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Served By Leased Wire Of The . — ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 M Dedicated To The Progress Ot With Complete Coverage of '* T WILMIHGTOM Stale and National News I l And Southeastern North ....___I .* w Carolina ————----- ^a^uocutfdcuoo -- 3 3^-----.- WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941 FINAi. EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867 _ ■ - _ _ itmrT9nriTcr fT S4tT.TT?0 - ——— ■ ■ - — --—-—--— _ I S. Grants F. D. R. Wide Powers; Battle Looms Contains Plan To Permit Repair Of British War ships In U. S. Yards OPPONENTS PREPARE F. R. Must Ask Congress For Funds For Materials To Be Sent Abroad WASHINGTON. Jan. 1C— GP) — Legislation granting President Roosevelt sweeping powers to fur nish the sinews of war to nations battling the Axis was introduced in congress today and contained one major surprise: a provision which would permit repair of British war ships in United States navy yards. Administration lieutenants prompt ly laid plans to hurry it through' to final enactment while opponents de nounced it as a ‘‘streamlined decla-a tion of war” and began organizing for a supreme effort to defeat 'he measure or narrow the powers it would confer on the President. Follows Descriptions Aside from the provision affecting r.avy yards, the measure followed closely the advance descriptions given by administration quarters. It would simply authorize 'he President to turn over war materials on hand or manufactured in the fu tu e. to foreign nations when tie thought this would contribute i defense of the United States, i- e could make any terms, so far payment was concerned, which he thought satisfactory. Congress would, however, reif"'u one check which Mr. Roosevelt "art fully called attention to at a pr> s conference. The President wo : have to ask congress for appropi.r tions for the articles to be sent abroad. Whether or not the act would lift the restraints of the Johnson ard neutrality acts immediately became a point of controversy. Senator Nye (R-ND) said it would. Admin istration men contended it would not land also denied that it would, as some contended, open the way for American warships to convoy sup plies to Britain. The Johnson law forbids credits to nations in default on their debt to the United States; the neutrality act forbids American ships to go to bel ligerents’ ports, and places arms purchases here on a cash and carry basis. Explains Procedure Mr. Roosevelt said at a press con ference that if there was a conflict (Continued on Page Two; Col. 4) EFFORT TO AVERT WALKOUT PUSHED Strike Would Halt Work On $7,750,000 Worth Of U. S. Plane Orders NEW YORK, Jan. 10— (50 — Weary negotiators worked tonight to avert a threatened strike at a Long Island airplane factory which would halt work on $7,750,000 worth of government orders. John R. Owens, a representative of the National Defense commission, spent four hours in conference with company officials after an early morning meeting with oficinls of local 661 of the United Automobile Workers of America (CIO). who are seeking higher wages. Then company and union officials locked themselves together in a mid town hotel room in an attempt to settle the differences threatening to (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) V __ __ AAA Greeks Capture Klisura, Continue Toward Valona Troops Fin! City Burned And Pillaged Next Goal Is Last Import ant Port Held By Italians In South Albania 600 PRISONERS TAKEN Fascist Troops Beyond Kli sura Reported To Be In Disorderly Retreat ATHENS, Jan. 10,— (AO —While Greeks at home rejoiced in the it-eets over fresh victories in Al bania tile forces' at the front to day reportedly pushed past cap ured Klisura toward Valona—last important port in southern Albania Mill held by the Italians. Greek troops occupying Klisura found it had been burned and pil laged. a general headuarters com- I munique said tonight. 600 Prisoners Taken Most of the townspeople had de serted the town, but 600 Italian soldiers were taken prisoner and four guns, some tanks, more mor al's and automatic guns were cap tured. the communique added. Greek aviation . was reported to | have bombed and machine-gunned Italian positions without losing a plane. With the spearhead of the Greek drive in the Klisura sector only about SO miles from Valona, Ital .an troops beyond Klisura were -aid to be in disorderly retreat. As a result of Klisura’s fall, mil itary observers predicted the Ital .ans probably would be forced to abandon Telepeni, 15 miles west of Klisura on the way to Valona. Meet Resistance The Greeks met stubborn re sistance at Klisura and said the Italians attached considerable mili ary importance to the town for they brought replacements and in stalled them in carefully prepared positions on the Klisura heights. Greek communiques related the capture of height after height, many of them by bayonet-wielding i loops, in the weeks-long attack. Today the fall of the town and the heights were officially announced. As Premier Gen. John Metaxas told his cabinet about the suc (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) ITALIANS REPORT BLOWS BY BRITISH Claim Battleship Hit, Two Subs Sunk And Attack On Four Cargo Ships ROME. Jan. 10.— MV-Destructive blows against Allied naval power and shipping, including a bomb hit rin a British battleship, sinking of 'wo submarines and attacks on iour merchant vessels, were an nounced today by the Italian high command. The high command reported also that fascist planes “hit about 100 enemy mechanized vehicles” in the mbyan desert, while other British mechanized equipment was de stroyed toy artillery fire at Tobruk and Italian warships shelled “ene my coastal positions” in the Greek campaign. The widespread Italian sea and f'r thrusts were accompanied on ,fle political front by an order ginned on Page Three; Col. 4) British Shelling Tobruk As Troops Surround City CAIRO, Jan. 10.—UR— Britain’s hii6rie& in Libya shelled Italian ■eia Tobruk today in the initial ,, °'A’ °f an attack patterned after “at v.hich reduced Bardia, 50 miles to the east, five days ago. early cut off by an encircling °yernent of British mechanized Tuts o0 miles to the west, Tobruk Rr r lapidly being surrounded by n-, “ ‘and forces, while its peri , elei °f outer defenses was bat yed by big siege guns rolled into Th6 fr°m Bardia tat Br'-tish- conceding it would f. ff :'orne time to bring up their jtrength, said it was too “ * to speak of an “assault.” The seacoast town—if the Bardia pattern is followed—faces not only a heavy attack frofn land but se vere bombing from the air a p d shelling from the sea. Such a triple offensive reduced Bardia in 18 days and resulted in the capture of its garrison of more than 30,000 soldiers. In another sector far from the Libyan front, British land forces were reported advancing almost at will across Italy’s African empire. Some 2,500 miles to the south i east, the British general headquar ! ters reported that troops of the | (Continued on Page\ Three; Col. '£) Army Is Creating This 1941 Boom Town .—---' -— Bustling activity and a growth that can be noted daily give all the aspects of an oldtime oil or gold rush “boom” town to Fort Bragg, N. C. vhere thousands of newT troops will be trained. Nestling in the fothills near Fayetteville, it used to be a military post of some 5000 men. In six months it has accumulated a population of 46,000 men—22,000 soldiers and 24,000 workmen now erecting the 2478 new structures needed for its eventual population of 67,000. Fort Bragg scenes above show at top, some of the new barracks, each to house 60 or 70 men: left, below, an Ohio National Guard plane at Pope Field, the Fort Bragg airport; right, beljw, two field pieces in night practice. Right; Some of thousands of new comers lined up at reception center. _ RECREATIONAL CENTER BILL PASSED; LeGRAND PRESENTS OTHER MEASURES -w --- '" -Ar -- British Stage Huge Raid On Northwestern France LONDON, Jan. 10.— UP)—In the mightiest daylight offensive ever loosed by the Royal Air Force, half a hundred British bombers and a great swarm of 500 fighter planes delivered a ground-shaking assault today over a thousand square miles of northwestern France. The air ministry itself an nounced in general terms merely that more than 100 fighters were involved, but unofficial observers of this great action said the fight ers outnumbered the bombers by 10 to 1. They were declared to have struck at the channel straits areas of Calais and Boulogne and else where upon the bases of the Nazi invasion effort, sweeping the Ger man positions with bombs and ma chine gun fire—the latter from eight-gunned fighter craft which formed the biggest escort ever to take off from England. Three of the “few” German planes which rose to challenge the raiders were shot down, the air ministry said, and but a single British plane was lost—that on the return trip. For an hour, just at midday, (Continued on Pagfe Two; Col. 3) FIRST TO BE PASSED Authorizes Establishment Of Hut Here For Soldiers Of Camp Davis A bill granting authority to the city and county commissioners to sponsor jointly a proposed recre ational center here for the soldiers at Camp Davis yesterday passed the state house and senate in Ra leigh. The measure, the first one to be passed by the house this session, was introduced by Jack LeGrand, representative, yesterday morning under a suspension of the rules. Sponsored by Rowe Sent immediately to the state senate by special messenger, the bill was sponsored by Senator Roy Rowe and passed the senate, also under suspension of the rules. Rep. LeGrand said here last night the bill has been sent to the enrolling officer to be signed by the speaker of the house and the president of the senate and is ex pected to become effective not later than Monday. Passage of the bill clears up re maining legal technicalities and paves the way for immediate ac tion by the city and county com missioners in construction of a rec reational center at the northwest corner of Fourth and Princess streets for the use of soldiers of Camp Davis. The bill, which authorizes the city, and county to provide, oper ate, and maintain recreational centers and other facilities, was drafted by William B. Campbell, city attorney, and Marsden Bel lamy, county attorney. Bellamy said the bill will give the county authority to spend available public funds and join with the city in project sponsor ship on city-owned property and enter into a contract with the city with regard to operation, mainte nance, and final disposition. Another joint session to take (Continued on Page Two; Col- 1) Army Pleased With Work On New Camp Projects WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—(#)—A report from Fort Meade, Md., that 3,300 workmen clased as “lazy” or “incapable” had been dis charged from any army construc tion project there prompted army officials tonight to declare that in general they were well satisfied with the way work was going on construction jobs. “The contractors on the con struction jobs have the responsi bility of hiring and discharging employes,” said Lt. Col. Brehon B. Somervel, who is in charge of the nation-wide construction pro gram. “They are constantly on the alert to eliminate the incompetent and inept. . .1 wish to say that in general I am very, happy over the way most of these jobs are being managed.” 3 WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina—Considerable cloudi ness Saturday, slightly colder Satur day night; Sunday generally fair. (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. 39; 1:30 p. m. 45; 7:30 p. m. 39; maximum 50; minimum 37; mean 44; normal 46. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 58; 7:30 a. m. 68; 1:30 p. in. 41; 7:30 p. m. 57. 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 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). High tow Wilmington-S:19a 3:00a. S:36p 3:41p Masonboro Inlet - 6:01a - 6:21p 12:25p Sunrise 7:18a: sunset. 5:22p; moon rise 4:05p; moonset 5:25a. Cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville on January 10, at 8 a. m., 10.95 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) ’ . V Southern British Town Damaged By Bombs | LONDON, Jan. 11— (Satur day)—</P)— Hundreds of high explosive and incendiary bombs were rained on a south j coast town in England last night and early today in a furious German air attack. The British Press associa tion said it is feared there were many casualties. Six churches, several theat ters and a number of business premises were reported dam aged; Communications facilities al so suffered. (Censorship prevented dis closure of the town’s name.) BILL INTRODUCED WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—US Daily newspapers with circulations of less than 3,000 would be exempt ed from the wage-hour law if a bill introduced today by Senator Shepard (D-Tex) became law. Weekly and semi-weekly news papers are already exempted. 3 FOLLOWS BROUGHTON Body Endorses ‘All Pos sible Aid Short Of War’ To Great Britain RALEIGH, Jan. 10.—(J’l—A gen eral assembly, attentive to a new governor’s wishes, today rushed to passage a resolution endorsing "all ■ possible aid short oi war” to Brit ain and other beleaguered demo cracies. In his inaugural address yester ' day, Governor Broughton suggest ! ed that the legislature take such 'a step as "one of its first acts.” The resolution, commending the Roosevelt foreign and defense poli cies, was offered by Senator Greg ory of Rowan. Respond Promptly Other measures introduced today indicated representatives were re sponding promptly to other recom mendations in Broughton’s mes sage. LeGrand of New Hanover sent forward a bill to prevent sub versive activities in this state, and another proposal to discourage in troduction of new bills after the first 40 days of the session. Broughton had asked the assem bly to consider whether legislation was needed to "fortify us” against those who "may seek to undermine or overthrow our beloved nation.” He also favored a reasonably short session” of the assembly. LeGrand obtained passage of an other bill which he said was de signed to provide for local cooper ation with the national defense pro fram through construction of a re creation center for Camp Davis troops. A third measure okayed today, carried the approval of both Broughton apd Lt. Gov. R. L. Har ris. It provided for a one-day ses sion of the assembly in Chapel Hill on January 30 as a gesture of good will toward the University of North Carolina and 130 South American (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) British Ship Laden With Planes Damaged By Fire NEW YORK,' Jan. 10—UR—Fire raged for an hour tonight in a freighter recently sold to the Brit ish and reported by police as ready to sail within 24 hours with a load of airplanes, Red Cross supplies and steel. The blaze, brought under con trol at 6:30 p. m. (EST), was con fined to hold No. 3 of the freighter, the Black Heron, sold to Britain three weeks ago by the Black Dia mond Steamship company of Wee hawken, N. J. Police said hold No. 3, which was badly damaged, contained blank ets, bandages and other Red Cross supplies. Three bombing planes, which were lashed to the deck, were not damaged. Mayor F. H. LaGuardia went aboard the ship, talked to Captain Walter Stafford and then told newsmen: “It is too early to determine the cause: Later, Fire Marshal Thomas Bronhy said he had “definitely established” that there was no sabotage. He said workmen had been using a welding machine di rectly above hold 3 to fasten a (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) Reds To Send Oil Products, Food To Nazis ‘Greatest Grain Deal In His tory’ Included In New Economic Treaty RUSSIA GETS MACHINES Accord Is Extension Of Program Begun In 1939, Aids War Effort MOSCOW, Jan. 10.—Soviet Rus sia agreed today to send to war ring Germany quantities of food, especially grains, in a significant collaboration officially described as “an enlarged economic agree ment. (DNB, official German news agency, called it the ‘greatest grain deal in history” and said it was so arranged that it could be called “an economic plan’’ as well as a deal.) Russia also will furnish indus trial raw materials and oil pro ducts in exchange for German in dustrial equipment under the new treaty, which runs until Aug. 1, 1942. Enlargement Amounts were not specified, but Tass, official Soviet news agency, said the new pact provides for “deliveries cbrtsiderably exceeding the level of the first year of r aer ation” of an agreement whie was signed last Feb. 11 and of which the present program is an enlarge ment. (The agreement of last Febru ary in its turn had provided for a livelier interchange of goods than the original pact of Aug. 20, 1939, sealed on the eve of the present war.) Tass said the new agreement “constitutes a further stage in the, execution of the economic program outlined by the two governments in 1939.” It said the negotiations “passed in the spirit of mutual understand i ing and confidence conforming to the friendly relations existing be tween the U.S.S.R. and Germany,” and added, “all economic prob lems, including those which arose in connection with incorporation of (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) HOPKINS CONFERS WITH CHURCHILL U. S. Emissary Says War Materials Production May Reach Peak In 1941 LONDON. Jan. 10.—(A>)—H a r r y Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s personal envoy, and Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill talked for a long time over a luncheon table at No. 10 Downing street today to start what Hopkins himself de scribed as discussions on "matters of mutual urgency to our two coun tries.” To the press, afterward, the American emissary predicted that United States production of war (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) War Interpretive BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON Greek capture of Klisura in east central Albania opens a new chapter in the Greek-Italian war —a chapter fraught with possibili ties of greater military disasters for Italy. That tiny Albanian village drew its name from the tremendous gorge of the Voius6a river at the eastern threshold of which it stands, commanding three vitally important roads. The word Klisure means in English “gorge” or ’de file”. The Voiussa river gorge has figured in the history of the Balkan peninsula since classical times. Important Point It runs east and west between Klisura on the east and Tepeleni on the west, a distance pf a dozen miles or so. Through it passes an all important lateral motor road, (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) Reappointed GEN. J. VAN B. METTS METTS ISlENAMED ADJUTANT GENERAL Other Major Appointments May Be Withheld Until Legislature Adjourns RALEIGH, Jan. 10.—UP)—Gover nor J. M. Broughton today reap pointed Brig.,Gen. J. Van B. Metts as North Carolina’s adjutant gen eral, announced that all other major appointments probably would be withheld until the ad journment of the legislature, and declared that he favored ‘Xcentral ized unity” in the adminis’ration of the state highway syster.i. Putting in his first full da/ as Governor the new chief executive spent the morning in his office and the afternoon at the Gover nor's masion. Tonight he attend ed a barbecue given in his honor for members of the state senate. Two press conferences were sandwiched in between other en gagements—one was held at his office in the capitol and the other at the mansion. Looking fit despite a strenuous day yesterday during which he was inaugurated, shook 4,000 hands at a reception, and led a grand march at the inaugural ball, Governor Broughton displayed hundreds of telegrams congratu lating him on his inaugural mes sage to the legislature. me reiereiice IU uie mgiiw system came at the afternoon press conference, when reporters asked the Chief Executive to amplify a sentence in the inau gural speech which said the state should “adhere strictly to the prin ciple of a state highway system.” Broughton said that at present the state was div.ded into 10 high way districts, and that there had been a tendency for each district to become a law within itself. He said that the tendency probably was inevitable, and that he did not intend criticism, but that it should be remembered that the highways constituted a state system and not a district system. He added that he did not oppose the present division of the state into highway districts, but that he favored “centralized unity” of road administration. He said he believed this could be accomplish ed without abolishing the district system. He pointed out that roads strate gic from a military standpoint pro bably would be built—especially between military bases in North Carolina—and that such roads would be of state and fedefal im portance, and should not be con sidered in terms of highway dis tricts. The new governor gave no in (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) Deal To Lease W. B. & S. Is Blocked By Receiver M. J. Corbett, receiver for the Wilmington, Brunswick and South ern railroad, has refused to sign a conditional lease of the railroad’s property to P, O. Mead, A. N. Mauncy and E. F. Middleton, trading as the Southport Railroad and Transportation company, be cause the lease contains an option to buy at the end of one y~‘ar, it was learned here yesterday. An order granting Corbett the right to grant a conditional lease for the property to the men when they have incorporated was signed Tuesday by Judge R. Hunt Parker in superior court. . ✓ The option clause to which Cor bett said he objects because he be lieves development in the South port area will greatly enhance tne value of the railroad, would give tne lessee the right to purchase all holdings of the railroad for $100, 000 at any time while the contract is in effect. Corbett Intimated that if the op tion is removed from the lease, he will be willing to sign the lease ai receiver for the railroad. Outstanding provisions of the au thorized agreement are that the management and operation of the (Continued on Page Three: Col. ® i J
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