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WAR IN EUROPE
London, Dec. 19. ? Three Brit
's ish vessels were sunk and 11 oth
ers were bombed and machine
gunned today by low-swooping
German planes with heavy loss of
life as the Nazi air force lent new
fury to the war at sea.
A single German bomber, pre
sumed to be one chased away
from the Shetland Islands by
British pursuit planes early today,
attacked six trawlers, according
to maritime reports.
One of the trawlers reached the
Shetlands, off the northern tip of
Scotland, with two dead and two
wounded and its wheel house
blown up. The crew reported hav
ing seen a column of ?moke off
shore, possible that of another
burning trawler.
Torpedo Sinks Strainer ?
The British steamer City of
Kobe, bombed and machine-gun
ned two days ago by a Nazi plane,
was sunk by a torpedo in the
North Sea today. Eighteen of a
crew of 70 were reported rescued.
The armed trawlers Active and
Zelos were sunk by aerial attacks
The Active lost one man. The Ze
. los' crew was landed at an east
Scottish port.
Meantime) tive other armed
trawlers, doing mine-sweeping
duty, were bombed and machine
gunned by German planes.
The British trawler Utrurla was
damaged, with loss of three lives,
by machine-gun and bomb attack.
The trawlers Astros and Ocean
weathered air bombings and re
f- turned to port undamaged. Bui
, ?tbe Iverneill and Fort Hose were
damaged slightly in attacks by
Nazi planes.
Paris, Dec. 19. ? t- The Allied
supreme war eouncil was report
ed today to have decided to give
to Finland all the moral and ma-,
erial aid possible without weak
ening the Western Front with
Germany.
The possibility of giving effec
tive aid to the Finns in their
stubborn defense against invading
Russians was understood to have
been the main topic discussed at
a three-hour meeting, attended by
l'rlme Minister Chamberlain and
Premier Daladler and their high
est assistants including diplomats
as well as war experts.
A communique issued alter the
meeting had ended and the British
had started for home said the
council "ordered necessary mea
sures to reinforce the means of ac
tion which the Franco-British col-,
laboration has at its disposal In
the diplomatic field as well as the
military."
France Prepares
The French government, look
ing forward to prosecution of the j
war in 1940, tonight asked the
linance committee of the Chamber
of Deputies to approve military
appropriations for the first three
months of the new year totalling
55,034,000,000 francs (about $1,
266,000,000.)
The government estimated that
149,000,000,000 francs (about
(6,702,100,000) may be asked to
finance the war In 1940. The ap
propriations for the first three
months of 1940 amount to almost
a third of the total 1939 budget.
Helsinki. Dec. 19. -j-A Russian
air armada swept along the South
ern coast of Finland in a bright
blM sky today, bombing a half
dozen cities and towns and set
ting fire to portions of the mediev
al seaport of Aabo (Turku) be
fore antl-alrCraft guns drove the
raiders off.
Between seven and 10 Russian
bdumbers were shot down in the
raids which spread along the en
tire Qulf of Finland coast from
Vlipuri (Vlborg) westward to
Helsinki and Aabo, the Finns
said.
The Finnish air force was re
ported In tonight's official com
munique to have Invaded Russian
territory, bombing and machine
gunning Russian bases, marching
troops and supply columns.
In addition to the seven to 10
bombers shot down today, four
Russian planes were shot down
yesterday by Finnish planes and
anti-aircraft guns, the commun
ique said.
(A Soviet military communique
?arly today claimed that 12 Fin
nish planes had been shot down
in air battles, while only one Rus
sian plane was lost.)
Today's Russian aerial bom- I
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Jackson Dinner Speaker
Paul V. McNutt. Federal Security 1
Administrator, will bp the speak
er at the Jackson Day Dinner
at Raleigh on January 8. Mr. Mc- j
?Nutt is a former governor ol In
diana. past national commander
of the American Legion, and re
signed as Commissionci to the
Philippines to accept his present
post as directing head of all the
governmental relief and security
agencies
Hon. Paul. V. McNutt. Federal
Security Administrator will he the'
speaker at the North Carolina
Jackson Pay IMnner^un' January
81 li. Definite confirmation of this
appointment was received during
t!:e week-end by State Director
John D. Larking, Jr.
North Carolina is indeed for
tunate to get this distinguished
speaker. The invitation was ex
tended some weeks ago and at
that time Mr. McNutt expressed
a desire to accept, but several con
flicting invitations left the matter
in doubt until the past week.
Georgia particularly wanted him
for the- same date.
? The Jackson Day Campaign,
conducted annually by the Demo
cratic party for the purpose of
raising party fiftlds. will culminate
in a dinner to lie held In the
Virginia Dare Room of Hotel L'ir
Walter, Raleigh, on the night of
January 8th. This date was adopt
ed several years ago, it being the
anniversary of Andrew Jackson's
great victory over the British at
New Orleans on January 8th.
m.r>. The dinner this year will
observe the l'Juth anniversary of
that battle.
Mr. McNutt is head of the fed
eral government's wide flung
security and relief program. He
was chosen for that position by
{'resident Roosevelt last summer
when the various relief agencies
were consolidated under one ad
ministration. He resigned as Com
missioner to the Philllppines to
accept the new post. Previously
he Had served two terms as gov
ernor of Indiana, and is a past
national commander of the Ameri
can Legion.
Interest in his appearance on
this occasion is accelerated by the
fact that he Is one of the half
dozen most prominently mention
ed candidates for the Democratic
presidental nomination next sum
mer.
Thirteen registered Hereford ,
heifers and seven high grade
heifers were delivered to Yancey
County last week, bringing the
total brought Into the county this
fall and winter to 130.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURO THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, Dec. 23rd:
Saturday ? Double- Feature ?
Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker
and Fuzzy Knight In "West of
Carson City," and Sidney Toler In
"Charlln Chan In Treasure IB
land. Also Chapter No. 10 "Dick
Tracy's G-Men."
Sunday ? Paul Muni and Jane
Bryan In "We Are Not Alone."
Xmas Day and Tutsday ? Prls
cilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola
Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield,
Jeffrey Yynn, Claude Rains, Ed
die Albert, May Robson nad Frank
McHugh in "Four Wives."
Wednesday ? Jackie Cooper]
and Martin Spellman in "Streets
of New York."
Thursday - Friday ? Melvyn
Douglas and Joan Blondell In
"The Amazing Mr. Williams.!'
Last Times Today ? Deanha
Durbfn in "Flset Love."
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The editor and the entire force of the
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FRANKLIN TIMES wishes each of its readers
and advertisers and the public generally a
/ST I
Most Happy Christmas and Prosperous New
Year. May your pleasures be doubled many
times and your prosperity enlarged to a satis
factory position is our earnest desire. H
PAGEANT AT BAPTIST
CHURCH
"The lloart of fhrMmas" Will
IW' rnsenlnl
On Friday evening at 7:30 : Vj :
Intermediates and Junior Choir
of Louisburg Baptist Church will
present a sacred pageant "The
Heart of Christmas" by Vernii
Whinery. The attention of a mod
ern young woman is arrested from I
the selfish plans she is making
for Christmas by a voice from the
paSt, which proves to he that of
the inn keeper of Bethlehem.
Through a vision of the fit -it
Christinas, she finds that she has;
failed. to find room in her Christ
inas plans for Jesus. She has mint
ed the very heart of Christmas.
She finds that making. Christ the
Heart of Christmas can only be
accomplished by serving others ? "
"even the least of these'-4-.
Cast: Virginia, modern young
woman ? Margaret Smith; S. S.
Class officers, Louise Long, Irma
Griffin. James Kdwards and Hilly I
Beasley; Inn Keeper, Chaa. Young.
Mary, Mrs. '.S. CV Foster. Jr.;
Joseph. Jatnes White; Sheperds ?
Aaron. Klred Joyner, Hothan
Clyde Mustlan, Jacob ? A. (i.
Knott; Wise Men ? Gerald Bunn,
Gaither Beam. Jr., Boby Strick
land; Needy Group? Leheritld
Bunn, Nell Hose and Billy Lan
caster.
The Christmas story will be
read by Clarence Bass. Mrs. H.
G. Perry will tell the story "Why
The Chimes Rang". All ttousic will I
be presented by the Junior Choir.
White Christmas will be observ
ed. Those who have not yet given
white *ifts will hiive the oppor- 1
tunity to bring them on Friday
evening The Lottie Moon Christ-1
mas offering will be taken i"or
Foreign Missions.
Following the pageant Santa!
Claus will meet the children in
the Assembly Hall and there un
der the Christmas Tree will have
a word and treat for them.
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Quite a large numuer of Vlul- J
tors, in addition to the many
town and county people, attended
the Community Christmas Ser
vice held on Court Square on
Sunday afternoon.
The many Christmas Carols
rendered by the combined choirs
were excellent and greatly enjoy
ed by those present.
The many gifts, all wrapped in
White, bespoke a generous spirit
in Franklin and would give
Christmas Cheer to many whoso
holidays would otherwise be
blank.
This service was sponsored by
the churches, civic organizations
and P. T. A., and proved to be a
great success. - . ' I
DISTRIBUTES CHRIST
MAS CHEER
"John A Hartford. Pr<?ldetit of
the Great Atlantic tc Pacific T*a
Company, announced today that
$1,500,000 will be distributed at
Christmas time among employees
of the Company earning less than
15200 annually, who have.been
with the Company more thVn six
months."
GARNER ANNOUNCES
VICK PUKSIDKXT JOHN X. (JARNKIt
Washington. Dec. 16. ? Vlce-i
President John N. Garner tonight
formally tossed his battered. Tex- |
hr sombrero Into the 1940 Demo- '
cratic Presidential race.
His formal entry Into the racej
appeared likely ?to inaugurate
open political warfare between,'
Garner forces and unofficial spoil- !
sors of a movement to run Presi
dent lloosevelt for a third term. ,,
Garner's candidacy ? long the
object of open campaigning by his
friends, especially fellow TeVans
? was announced In typical Gar
ner fashion.
Speaking on the front porch of
.bin rambling Uvalde. Texas. home,
Oarner dictated a 44-word state
menl to Rascom TinimonB, a Tex
as newspaperman and Ourner In
timate. The statement said:
"I will accept the nomination
for President. I will make no ef
fort to control any deleRates. The
people should decide. A candidate
should he selected at primaries
by law, and I sincerely trust that
all Democrats will participate In
them."
The brevity of Darner's state
ment did not conceal the fact that
It was packed with political dyna
mite.
To Observe
Christmas
The TIME8 Is requested to state
that the offices in the Court House
will be closed on Monday and
Tuesday, December 25th and
26th, In observance of the Christ
mas holidays.
The Dry Cleaning establish
ments announce that they will' be
closed until Friday, December
29th. ?
All persons having business
wltlj these Institutions will bear
these announcements in mind.
The TIMES Is requested to
?tate that the Banks in Franklin
County will be closed on Monday
and Tuesday, December 26th and
26t(i, in observance of the Christ
mas holidays.
CAROLING
The young people of the Metho
dist and Baptist Churches will go
carol fhg Ob Friday evening. They
invite the young people of the
Episaopal Church to join them.
Meet at .the Baptist Church after
the pageant and program there.
Miss Elizabeth Lassiter.
* R*v J., <3. Phillips.
APPOINTED SPECIAL
AGENTS
The Pilot Life Insurance Com- 1
pany, Greensboro, N. O., announ-'
ced today the' appointment of Lea-'
lie O. Cook and J. A. Tucker asj
Special Agents for Luolsburg and
vicinity.
Messrs. Cook and Tucker are
young men well and favorably
known in this territory, who have
marked ability as salesmen. Mr.
Cook previously represented the
Greensboro Arm, writing a sub
stantial volume of business.
During the last twelve months
the Pilot baa Increased its insur
ance In force, assets and service
to policyholders to new all-time
blghs.
LOUISBURG BAPTIST
CHURCH
Tlje pastor, Dr. A. Paul Bagby
will speak on "Humanity's Hope"
at elasren o'clock Sunday morning.
On Sunday evening at 7:00 be
will speak on "Because a Child
waa Bbrn."
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.
There will be no B. T. IT. on
Sunday evening.
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European
Summary
Washington.-? Nazi crew scut
tles German liner Columbus off
North American coast, U. S. Crui
ser Tuscaloosa picks up 570 sur
vivors; British man-of-war in vi
cinity of Columbus seen as cause.
Helsinki. ? Russian bombers
raid Helsinki; Finnish pRiiics at
tack Russia ii ^.troop concent ra
tions.
London. ? Helsinki dispatch
gfves unconfirmed report Rus
sian battleship, Oktiahrskaya-Re
volutia (October Revolution) sunk
by Finnish coastal batteries; Jlrit
isli say one member shot down
five (?ernian fighters in Helgoland
air tight; (ierninn aerial torpedoes
sink fishing trawlers, British
charge.
llerlin.? Germans call Helgo
land battle biggest fu history;
Vlaim 8(1 British planes downed.
Moscow. ? Foreign military ex
perts s ajr Russians sending waves
of troops against Finns.
Paris. ? Allied War Council de
cides to help Finland; French get
glimpse of IfMO war costs, gov
ernment estimates total at 211),
tM 10,000,000 trains (about
702,100,000), Navy claims Nazi
submarine slink "recently."
Fort Lauderdule, Fla.- ? (German
freighter Arauca finds haven from
British cruiser in l*ortli Kver
glades harbor. -
Ruenos Aires.? Argentina in
terns 1 ,0;?0 survivors of (icrmaii
raider (?ruf Spec; wrecked pocket
battleship still hurdling off Moti
tevideo.
Graf Spee Sunk
Montevideo. Uruguay, Dec. 17. (
-The German pocket battleship
Admiral Graf Spee, $19,000,00(1
worth of sleek fighting steel, was
hlown up anil sunk liy tier Nazi
crew tonight at the entrance to
Montevideo' harbor while Allied
warships waited Just over the hor
izon to pounce upon the trapped
and crippled sea-raider.
The Graf Spee was destroyed
at 7:50 p. m.. on the personal or-'
dors of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, seat
ed in his Itelchchancfellory more
than G.OOtl miles away.
Rarely 10 minutes before the
deadline of the Uruguayan gov
ernment's order to the Graf Spee
lo leave port or be interned for
the rest of the war, terrifle ex
plosions of the warship's ammu
nition stores began tearing the j
ship to pieces,
The searchlights of the British
cruiser Cumberland, whose guns
she had cheated, played about the
shattered war vessel as she sank
beneath an enormous pall of
smoke and leaping flames.
The Graf Spee, one of German's
three sea-raiding pocket battle
ships, was scuttled approximately
eight miles off the port of Monte
videa In the Platte River because ;
her 46-year-old captain, thin-fac
ed Hans Langsdorff, realized the
hopefulness of the odds against
them.
German officials said none of
the Graf Spee's crew of nearly
900 perished In the sinking; that
all of them were put aboard the i
nearby German tanker Tacoma or I
removed at the last minute aboard
launches.
YARBOROUGH CRAIG i
Invitations reading as follow*
have been mailed:
"Mrs. Oscar Fulton Craig re
quests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter, i
Elsa Snowden, to Mr. Richard
Fenner Yarborough, Saturday af
ternoon, the thirtieth of Decern-'
ber, at half after four o'clock,
Sprunt Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Chapel Hill, North Caro-;
lina."
No Invitations will be mailed
In Louisburg.
The bride is the popular and
accomplished daughter of Mrs.
Oscar Fulton Craig, of Chapel
Hill, and Is especially popular
among a host of friends. She
was educated at the Onlrerslty
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
and for the past several years has
been a member of the Loalsbnrg
College faculty.
The groom ;ts one t?f Louts
burg's popular and capable yodng
men who holds an Important po
sition with the local Post Office.
Recorder's Court
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Franklin Recorder's Court held
its usual session on Tuesday wltli
the following cases disposal of:
? C. C. Hudson was found guilty
of operating automobile intoxi<&
ted and given 90 days on roads,
execution not to Issue upon pay
ment of $50 fine' and costs. Not
to operate a car for 12 months.
Appeal.
Stewart Davis, was found guil
ty of bastardy and given 6 months
on roads, exceution not to issue
upon payment of costs and $3.00
per month.
Ed Alston obtaining advan'ce* "j
under promise to work, transfer
red to Superior Court.
Charlie Thomas plead guilty to
abandonment and non-support,
and was given 12 months on
roads, execution not to issue up
on saving the County harmless,
paying L. G. Hlggins $10 and sup
porting wife and children.
Marvin Bowden plead nolo con
tendere trt operating automobile
intoxicated. 6 months on roads.
Appeal.
Lesley Pearce was found ? not
guilty of larceny and receiving.
Jim A.vescue was found not
guilty of larceny and receiving.
Dave Sturdivant and Maurice
Stunjivant were found not guilty
of larceny and receiving.
1'etB.v Holden was fouud guilty
of assault with deadly weapon,
and given 4 months on roads. Ap
peal.
Marvin How (It'll was found guil
ty of operating automobile Intox
Icnted and given ti months on
roads, to run concurrently with
other case. Appeal
The following cases were con
tinued:
Graham Ijlndsey. abandonment
and non-support.
Katie ' Marshall. f*and a.
J. A. Woodard. assault on fe
male.
Jack Slrother. removing crop.
C. H. Richardson, worthless
check, two cases.
The Court ordered that no ses
sions will be held on Tuesday.
Dec. 26th, hut that all cases will
go over to the next Tuesday.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Tlil? will "lie the Sunday beforo
Christmas, or the 4tli Sunday in
Advent. There will be no early
celebration of the Holy Commun
ion. However. Church School will
meet at 9:45 A. M. There will
be the service of Morning Prayer
and Sermon at 11:00 A. M. The
fourth sermon In the new series
on the Spiritual and Eternal
teachings of Our Lord will be de
livered. The special phase Qf this
general subject will be "Passive
Resistence."
There will be no meeting of the
Young People's Service League
until the first Sunday In January.
There will be the Midnight
Christmas Kve service which will
begin prontptly at 12:04 midnight
Sunday. There will b? the cele
bration of the H<>ly Communion
and special Christmas music
Everyone is more than welcome
to attend this serrtC* and partake
of the Lord's Bltftles as we com
memorate the Birthday of the Son
ot God. One wltt feel the grip of
peace and comfort that this ser
vice affords; the peace and com
fort so badly needed In these
troubled times.
On Friday night, December
22nd, the Church School will give
a pageant In tlje Church at 8:00
P. M.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Shiloh and Plncy (irovo Churclie*
To Have Service* Sunday
(T.oulsburg Circult-UethodUt
Church)
There will be preaching at Shi
loh Church, Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock, and at Plney drove
In the afternoon, three o'clock.
The aermon will be by the pastor
at each church.
All people are given ? special
Invitation at this Chrlatmaa Ma
son. The services will breath ?
the spirit of Christmas. It is the
desire of the pastor that all peo
ple will invite their visitor* from
distances and that old friends of
the chnrchM will be present, also.
Sally Rand has filed a voluntary
bankruptcy petition. It Km always
been suspected that some day the
bubbli' wynld burst.