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PRISONERS OFFER I BRITISH PROBLEM Must Care For 70,000 Men Captured During Campaign In North Africa CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 7.—(a>)—Head quarters of Gen. Sir. Archibald P. Wavell grappled tonight with the problem of accommodating upwards of 70,000 prisoners taken by the Brit ish thus far in their lightning cam paign against Italian North Africa. By sea and by rail, those captured in the victory at Bardia are pour- i ing into the Green Nile valley from the desert at the rate of 2,000 to 3, 000 daily — great herds of defeated soldiers who will have to be fed, clothed and housed until the var ends. ine rsriusn sa.y mcj ucvu w*.*,^* ed to capture so many. What to dc with them after the Sidi Barrani vie tory last month, when about 40.00C were seized, was an acute problem. Since then, the army has had more experience in handling prisoners, sc preparations for the assault on Bar dia included wiring off large enclos ures on the deserts for captives, Even then the British staff was sur prised at the great numbers taken. In any event, it was impossible tc prepare huge stores of food and wa ter for them, and the first job was to get them out of the desert. Most are being shipped to Alexan dria aboard any vessel available Others are sent by truck to the rail head in the western desert. Trains go up the line laden with British supplies in the morning; return jam med with prisoners at night. Large camps in the Nile Delta were prepared hurriedly for the men captured in the first British drive, but now are being emptied to make room for new arrivals. The chief camp has been estab lished in the Suez Canal zone. (Reports from India last week told of the arrival of several hundred Italian prisoners from Egypt, a dis position not mentioned in this cen sored dispatch.) Bund Leaders Ordered To Appear For Sentenc( NEWTON, N. J. Jan. 7—UPI Whilhelm Kunze, naticinal Ger man-American bund leader, an< eight associates were ordered to day to appear for sentence befori John C. Losey of the Sussex count j court, who upheld indictment charging them with "promotinj race hatred against people of thi Jewish religion.” John Winans, attorney for thi nine, immediately announced hi would carry on the fight. He wa expected to appeal after the rura jurist passes sentence, set for Jan uary 31, under statutes permittin, prison terms of three years am fines of $5,000 each. JUSTICE BLACK ILL WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—(iP)—Jus tice Black, after being taken sudden ly ill in his office at the supreme court this morning, was taken to e hospital, where his physician said he was suffering from influenza. As Santa Claus Visited St. Helena Children who took part in the play presented at the Community Hall at St. Helena last night as the farming colony celebrated Christmas in accordance with the Julian calendar, followed by the Russian Ortho dox Greek Catholic church, are shown above. On the front row. left to right, Annie Horvath and Annie Zawacki. Second row, Nadva Hulak, Annie Federonko, Raymond Kroehmalny, who played the part of Santa 1 Claus, Fete Zawacki, Stella Debaylo and Joseph Horv ath. Back row, Walter Zawacki, Annie Debaylo, Katie Dupievich. Stella Hubiak. Helen Horvath and Olga Federonko._ Greek Artillery Playing Big Part In Advance In Albania BY DANIEL DELL’CE SOMEWHERE IN THE GREEK i FIRST LINE ON THE ALBANIAN I COAST, Jan. 5.—(delayed)— G’l — I From the half circles of rock which hide Greek machine-gun crews, I watched Italian infantry platoons scale a canyon wall a mile away. They were dark little figures etched with the sparse green bushes against the gray limestone. As they climbed slowly, each man choosing a different trail, they i must have known they were as • visible to Greek artillerymen as ! flies crawling on a window pane. “Look what happens now,” a | Greek gunner beside me said. I The Italians were no more than 20 yards from the crest of the can yon when I heard a Greek shell whine overhead. It exploded with a flash on th£ | line of the Italians’ march. Two more shells shook the can , yon walls and when the smoke J arose the gunner beside me said: “Good hits. If there are any Italians left alive, they’ll finish the climb on their bellies.” This occurred a quarter of an hour ago and I am writing this in the captain’s shelter under a ledge 30 yards from his advance ma chine gun post and only 330 yards from the Italian outposts. At our back lies the picturesque seaside village of Chimara, the Greek’s latest acquisition. No other correspondents, foreign or Greek, have come this far with the army. A comparatively long and diffi cult stretch of coast stands be tween the Greek lines and the Ital ian seaside base of Valona, but the Greeks are determined to reach that objective, as they have been determined on earlier objectives. Mile after mile up precipitous slopes soldiers carry food, water and shells for the front-line troops for it’s even too steep for donkeys to pack supplies here. Below the ridge, unehaven and unwashed infantry men await im patiently for the order: "Empros (advance)!” 4 Showing Of Portraits Of Lord Proprietors Draws Interest Here The exhibition of portraits of the Lords Proprietors of the Carolinas, hanging in the Wilmington Mu seum of Art through February 2, has great appeal for students of history, particularly for those who are interested in this section of the country, museum officials said yesterday. It was during the rule of these titled men that a nation was born, and a haven of hope founded for those persecuted and oppressed. The Lords Proprietors, living a life of wealth and ease after the Restoration, felt no kinship with the colonists struggling in the wild erness of a new world, giving birth to a nation which would grant justice and freedom to all. The Museum officials wish to ex tend thanks to the staff of the Wilmington Public Library for their cooperation in making avail able to the Museum valuable maps and documents for research rela tive to the Lords Proprietors. 3 INVITES WHITE CHICAGO, Jap. 7.— HP) —General Robert E. Wood, national chairman of the America First committee, to day invited William Allen White, honorary chairman of the committ"e to defend America by aiding the Allies, to become a member of the America First committee. COLUMBUS MAN HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE James Miles, Negro, Jailed Follow ing Arrest Near Little River, S. C. WHITEVILLE, Jan. 7. — James Miles, negro, is in jail here today on a charge of criminally attacking a 15-year-old white girl near White ville. The negro was lodged in jail fol lowing his arrest by officers in Brunswick county, near Little River, S. C„ on a warrant sworn out by Sheriff H. D. Stanley, of Columbus. The victim of the attack is said to have told officers the negro at tacked her twice. Authorities said the attacks were allegedly perpetrated several months ago, and that a warrant for the negro was taken out some time after ward, but Miles has just been lo cated. He fled the county after the alleged assaults, authorities asserted. Japs Present Strong Protest To England TOKYO. Jan. 7.—(iP)—A “strong” Japanese protest to Britain, charg ing abuse of belligerent rights in the examination of Japanese trans Atlantic travelers at Bermuda, was announced by the government today. British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie received the protest from Foreign Minister Yrosuke Mat suoka in a one-hour conference. Sir Robert was said originally to have sought the meeting to object to the asserted use of the Japanese flag by German raiders in the south Pacific. The cabinet information bureau stated Matsuoka’s protest pointed out “that measures taken by British au thorities at Bermuda clearly are an abuse of belligerent rights and an il legal act infringing the legitimate rights and free movement of subjects of Japan, which is a neutral coun try.” New slip-stream torpedo bodies • Stratoliner-style interiors • Restful riding • Easy handling * ONLY LOWEST PRICE CAR WITH ALL THESE FEATURES: Automatic choke • Shock-proofed variable ratio steering • Econc-matic shift with overdrive’ • Angle-set ventilating vanes • Nine distinctive body colors • Bedford cord or canda cloth upholstery • Fresh-air Clima tizer with windshield defroster* • Planar independent suspension • Glove compartment lock* Front seat ash tray • Non-slam door latches • Twin tail lights • Bumper guards. • Available at extra cost. BATSON-ROW AN MOTOR CO. 1102 MARKET ST.PHONE 4545 \ \ COUNTY SPENDING FOLLOWS BUDGET Half Spent As First Half Of | Fiscal Year Ends, Or rell Reports New Hanover county, half through its fiscal year 1940-41, has spent but slightly more than half of its budget and is generally fol lowing the financial plan set at the beginning of the period, ac cording to J. A. Orrell, county auditor. For the year the county has a budget of $829,359.48. In the first six months it has spent $432,302.96 and has a balance of $406,056.52 left in the budget. In a number of the items, Or rell pointed out, there are large fixed amounts which are paid out at one time, which might tend to cause the spending of more than half of the amount allocated to those items during any six month period, but by and large al! funds are sticking proportionately to the budget. The status as of the close of business Dec. 31, 1940: * Budget - I Appropriation Expended Balance I County Horae ---$ 25,746.00 $ 12,327.54 $ 13,418.46 | Food Stamps _ 5,000.00 5,000.00 County Home Bldg.- 12,000.00 7,240.12 4,759.88 Dependent Children _ 40,512.00 19,192.00 21,320.00 General Fund _ 160,575.01 80,515.46 30,059.55 Health __ 14,057.42 6,644.16 7,413.26 Hospital (James Walker)- 20,000.00 9,999.96 10,000.04 Community - 12,711.00 13,210.36 499.30 Old Age Assistance_ 84,900.00 40,773.00 44,127.00 Port Development- 11,170.70 5,006.11 6,164.59 Roads _ 153.04 - 153.04 Salary Fund - 26,792.45 13,554.00 13,238.45 Schools _ 58,921.50 33,507.75 25,413.75 School Supplement - 122,827.05 41,500.00 81,327.05 School Books_ 8,000.00 6,204.02 1,795.98 School Buildings _ 89,477.02 82,093.80 7,383.22 School Pensions - 3,890.11 1,296.71 2,593.40 Welfare Department - 19,645.50 10,052.84 9 592 gg Debt Service _ 112,980.68 35,185.19 77.795.49 I $829,359.48 $423,302.96 $406^056^52 NAVAL AIRCRAFT FUTURE BRIGHTER Admiral Towers Expects 4,000 Planes Will Be Delivered This Year WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.— UP) ~ Rear Admiral John H. Towers gave congress a guardedly optimistic foie cast on naval aircraft production to day hut said the navy soon would recommend a change in the Walsh Healey public contracts act further to expedite the work. Testifying at the opening of a house naval committee inquiry into the progress of the two ocean navy program, the chief of naval aeronau tics said that while the fleet’s air strength had a net increase of only 445 planes last year, approximately 4,000 additional aircraft would be de livered during the current year. This would give the navy a total of about 6,500 planes. Congress has authorized 15,000 naval aircraft. Towers said an initial lag had been experienced in getting the $835,000, 000 naval aircraft program rolling but predicted that, in the light of what had happened in British avia tion production, the output would exceed estimates as expanded plants got into full swing. Towers said the Navy department was working on “quite an extensive list’’ of legislative recommendations which were designed to facilitate the work on both the aircraft and ship construction programs He said a change in the Walsh-Healey act was among them but did not disclose its nature. The act requires holders of government contracts of $10,000 or more to meet certain labor stand ards. Towers testified that the act had interfered to some extent with the navy’s negotiation of contracts but told newsmen later that it had con stituted only a “minor difficulty.” He said most of the trouble had in volved subcontractors who, never having done work for the govern ment before, found the law too com plex to make such work profitable or desirable. SHIPPING NEWS IN PORT Barges Sandborn, 423 tons, chartered, C. D. Maffitt, and company, agents. Harold, 466 tons, loading cargo of lumber at J. Herbert Bate Humber company. Tug and Barge Tug Warbler, 715 tons, with wreck ing barge, Chapman, 40 tons, work ing on steamer Severance, vessel to C. D. Maffitt and company, agents. Patrol Boat U. S. Coast Guard patrol boat No. 228 from Elizabeth City, in com mand of Captain Ethridge to dock at customhouse wharf. Steamers (Ital.) Villarperosa. 3,621 tons, held in port account of war. Severance, 3,653 tons, repairing, C. D. Maffitt and company agents. Tanker Chester O’Swain, 5101 tons, dis charging cargo of gasoline for the Standard Oil company. INWARD BOUND Steamer Delisle, 2,064 tons, from Gulf with cargo of fertilizer, C. D. Maffitt and company, agents. TEXAS COMPANY FINED DANVILLE, 111., Jan. 7.— CD — The Texas company was fined $14, 000 by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley on an anti-irust law charge of fixing gasoline prices which .the company declined to admit or con test. Court action in which the company entered a plea of nolo con tendere and was fined yesterday was disclosed today. DRASTIC PENALTIES BERLIN. Jan. 7.—{IP)—DNB, of ficial German news agency, said in a dispatch from Paris today that drastic penalties to combat crime, including execution within 24 hours after arrest, had been announced by authorities there. - I KILLED IN ACTION ROME, Jan. 7.—I®—Don Camillo Daetani, 25, scion of one of the oldest and most important fami lies in Italy, whose mother was ihe former Marguerite Chapin of Springfield, Mass., and New York, was killed in action in Albania last month, it was learned tonight, j SCHOOLS CLOSED ) COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 7.— (ZP) — j As health authorities took steps to- i lay to survey the spread of influenza j oases in Ohio, schools were closed j n two districts because of the out- j ireak. The most productive oil wells, on the average, are in Louisiana, California, New Mexico, Michigan ind Arkansas, in that order. Like Father ... Like Son Many people have noted the grow ing resemblance between President Roosevelt and his third son, Frank ill, Junior. The latter's latest pic lure appears at top, where lie is seen itarting his new SI'JOO-tier-year .job with the Wall Street law firm of Wright, Gordon, Zachry and Par,:-i. The striking likeness is app; ”r .it when Franklin, Junior’s pietui. is compared with that of his father, ttjlow, who also started his career is a lawyer. -------. I Navy To Get 4,000 More Planes In ’41 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. —(IP)— Rear Admiral John IT. Towers told congress today that despite delays and bottlenecks the Navy expected to add about 4,000 airplanes to its fleet this year. 5 The chief of naval aviation, testi fying at the opening of an investi gation of the Navy’s shipbuilding md aircraft programs by the house taval committee, disclosed that the number the Navy expected to re ceive this month was 334 — about louble that of December. In response to questions by Chair nan Vinson (D-Ga), Towers said that vhile he was “of course not satis fied” with the present output, he felt that everything possible was >eing done to remedy the situation. ■ I BUY COOPER TIRES SHELL SAFTI-SERVICE 3rd St. at Grace Dial 5935 EASY TERMS ; j Roy Mills Grocery 7th and Grace Sts. Dial 6633 Fancy Groceries — Fresh' Meats Speedy Delivery Service Jinn ■ ■ :h:-b ■ ■ w ■ does SMALL TYPE BLUR? I 9 You can enjoy full visual js | comfort and efficiency. , ‘ SEE US TO SEE BETTER! ■ OR. W. A. KAMER ■ ! Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted m t Bullock Building "" TAUBMAN’S Methanol Alcohol, gal._59c Norge Anti-Freeze, gal_$1.69 I Zerone, gal. -$1.00 Prestone, gal. _$2.65 16 S. Front St. Dial 6338 j I 1^1^1^—^ ■mmhhmmmam LOST Will anyone who knows any thing of a male, red cocker spaniel, wfyo has a short nose, i who is partially blind and whose name is “Chan,” please call Mildred Hutaff at 3208 or come to— 1710 MARKET STREET MIRIAM HOPKINS FLAYS CENSORS Dirt In Play In Their Own Minds, She Says At Boston BOSTON, Jan. 7.—(7PI—Miriam Hopkins, the actress, laughingly favors flinging the Boston city coun cil into the harbor “the way the tea once was.” She expressed her opinion in an interview after the council unani mously adopted an order yesterday calling for a censor’s investiga lion of a new play, “Battle of Angels,” in which she is starring. The vote was preceded by Council man Michael J. Ward’s demand that the police go to the theater and “close it up.” Police Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty and a censor attended tne evening performance and announced the play, written by Tennessee Wil liams, could continue if certain lines i were expunged, xne changes will he made. Miss Hopkins said the drama dealing with a Mississippi delta wife who falls in love with anothei man while her husband lies critically ill, was “not dirty" and that [ haven't got to the point where I have to appear in dirty plays." “The dirt is something in the minds of some of the people who have seen it," she added. Bomb Hits On Two German Ships Claimed LONDON, Jan. 7.—(dP)—British bombers damaged an “enemy" mer chantman off the coast of Norway and scored a direct hit on ai “enemy" tanker off the Netherlands coast yesterday, the air ministry reported today. STUDENTS RESTRICTED CLEMSON, S. C., Jan. 7.—(.T)_ The Clemson college military depart ment, as a precaution against influ enza, today ordered all students re stricted to the campus until further notice. 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CARE STAR jj TAX LISTING S The Machinery Act provides that Poll and Tangible I Property tax returns shall be made to the list-takei I during the month of January under the pains and penal- | ties imposed by law. OWNERS OF AUTOMOBILES SHOULD BE PREPARED I TO GIVE TAX LISTERS FULL INFORMATION AS TO ?i MODEL, YEAR OF MANUFACTURE AND STATE LICENSE NUMBER. Wilmington township tax listers will be on the i main floor of old court house daily 8:30 A. M., to 5:30 | P. M., (Sundays excepted), beginning January 2nd, 1941. County tax listers will meet their usual appoint- i! ments as advertised. Harnett listers will meet at the court house Jan- ] uary 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st. Cape Fear, Federal Point and Masonboro listers 1 will meet at the court house January 30th and 31st. J. A. ORRELL, County Auditor. All Funds Invested in the | Full Paid Shares of the 1 Cooperative Building & Loan | Assn, on or before Jan. 10th 1 1941 will draw dividends | from January 1, 1941. 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