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Served By Leased Wire Of The * - AC'nriATFn pbfw „ ^ Dedicated To The Progress Of With Complete Coverage of llftlttUI SkftH* VIL HIN G10II State and National News |J J. | And Southeastern North tT—NO. 108 ' -:_____. ----—----WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867 YELLING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ENTER CITY AFTER 2-DAY BATTLE r ■■ GENERALS ARE TAKEN British Tanks And Meehan* ized Cavalry Supports Anzacs In Big Assault TOBRUK DRIVE LOOMS Outer Forts Cracked By Artillery And Hand To Hand Fighting Follows By EDWARD KENNEDY WITH BRITISH FORCES IN BARDIA, Libya, Jan 5— (AP) — Yelling Australian shock troops who came 7,000 miles for this great desert bat tle against Premier Mus solini’s blackshirts trium phantly entered this gateway to Eastern Libya today after a fierce 2-day final assault in which more than 25,000 pris oners and their bewhiskered commander were taken. British tanks and mecha nized cavalry who supported the Anzacs rujnbled into Bar dia with them. These armored British units who distinguish ed themselves in the rout of the Italians from Egypt also played a vital part in smash ing this great Italian strong hold opening the way for a drive on Tobruk, 70 miles west. The Australians, long itch ing for this action, fully lived up to the reputation of their shock troop fathers in the World war, British officers said. Battle Way In I watched the first Austral ian units and tanks fight their way into Bardia at sunset Sat urday night. From a cliff outside the port town I could see the minaret of Bardia’s mosque and attacking units working toward it like a procession of toy soldiers. Thousands of Italians en trenched in gulleys surround ing the town fired on them, and the explosions of Fascist (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) TURKEY BELIEVES n OUT OF WAR Press Also Airs Belief That Nazis Fear British At tack In Balkans ISTANBUL, Jan. 5.—A belief that- Germany fears a British at tack through the Balkans was ex pressed today in the Turkish press which says it considers Italy as good as out of the war. The newspaper Vakit, comment ing on the visit to Vienna of Bul garian Premier Bogdan Philoff, (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 5) Holly Ridge Pc ^Ikmed Camp Davis I Made By War Department Identity Of Man Honored At Anti-Aircraft Center Not Disclosed CONSTRUCTION PUSHED Four Highway Patrolmen Kept Busy Directing Traf fic On Highway 17 The Wilmington Anti-Aircraft Fir ing Center, located at Holly Ridge, has been officially named Camp Davis by the War department, it was learned here last night from Lieut. Col. Albertis Montgomery, construc tion quartermaster. Col. Montgomery said he did not know in whose honor the camp was named. However, an Associated Press dis patch from Washington Said Army officers stated the War department had planned to nam$ one of the Southern coastal anti-aircraft sta tions for General Richmond P. Davis. Office Closed The adjutant general’s office in which the records relative to the va rious Army camps are filed, was closed last night. The firing center had .been operat ing under the name of the Wilming ton Anti-Aircraft Firing center until now. Hereafter, the construction and all official business relative to the center will be under the name of Camp Davis. * Meanwhile, work continued at a rapid pace at the camp yesterday, with various crews of men being en gaged in digging drainage ditches, clearing the site, burning brush, and building houses, roads and streets. Building materials continued to ar rive at the camp by both truck and train, as construction edged closer and closer to its peak. Visitors from all over the state continued to swarm to Holly Ridge yesterday and four state highway patrolmen were kept busy through out the day directing the heavy flow of traffic along U. S. highway 17 at that point. Additional calls for common labor ers and carpenters went out by con tractors Saturday and the North Carolina State Employment Service office was besieged by job-seekers. DEFENSE HOUSING PLANS ADVANCED F. R. Decides That 6,446 New Family Dwellings Will Be Constructed WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.— UP) — President Roosevelt, with a ruling that housing shortages exist in eleven areas where Important na tional defense work is in progress, cleared the way today for govern ment construction of 6,446 new family dwellings. The defense commission reported that, acting on the recommendation of C. F. Palmer, defense housing co ordinator, the President had decided housing needs would not be met by private capital. The President authorized federal agencies involved to proceed at once (Continued on Page Five; Col. 8) WEATHER FORECAST North' Carolina; Partly cloudy and continue;: cold Monday and Tuesday. (By TJ. S. Weather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 42; 7:30 a. m. 33; 1:30 p. m. 42; 7:30 p. m. 39; maximum 47; min imum 32; mean 40; normal 47. Humidity 1-30 a. m. 56; 7:30 a. m. 59; 1:30 p. m. 38; 7:30 p. in. 40. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p m. 0 00 inches; total since first of the month 0.77 inches. Tides for Today (From Tide Tables published by D. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.) High Low Wilmington- f -00a 4:24p ll:45p Masonboro Inlet- 1:47a 8:02a 2:09p 8:27p Sunrise 7:19a; sunset 5:18p; moonrise 12:33p; moonset 12:57a. Stage of Cape Fear river at Fay etteville, N. C., at 8 a. m., Jan. 4, S3 feet. (Continued on Page Five; Coi. 7) i1 Vice-President In Washington (NEA Telephoto) Hack in Washington after a lengthy absence, Vice-President John X. Garner, left, is greeted by Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the sen ate. That snappy gray “dude hat” he’s wearning almost kept the vice-president out of the W’hite House where doorman didn’t recognize him without his usual wide-brimmed sombrero. Mr. Garner will pre side over senate as 76th congress expires. 26-Degree Low Forecast As Cold Wave Continues FREEZE HITS CITY Skies To Be Partly Cloudy; Slightly Warmer Weath er Expected Tonight The mercury, after holding a be low-normal point for most of yes terday, started falling last night and was expected to reach a low 26 degrees early this morning. The temperature reached a low of 32 degrees yesterday and ad vanced no further than 47 degrees. The mean was seven below the 47 degree normal mark. This wa= the first time in sev eral days that the mercury had fal len to the freezing point. Today will be partly cloudy with temperatures abut the same. However, weather bureau officials (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6) CITY TO OBSERVE EPIPHANY TONIGHT Burning Of Christmas Trees At Pembroke Jones Park Marks Old Christmas Wilmington will celebrate Old Christmas with “The Burning of the Christmas Trees” — an observance which is being made into an annual custom—at Pembroke Jones park to* night at 8 o’clock. With the burning of the discarded A ule trees, collected and piled on the 1 lay ground for the past week, will *,e a program of Christmas carols anfi the story of Epiphany, told by (Continued on Page Ten; Col. MOVING EASTWARD Temperature Rising Slowly West And South Of The North Central States (By The Associated Press) The New Year’s first cold wave continued to move eastward last night and in its wake came slow ly rising temperatures west and south of the North Central states. Forecasters said warm air from the south and west was overtak ing the cold, bringing general cloudiness and moisture, mostly snow, to the Great Plains area and extending to the upper Mis sissippi and lover Ohio. Temperatures in the East were in the 10’s and low 20’s with con tinued cold indicated, but little snow. There were snow flurries in the New England states and in West Virginia, where the mountain highways were iced in places. Up state New York roads also were icy. Temperatures in the east were cloudy south where rain was indi cated. The middle west, where temper atures still ranged below the 20’s, was expected to shake off much of the cold with the prediction for, cloudy but warmer weather and snow. Cold was still general in the west with Seattle getting its first snowfall of the season. In the southwest, New Mexico had a combination of cold rain and snow flurries. A light snow covered most of Kansas. The temperature at Kansas City was 12 above. Yesterday’s minima included eight below at Wausau, Wis., and five above at Omaha. Admiral Leahy Is Given Warm Welcome At Vichy VICHY, Prance, Jan. .—(iPV—U. S. Ambassador Adcnira! William D. Leahy arrived on time in this capital unoccupied Prance tonight despite one of the worst storms Prance has seen in years and was greeted at Lie scene of his new post by a police guard customarily turned out only fur Chief of State Marshall Philippe Petain. Expecting to see Marshall Petain ^'hen he presents his cnedentials Tuesday or Wednesday, Admiral Leahy went with his wife directly to a villa belonging to the wealthy, American, Frank J. Gould, which has been set aside by the French government as the embassy resi dence.. The villa already was prepared for him and servants were preparing a late supper when he arrived. Admiral Leahy ended his long journey from the United States on a special salon car which brought him from Nimes. He sailed from Nor folk, Va.. Dec. 23 on the cruiser Tus caloosa. The ambassador, bearer of a per sonal note from President Roosevelt to Marshall Petain commending the admiral as an old friend of the U. S. chief executive, was met by Maurice Loze, protocol officer of the French foreign office, and a group of Ameri |can officers and officials. (Continued on Page Five; Col, 5) , I | Reported In Action Famed for his daring and deadly work as a World war commerce raider, Count Felix von Luckner is reported to be in command of one of the German raiders now preying on commerce in the Pacific, south of the equator. Survivors of attacked ships say he is commanding the for mer British ship Glenguarry, seized by the Nazis in Copenhagen. RAF BOMBS THREE GERMAN VESSELS Two Supply Ships Off Coast Of Norway, Destroyer Hit During Raids I - LONDON, Jan. .—(iP)—Two Nazi supply vessels off the southwest coast of Norway and a destroyer in the harbor of Brest, France, were hit by British bombs yesterday, the air ministry said today in a com munique describing RAF activities which included a raid on Hamburg, biggest seaport in continental Eu rope. Three bombs crashed on the de stroyer in the attack which took place at dusk. In a later attack dur ing the night a fourth bomb explod ed on the ship’s stern, the dir min istry news service declared. Fires were observed in Hamburg after the British raid there, the com munique said. In the first attack on Brest, a British plane was lost while a Nazi fighter was destroyed in the air. The Germans began raiding Bri tain about the time the RAF set off for the Brest attack. The ministries of air and home security said the Nazis struck at places in the south of Wales and mainly against "a town in the west of England” where fires were started and a number of persons killed and injured. (The German high command iden tified the west England town as Avonmouth, ‘‘an especially import 'Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6) W. R. DAVIS ASKS PROBE BY SOLONS World Oil Operator Wants Investigation Of Charges And Allegations’ NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—MV- Wil liam Rhodes Davis, international oil operator mentioned recently as a one-time bearer to the United States of a Nazi offer to negotiate an "honorable and Just” peace with the Allies, said today he had (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 5) *-— Germans Cut Rumania Off From World Russian Envoys To Four Balkan States Called To Moscow For Parley NAZIS MASSING TROOPS Phone Calls With Rumania Banned, Trains Stopped At The Frontier BY ROBERT B. PARKER, JR. BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 5.— Iff]—Rumania was cut off complete ly from the outside world tonight as the Soviet Russian ministers to four southeastern European coun tries headed toward Moscow for a conference with Kremlin leaders on the establishment of Rumania as a Nazi military camp. All international telephone com munications with Rumania were banned. Even fast international trains were stopped at the fron tier. Behind this wall of silence Ger many’s Balkan army was consoli dating its position along the Dan ube facing Bulgaria, along the en tire Russian frontier, end in cities within a few miles of Yugoslavia. Disorders Mounting Although the new communica tions ban affected even diplomatic telephone calls, reports brought across the Danube to the Bulgarian town of Ruse said the German army is contending with mounting Rumanian disorders which began with widespread sabotage by rail road employee in the so - called "communist wing” of the Ruman ian Iron Guard. While interest centered in the re call of the four Russian ministers to Moscow for consultation over the Nazi Balkan penetration, it was reported in Soviet circles that the Kremlin already has warned Berlin against a “step which might seriously endanger good relations between the two countries.” The four ministers - re the en voys to Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Ru mania and Hungary. Before the communications edict went into effect, diplomatic reports from Bucharest said stro-g Nazi motorized columns had arrived at Giurgiu directly across the Danube from Ruse with considerable bridge-building equipment and a large corps of engineers. May Use Line Rumanian railroad authorities were ordered by the Germans to keep the line from Bucharest to Constanta, Rumania’s Black sea port, in perfect condition for pos sible emergency use. Bucharest diplomatic reports al so said the Rumanians, under Nazi guidance, had mined the Danube at Galatz, which recently har seen several frontier clashes between the Rumanians and Russians. The presence of German troops at Arad and Timisoara, in south western Rumania near the Yugo slav frontier, caused nervousness in nearby Belgrade. However, German quarters in Belgrade were said to admit open ly that Yugoslavia would t' treat ed as “another Sweden if she be haved.” With 40 troop-laden trains mov ing daily through Hungary toward Rumania, the summons to the So viet ministers was the first con crete evidence of extraordinary Russian interest. The German (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) j Roosevelt Will Outline Plans To CongressToday WASHINGTON, Jan. 5— W) — President Roosevelt, in a personal ly-delivered report on “the state of the union,” will outline to congress tomorrow his program for what many expect to be the most mo mentous session of' the national legislature since World war days. Congressional leaders predicted that the Chief Executive would devote most of the message to the subject of arming the United States and Britain, and that he would ex plain in detail the proposal he ad vanced at a recent press conference for providing Britain with war equipment under a “lease-lend” arrangement calling for repayment in goods and raw materials rath er than cash Some legislators said they un derstood the President’s plan was to set up a new government cor poration, financed with treasury funds, with authority to rent the British what they needed in planes, tanks, guns and ships. The British probably would be 1 required to post security for what • they obtained, it was said. No i one professed to know, however, i whether periodical “rental” pay- i ments would be required or wheth- I er the British would be permitted i to defer all payments until the war ends. Busy on the document, Mr. 1 Roosevelt kept to the White House ’ (Continued pn Page Five; Col. 2) Airports In East Libya Are Bombed By British CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 5—OP)— The RAF reported tonight that fresh tons of bombs were un loaded today on Italian objec tives in eastern Libya today, causing violent explosions and fires. Three Italian fighters were reported downed flaming in air battle and a fourth also de stroyed. One British fighter was acknowledged lost. The text of the communique follows: “During the night of Jan. 3 and 4 and throughout yesterday bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force continued to attack incessantly enemy airdromes in eastern Libya. “One gun position received a direct hit and was silenced. “During a subsequent raid last night when several tons of bombs were dropped on mili tary objectives, our aircraft observed violent explosions at Bardia with accompanying large fires caused by yester day’s raiding. “The jetty and harbor were the main objectives at Bomba and bombs fell well in the tar get area. “Our fighters maintained their active patrols and during two encounters with the ene my three CR-42’s were shot down in flames and one other destroyed.” (At this point the RAF com munique dpulicated that issued at Athens to cover operations with the Greeks.) “A reconnaissance flight over Tripoli on Jan. 1 proved that during the raid on the previous night when shipping in the harbor was attacked one motor vessel of 1,000 tons which was anchored in mid-harbor was sunk. “Numerous reconnaissance flights were carried out on all fronts.” Italians Admit Bardia’s Fall Big British Success ANSALDO BROADCASTS Voices Highest Praise For General Annibale Ber gonzoli, His Men - ROME, Jan. 5.— (iP> —Giovanni Ansaldo, authoritative Fascist editor, broadcast to the nation today that the fall of Bardia could be expected at any time and this will be a "sad piece of news for us.” "Four hours are enough to decide the fate of Bardia,” said Ansaldo, who is editor of Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano’s newspaper, II Telegrafo, of Leghorn. "While, we are speaking to you, are (General Annibale) Bergonzoli and his men still holding out against the English? It may be that they have given way before the prepon derant masses of English mechanized forces, their fleet and their artillery.” Insists Battle Raging Ansaldo spoke at 6 p. m. (11 a. m., F.ST), but before he gloomily sug gested that the town, now under siege for 20 days, might be about to (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) BARDIA TO TOBRUK HIGHWAY SEVERED Detachment Of French Ma rines, Part Of De Gaulle’s Force, Cuts Road LONDON, Jan. 5.—(IP)—A detach nent of French marines, part of Gen eral Charles de Gaulle’s "free” French forces, was reported tonight to have cut the road from Bardia to Tobruk, Italian bases in Libya. This word of the first major action by (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4) War Interpretive BY EDWARD E. BOMAR The fall of Bardia, piles up more ■vidence that Italy may soon be :ounted out of the war almost to he same degree as prostrate rrance. The contention in London that Marshal Graziani’s army for in vading Egypt “no longer exists” ippears somewhat premature. But certainly the remainder of he Fascist force of some 250,000 roops so carefully prepared for in attempt to sever the British :mpire lifeline will be incapable >f offensive action for a long time o come, and it is threatened with :omplete debacle. Controls Middle East The future course of events in he Mediterranean depends ob •iously on such possible develop Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2) Australian Soldiers Praised By Churchill LONDON, Jan. 5— OP) — Prime Minister Churchill to night sent a message of con gratulations to Prime Minis ter R. G. Menzies of Australia for the “magnificent manner in which the Australian offen sive against Bardia has open ed.” Australian soldiers were the spearhead of the empire forces which smashed into Bardia. “The piercing of the western sector and the capture of at least 5,000 prisoners in itself constituted a fine feat of arms and is, I trust and believe, a prelude to even greater succes ses,” Churchill said. (The number of prisoners now claimed officially is 25, 000.) GREEKS CONTINUE GAINS IN ALBANIA Hurl Back Italian Counter Attacks And Take New Coastal Positions ATHENS, Jan. 5— UP) —Italian counter - attacks in Albania were hurled back by the Greeks today with heavy Fascist losses and the Greeks have succeeded in captur ing new coastal positions, a gov ernment spokesman reported to night. He said about 250 men and offi cers were seized in the day’s ac tions. The Italians, whose "stiff resis tance” was overcome by the Greeks, fell back toward the im portant seaport of Valona, toward which the Greeks are driving, the spokesman added. “The Italians abandoned in our hands about 100 prisoners, includ (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6) 11 Naval Airmen Perish In Crash Of Large Plane SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Jan. 5.—101 Eleven navy flers, including four who parachuted from a storm toss ed navy bomber in Texas Thurs day, perished last night in a flam ing naval transport which crashed in a rain storm on Mother Grundy Peak, 35 miles southeast of here. The transport, a Douglas R3D-1, two-motored craft, struck a huge granite boulder atop the 3,068-foot mountain about 6:30 p. m. Fire and explosion followed. The ship had left Big Spring, Tex., several hours earlier with the four fliers who had parachuted from the bomber near Lamesa, three of ficers named to investigate the ac cident, and four other fliers. Police were informed all bodies were recovered and were enroute to San Diego. Ground crews reached the trans port wreckage today, but were de layed removing the bodies while 50 CCC workers from Minnewawa camp attempted to cut a path through the brush that covered the mountain. W. T. Preston, caretaker at Bar rett Dam, near the peak, said a rancher near his home reported the underside of the plane appear ed to be afire before the transport crashed, possibly while attempting a landing. i (Continued on Page Twoi Co^
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