halted on virtually all fronts. Keport "great losses" inflicted on Iteds in counterattack. Moscow ? Red army re|>orts I new advances carry Its forces to points OA to 00 miles from frontier. l/ondon ? ltritain hints at > large scale land offensive J against Gerniaps once allied air superiority is added to sfn su premacy. Rome ? Soviet Ambassador leaves abruptly after Fascist anti-Russian demonstrations News Observer. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The ? following is the program At the Coulsburg Theatre begin* nlfig Saturday Dec. 16th: Saturday ? Double Feature ? Tex Rltter In "Man From Texas" attd Gantry, "The Blind Horse" ami Edith Fellowes In "Pride of Tlie\Blue Grass." Also Chapter No. 9 "Dick Tracy's G-Men." Sunday ? Alice Faye. Warner Baxter, Charles Wlnnlnger ahd Arthur Treacher In "Barricade." Monday ? Frank Morgan and Virginia Weldler In "Henry Goes Arizona." Tuesday ? Stuart . Erwln and Marjorle Weaver In "The Honey moon's Over." Wednesday ? The Jones Family and Joan Davis In '"Too Busy To Work." Thursday-Friday ? Deanna Dur bln In "First Love" with Robert Stack and Eugene Pallette. Last .Times Today ? James Stewart and Jean Arthur in Frank Capra'a "Mr Smith Goes To Washington." FOR GOVERNOR HON. J. M. BROUGHTON "I will he a candidate for Gov ernor of North Carolina in the Democratic Primary next May", states Mr. Broughton, of Raleigh. In making tills announcement he goes on to say, "In entering this campaign I do so upon mysown Initiative and responsibility and not as the can didate of any group, bloc or poli tical faction. My candidacy will be addressed to all Democrats In the State. If nominated and elect ed, I will be under no obligation except to serve the people of North Carolina to t h^ best of my abil ity. * ?'It will be my purpose during the campaign next spring to dis cuss fully the . issues that may arise upon all public questions in which the people are interested. I plan to speak in every county in the State, so that the people may have opportunity to hear my views, on the*e questions and pass upon my qualifications for this hicti office. While it is not feasible this far in advance of the campaign to disfuss in detail all public ques tion that may concern tile people of the State. 1 would be unwilling to make an announcement for the office of Governor withouf at least .stating in general my views on essential matters of government. 1 have no panaceas to offer, no magic formulas to propose. Sotiml' government is the best liberalism; sane progress is the best conserv ation. " The following facts about Mr. Broughtou's life and history will, 110 doubt, be interesting to many: Full name: Joseph Melville Broughton (given name 'Melville' Broughton. and called 'Mel' by his intimate friends). Born in ltalelgh. N. Novem ber 17, 1888. Son of the late J, M. Brouglitou and Sally Harris Broughton. and a nephew of the lale Needham B. Broughton. Attended public schools of Ral eigli and the Ilqgh Morson Acade my in Raleigh. Graduated at Wake Forest Col lege in 1910. ' ' j Principal of Buini High School, Franklin County, 1910 to 1912. Reporter on staff of Wlrfston flulem Journal during st>ring- and summer of 1912. Special course in law at Harv 'aid Law School, 1912-1911. Engaged In general practice ol law at Raleigh continuously since 1 1914. " 1 ? 1914-1916 Chairman of the | Democratic Executive Committee of Wake County. , 1918 President Raleigh Cham ber of Commerce. 1921-1924 City Attorney of Raleigh. 1922-1929 Member Raleigh I School Board. Member of State Senate from Wake County in the session of j 1927. and agalu III the session of [1929. President Wake County Bar Association) 1933. 1 President' North Carolina Bar Association, 1936. Keynote Speaker Democratic |Stat<! Convention, 1936. .' Presidential Elector at Large In ,1936 election. Member of Board of Trustees 'or'Wake Forest College continu ously since 1918, and member of Board of Trustees of Olivia Raney Public Library of Raleigh continu ously sfnee 1920. Superintendent Tabernacle Bap tist Sunday School of Raleigh | continuously aince 1918; 'and j teacher of men's Bibl* Class In that Church for the last 15 years. Married In December, 1916 to | Miss Alice II. Wlllson, of Raleigh, daughter of the late Wm. W. Wil ?<onvGrand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Caro lina. Four children: One daugh ter, who is a graduate of Peace Junior College and attended Salem College, and three sons, who are In the public schools of Raleigh. COTTON KIiRCTION CARRIES The exact flgures have nrff yet been given out hut It Is under stood the Cotton Control election held here on Saturday was car ried favorably by an extra large majority. Quite a large rote was cast and the results show the growers control minded, y f Christmas For Every One In Franklin County The Social Agencies of Frank lin County met in a joint meeting Dec. 12. in Loulsburg to make plans for carrying . Ch|istm.is cheer, to all the uqfortuhate in Franklin County. The schools and P. T. A.s were designated as the central unit of work, since these organizations Include all churches, societies, clubs, etc. A committee was tp pointed to,, contact each school and P. T. A. to work out some plans with them for collection and distribution of Christmas baskets for the unfortunate in their res pective communities. The P. T. A. wliicl* includes all churches,- etc., will work up a list of their unfor tunate families then each church, society, club or citizen will take ' from the list as many {amities as i they want to provide Christmas l'or and as the families are taken their' names will be checked off the list. In this way all families can be tak?n care of and do away with unnecessary duplication. Since the school and P. T. A. i serves only as a clearing house, they have to depend on the* churches and missionary societies to do the main collection and dis tribution of these gifts. Hy the churches working with the P. T. 1 A. they learn who all the other t churches arid Sunday schools are j helping and this helps to do away with the problem of all. the churches helping one fam+iy and other families going without. So it is urged that all churches. Sun day schools, societies, clubs, etc. i plan a good program of giving to | the needy of Franklin County. We hope that every citizen, or ganization and Institution will wor(t together and try to see that every one has a happy Christmas. It is the privilege and duty r.f each person who can to help some one else. MRS. D, T. FUM.ICli, Sec y of Sooiii 1 Agencios. NOTE: The above plan of car rying out Christmas giving has been followed for two years ill Franklin County and we hope this will explain to people who thought along the line as did the (editor ial writer in Ihe TIMES several weeks ago. that there. Is a func tioning agency which tries to spread Christinas Cheer. J. C, Wheless Dead Mr. J. C. Wheleas, aged 77. one of Justice communities oldest and most highly respected citlzeus died at his home at 9 o'clock Sunday .evening, following a short Illness. He is survived l>y four daughters. Mrs. P. R. Tiunn. Mrs. G. II. Har iris, of Justice, Mrs. G. B. Tayloe, of Guam. Mrs. C. R. Dobson, of 'Washington, D. C. ; and one son. Mr. E. J. Wheless. of Justice; sev enteen grandchildren; three bro thers, J. W and A. M. Wh'eless, of Cedar Rock, and W. B. Whe less, of Spring Hope; and two sis ters, Mrs. J. H, Jones, of Scotland Neck, and Mrs. II. ('. Woodllef, of Franklin County. The deceused was a most valu able citizen to his Community I County and State. He had served them as school committeeman, land as Deacon of Duke Memorial Baptist Church, and was one of the founders of this consecrated iJace of worship. He was -always Interested In any movement In the intej-est of his people and gave libei'ally of his time and means, i He will be greatly missed in his ; community where he was loved most and his virtues best known. Funeral services were held at Duke Memorial Church Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted i by Rev. E. Y. Averitt and inter ment was made In the Church ! cemetery nearby. Large numbers I of relatives and friends attended 1 both services and the floral trl 'hute was especially pretty | The pallbearers were B. D. Stone, Zack Perry, Wilson Dean, J. O. Wilson, M. J. Hayes and E. iV. Stone. The bereaved family has the .deepest sympathy of hosts of frleQds. REV. H. I. GLASS AT METHODIST CHURCH I ? ? ? The new Presiding Elder of the Raleigh District will be at the Methodist Church Sunday morn ing for his first sermon in the Loulsburg church. The public is cordially Invited to be present at this eventful occasion. Quarterly conference will be held Immediately after tbe.preacli ing hour. All other services of the day will be held at the accustomed time. COM.KOE Wn,Tj CLOSE TOR THE HOLIDAYS ' Acoordlng to announcement the Loulsburg College will eloae on Satprday to observe the Ohrtatnma holidays, tt will reopen to resume Its work on ?-the morning of Jan uary Sfd. . r ??' \0WN C0MM1S SIONERS MEET The Hoard of Town Commis sioners mot in regular session 011 j Dec. 8th, 1939. at 7:30 P. M. All members of the Board were pres i ent except W. G. Lancaster. The ip4nutes of previous meet ings were read and approved. 4"he monthly reports of the Ttj&n Clerk, Tax Collector and ' CJilef of Police were read and ap proved. A request was received from the I.ouisburg Chamber of Com merce to decorate a community Christmas tree that is to be plac ed on the Court Honse Square. This request was approved. The Board let the contract for completing the plumbing In the Armory Building, for the sum of $175.00. The Board approved the pur chase jjf 3,000 two-cent window | envelopes. / Supt. Harkins was instructed to install a street light o'n the South end of Kenmore Avenue. After approving a number of accounts for payment, the meet ing was adjourned. Murphy To Seek Eure's Job Walter ''.Pete" Murphy, of Sal isbury, 67-year-old veteran of 14 legislative sessions formally an 1 uounced Friday that he would seek Democratic nomination for , secretary of state in t,he 1940 pri maries. Thad Kure. the incumbent, litis | , let it be known he would seek re- j election, but has set no date for a formal annouucement. Murphy said he had many let ters urging him to run for the of fice. U. N. Graduate Active in fraternal circles. Mur phy has also been president and secretary of University of North Carolina, alumni, lie received his law degree at Carolina ill 1 8 !? 4 . and has liccn a member of the board of trustees of the sichool | since 1903. * Known all over the state as "Fete " Murphy was born in Salis bury in October 1872. He served his Jirst term In the General As sembly in 1897, was speaker of the House during a special ses > sion in 1914 and ill the regular nssenfbly of 1917. Between terms in the House, lie n-rved as reading clerk of the Senate in 1899. He was a mem ber of the 19:t9 Legislature. NO FIRE, BUT SMOKE Quite a bit of excitemenet was in evidence about 9 o'clock Sun day night when the lire- alarm ! was turned in from the Hank ' building on the corner of Main and Nash Streets. Upon investi gation by the Fire Department It was found that the building war, full of smoke caused, no doubt, from the Janitor building a heavy i fire in the furnace without open ing the damper, causing the lire )o become smothered. The condition was first discov ered by Mr. Chas.. P. Green when I lie went to his office. Mr. R. W. Smlthwlck, owner of the building, was soon on the scene and re ' ports no particular damage. CH IUSTMAS PAGKANT The Young People <)f the Epis copal Church wish to extend to everyone a cordial Invitation to their Christmas pageant. "The j Holy Nativity," on Friday even ing, December 22nd, at 8 o'clock. Several s6los will be rendered , in connection^ with this pageant i which deplcts'the birth of Our | Lord. This invitation is extended tn the entire public. AN UNINVITED VISITOR Some unknown person visited the Chamber of Commerce offices over the City Barber Shop Tues day night and took with them some personal belongings of the Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Malone. The officers have not reported an ar rest yet, but a close check-up li being made. MILLS SCHOOL CIjOSKS FOK holidays It is reported that Hills School will close on Tuesday afternoon of next week to observe the Christmas holidays. It wi|l re open after the holidays on Tues day, January 2, 1940. ; TOBACCO MARKET The Louiaburg tobacco market will close for the holidays at the completion of the sales today. The sales the past week have been very satisfactory. Poultry flbeka In Onslow Coun ty are lboktng goo*, and all of the demonstration flocks ara re turning their owner* a profit, re ports Jack Kelly, assistant farm agont. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS SERVICE To Be Held on Court House Square Sunday Afternoon At 4:30 ? Public Invited | Plans tor the Community Christmas Service to be held Sun day, Dec. 17th at 4:3ft o'clock on the Courthouse Square are com plete. This service is under the auspices of all our churches and i the Christmas Carols will lie lend by all the choirs in Louisburg, under the direction of Mr. I. I). Moon. To make this a real White Christmas Service wi'h gifts of every kind for our needv the cooperation and presence of every person, children as iwell as grown ones, will be needed and it is hoped that the spirit of this service will linger on through all' our Christmas festivities. ' There arc twenty-live opportu nities in our Louisburg district, ! some of which have already been! taken. If you wish to have one| of these opportunities call the Chamber of. Commerce office t;r go by and select a family that you are particulary interested in. The gifts from our service will all be kept In one central place and will go to supplement boxes and take care of those who will not have Christmas without our help. Representatives from every ur banization in town will take part in the distribution of these gifts. Take part in this Community | Christmas and keep in mind the! time and place for our Sunday | Service and come With your gift,' whether big or small. Recorder's Court Franklin Recorders Court held a most unusual interesting session 1 on Tuesday. The hearing of Wll |li?m Gilliam for assault on H. Harper and attempted rob bery drew quite a large crowd, lie was held for higher Court un der an $8000 bond Other cases I loll the docket were disposed of is ' follows: l.lt Alston, unlawful possession of whiskey, paid In full. I', 1. Horton. operating motor vehicle without drivers license. Judgment suspended upon pay ment of $fi fine and costs. I). L. Arnold, reckless driving, u4?t guilty. Freddie I'rivett. reckless driv ing. not guilty. Vance Snow, operating automo bile intoxicated, nolle pros with leave. William Mathews, operating au-' toinoblle intoxicated, nolle pros 1 with leave. William K. Hunter, 'abandon-, uient .and non support, guilty,, prayer for judgment continued, upon payment of costs and $60 and $12 per month thereafter. ' I Dave Sturdivant. Maurice Stur-j dlvant larceny apd receiving, jury trial requested, continued. Jim Aysctie, larceny and receiv- , ;ine, jury trial requested, continu ed. Julian Smith, larceny and re ceiving, Jury trial requested, con- I I tinued. Leslie Pearce. larceny and re ceiving. Jury trial requested, con tinued. William Gilliam, assault with 1 deadly weapon with intent to kill and attempted robbery, probable cnjuse found, sent to Superior Court, bond fixed at $8000. The following cases were con tinued: Thomas D. Griffin, operating automobile Intoxicated. Mnrman McK,night, unlawful possession of whiskey. Jerry Cooke, assault with dead- | 1 ly weapon. Henry Dubston. forceble tres pass. Olile Roberts, trespass. Stewart Davis, bastardy. I < HR1HTMAS SUGGESTION J CONTEST The Loulsburg Garden Club is sponsoring a display of Chrjst mas table arrangement, swa'ts. 'wreaths, package, doorway, deco rated cookies, cake, and cundles It] White's Furniture Store, Tues day afternoon, December 19th, J from 3 o'clock to 10. Everyone, (whether a member of the Garden Club or not). Is in vited to enter as many Ideas as possible. Blue and Red ribbon will be awarded by the Judges, who will I render their decision at 1 o'clock [ the same afternoon. The public Is Invited to visit I the display. There will not be any admission fee, but a sliver i donation will be received at the door. All arc urged to participate. Don't fall to come and exchange yonr Christmas Idea* with your friends. If you Will enter some feature of the contest please notify either Miss Susie Meadows or lfrs. Ed Ward Griffin at yoor earliest con venience. RENEW YOtTt ftl'DSCRIFTIOS . I WAR IN EUROPE t Geneva, Wednesday, Dec, 13.- ? The League of Nations, prepared today to condemn Russia as an aggressor and to organize aid for invaded Finland after receiving a curt Soviet refusal to ''consider mediation of the Russo-FinnUli conflict. The Russian reply to a League "ultimatum" demanding that Rus sia withdraw from Finland and enter peaceful negotiations for settlement of the dispute was sign ed by Premier and Foreign Com missar V. M. Molotov and was re ceived Just before midnight, tUo "deadline" fixed by the League. The League, impotent to real*^ punish Russia, today will hear formal denunciation of the Soviet as au aggressor and a demand that she be expelled from Leagua member ship. Possible Procedure This will be the League's pro-' liable procedure: 1. The commlttec of IS -jiamed to act on the Finnish war wjll re port to the assembly at 10 a. m., Russia's refusal to discuss media tion, and present the assembly- ? with its reports 'on the dtepute. 2. Assembly members tlrtrn will discuss the Russian invaalon and suggest possible League action. 3. The assembly will refer tho matter back to the Committee of 13, which in turn will entrust to a new drafting committee the task of drafting recommendations. This committee probably will pro pose recommendations denouncing Russia as an aggressor and urging all possible aid for Finland. The full assembly will debatu the committee recommendation* and approve or reject them by majority vote. 5. If the recommendation* specify elf pulsion for Russia and are passed by a simple majority of the assembly, then by League procedure they will go to the League's Council, or executive committee. Unanimous vote of the council is necessary fnj explusion. Sentiment remained almost un- v anlinoiiK in favijr of Finland and for condemnation of Russia, but ? lie delegates are widely divided oil the best method by which this sentiment may be expressed of ficially. lit ssn ? I KTIiV RKFISKS TO HK(il\ PKAC K TALK Moscow, Wednesday. Dec. 13. ? Russia early today curtly rejected the "Invitation" of the League of Nations to cease hostilities in Fin land and begin peace talks under League auspices, s Premier and Foreign Commis sar V. M. Molotov addressed a formal reply to the League's tele graphed proposal to the president of the League's special commltteo set up to deal with the Finnish war. - ? lie said the Soviet government declined to accept tlie League's of fer to discuss the Finnish ques tion. and referred the committee to his letter of last week to Joseph A. C. A venoW Secretary-General of the League. Helsinki, Dec. 12. ? Finnish, troops and airplanes smashed a large-scute Russian offensive to day, a Finnish communique re ported, wiping out "three erfeniv > battalions" and leaving "hundreds of the fallen enemy lying before our positions." The Russians weie repulsed with "tremendous losses" In hard fighting on a 200-mile front from the Karelian Isthmus to Tolva Jarvi, about 76 miles north ot Lake Ladoga, the Finns said. At the same time, a report from the Finnish port of Manty luoto said the 2. 217-ton German freighter Roleheim had been sunk In the Gulf of Bothlna by a sub marine. Several of 29 survivors In sisted that the submarine was Russian, although there wag no positive identification. The captain, second officer and radio operator w eta ktMed by shell fire. Survivors said the submarine tossed 15 shells into the vessel. The Finnish military communi que indicated that today's fighting was some of the most severe since the war started. v .Paris. Dec. 12. ? Great Britain and France disclosed today a fin ancial alliance to last until six months after they make a peace with Germany, This money partnership, hailed by a French finance ministry spokesman as "the strongest ac cord In history between two gov ernments," was announced in Farls and London at the moment people of the Allied nation* were hearing that British troops had won their first direct engagement on the Western Front. Military dispatches said the British threw back three waves oC German troops Sunday In an at tack south of Buschdorf, in th? Moselle valley region. The Ger man losses were reported to have been severe. None was reported by the British. The financial accord was signed on December 4 when 8lr John Simon, Chancellor of the British Exchequer, was In Pariftf and wax announced today by Sir John *ad { Continued on Page Fonr)
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