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CRIMINAL COURT WILL OPENTODAY Fifty-Four Cases Docketed For Trial; Judge John J. Burney To Preside Fifty-four cases most of them of a minor nature are docketed for trial at the January criminal term of New Hanover superior court which opens here this morn ing. Judge John J. Burney of Wil mington will preside over the term. Nine new grand jurors are to be sworn in when court opens this morning. Scheduled for trial at this term of court are Alex Corbett charged with murder and Estelle Colvin charged with being an accessory after the fact in connection with the death of Demar Treadwell on November 16. Ernest Williams charged with manslaughter in con nection with the death of Gertrude Moore on December 1 is also scheduled to be tried at this term. Father Kills Two Small Sons, Commits Suicide NORTH BERGEN, "N. J., Jan. 12. —CP)—A father, brooding over his health, killed his two small sons with a hatchet today, Police Chief John J. Simmen said, and then attempted sui cide bv lying over the open jets of a gas range in the kitchen of their two-story brick home. Simmen said the father, John Behmer, 41, was under police guard at North Hudson hospital, Weehaw ken, where he was reported in fair condition although still unconscious. One son, Robert, 2, died at North Hudson hospital at 8'. 30 a. m., about two hours after his mother, Emma, 32, awrakened by his cries, found him in his crib, his face covered with I blood. John, Jr., 6. died two hours 1 later. Simmen said the hatchet blade was found buried in his skull. FR Asked To Address Legislature By Radio RALEIGH, Jan. 12.—(&)—Gover ns Eroughton sent a telegram to President Roosevelt today asking him to make a special address by radio to a session of the general assembly in Chapel Hill on January 30. Presumably, the proposed address would be broadcast from Washing ton or-Hyde Park. The assembly decided last week to hold a one-day session in Chapel Hill, where a group of prominent South Americana will be studying at the University of North Carolina. Jan uary 30 is the President’s birthday. RUSSIANS HAVE NOT CONSENTED TO NEW NAZI TROOP MOVES (Continued From Page One) mit soldiers to enter Bulgaria, a little friend of the Soviets, or to pass through that country to at tack Greece.) Without Knowledge The Tass statement said that if German troops actually are in Bul garia and if the further dispatch of German troops to Bulgaria is un der way, “all this has occurred without the knowledge and consent of the U. S. S. R. since the German side never raised before the U. S. S. R. the question of the presence or dispatch of German troops to Bulgaria.” “In particular,” Tass added, “the Bulgarian government never approached the U. S. S. R. with an inquiry regarding the passage of troops to Bulgaria and consequent ly could not receive any reply from the U. S. S. R.” The Tass statement began with an assertion that the foreign press, “referring to certain Bulgarian cir cles as the course of information,” had circulated a report that a cer tain number of German troops al ready had been sent to Bulgaria, ■ that the dispatching of Nazi troops to Bulgaria was continuing with the knowledge and consent of Rus sia and that the Russian govern mdht had “replied by consent to an inquiry by the Bulgarian govern ment concerning the passage of German troops to Bulgaria.” i LINER RUNS AGROUND OFF FLORIDA COAST (Continued From Page One) “SS Manhattan ashore off Lake Worth inlet. Requires assistance.” The coast guard said the cutter Mojave stationed at Miami beach had been dispatched to her aid. The Manhattan is 668 feet long and has a gross tonnage of over 24,289 tons. Valued by the maritime com mission in 1940 at $10,000,000, the Manhattan sailed on her maiden voyage on Aug. 10, 1932. At that time she was th largest and fast est ship ever t lilt in America. In her first five years of service, the ship made 65 round trips be tween New York and Hamburg, Germany and carried 92,420 pas sengers. After congress passed the neu trality act, the Manhattan went , into service between New York and Genoa and Naples, Italy, for sev eral months until Italy became a belligerent. Later she plied be tween New York and Lisbon, fer tying American refugees to this country. , . , The Manhattan is the sister ship of the Washington. 3 Their Squadrons Raised to Fleets REAR ADMIRAL KING ADMIRAL HART Under the recently-announced re irganization of America’s naval forces, the present Atlantic and Asiatic squadrons will be raised to the status of fleets the former be coming a major force of some 125 units. Present squadron command ers will become Commanders-in Chief of the fleets. Rear Admiral Ernest J. King heading the Atlantic group and Admiral Thomas C. Hart in charge of the Far East fleet. Submarine Sailfish Will Join Pacific Fleet Soon PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 12.— ■UP>—The U. S. Navy submarine Sail fish. formerly the Squalus, which carried 26 men to death in 240 feet of water off the New Hampshire coast in May, 1939, will sail Thurs day to Join the Pacific fleet, with four of the original Squalus crew still aboard her. They will be the only reminders of the ill-fated submersible which lay on the bottom off the Isles of Shoals for nearly four months in 1939. Even the vessel's logbook has been chang ed to eliminate all trace of the Squalus. Although the reconditioned subma rine was away last summer for a 5.000-mile shakedown cruise, Thurs day’s departure will be the first clean break with this navy yard where the craft was constructed and later re built. Schools In Spartanburg Closed Because Of Flu SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Jan. 12.— UP)—The Spartanburg city of health today issued an order closing all public schools and theaters and ban ning all sports events until further notice because of the prevalence of influenza here. Dr. Sam o. Black, chairman of the board, said that while accurate fig ures were unavailable tonight, it is estimated there are several thousand cases of the disease now active in the city. The health board order bans the attendance of children under 16 from attendance at church and Sunday school,, and recommends that all per sons stay away from public gather ings of every type. ChuYch Near Thomasville Is Destroyed By Flames THOMASVILLE, Jan. 12.— (IP) — Hopewell Methodist church, located near Thomasville, was destroyed by fire this morning. It was completed several months ago at an estimated cost of $25,000. The Rev. W. B. Shinn, the pastor, had just begun his sermon when some one smelled smoke. The fire started in the furnace room and quickly spread to the main auditor ium. The congregation was dismiss ed without accident. The loss was partly covered by in surance. Officials said the structure would immediately be rebuilt. EXPELLED NEW YORK, Jan. 12—W—Clar ence Hathaway, one time power in the Communist party, has been ex pelled “for failure to meet person al and political responsibility as sumed by him, for desertion, and for failing and refusing to take steps to rehabilitate himself,” the Daily Worker, Communist organ, disclosed today; . X‘ DRAFTEES SLATED TO BE ASSIGNED Col. Paullin Says 10,000 To Be Given Permanent Assign ments In Army Soon FORT DIX, N. J„ Jan. 12.—CP)— Colonel Holmes G. Paullin, head of the recruit reception center here, said tonight the center expected to place 10,000 selective service trainees pn permanent assignments in and putside the second corps area by Jan jary 31. The 44th division, stationed here, has already received 420 men in lucted in the second call and Paul in said that by the end of the week :he division would have received the 2,703 men required to complete its ranks. Other assignments that would be made by January 18, Paullin said, in cluded 380 men to Fort Benning, Ga., and 1,500, ninth division, Fort Bragg, N. C. He added that.6,139 men would be sent to Fort McClellan, Ala.; Fort Bragg, Fort Benning and Fort Han cock between January 20 and Jan uary 31. He listed the first McClellan as signments to these New York or ganizations : 54th infantry, head quarters company, 23; 165th infantry, 962; 102nd medical regiment, 437; division headquarters and special troops, 384 and 102nd air corps ob servation squadron, 14. Paullin added that about 75,000 trainees are expected to be cleared through the reception center by tune. City Briefs CARS COLLIDE Cars driven by William L. Bozeman, 1510 Chestnut street, and John DeVane, 112 North 12th street, were involved in a collision at 11th and Orange streets last night with slight damages to both machines, police reported. ARRESTED Charles Mosley, negro, was arrested by police yesterday i'or operating a truck while under the influence of intoxicants and carrying a concealed weapon, a razor. HELD FOR ASSAULT Willie Jones, negro, 907 Love’s alley, was arrested by police yes terday for assault on a female and damage to personal property after he allegedly hit Beatrice Green and tore her coat, valued at $17. CAR HITS POLE A car driven by C. P. Street, of the Cape Fear hotel, struck a telephone pole and broke it at Third and Hanover streets. The car was damaged considerably. Street told police that the lights of an oncoming car blinded him. GLASSES BROKEN Lindsey Rhodes reported to po lice yesterday afternoon that a group of Gypsy children playing in the lot in the rear of the Plaza cafe broke the glasses out of a car belonging to a Mr. Cumbee. CAR BURNED Police received a report yes terday that a car belonging to R. T. Bissenger of Masonboro Sound had been found burned on the old River road some time Saturday night. ARRESTED Police yesterday arrested Joseph Dore, 311 North Ninth, and Harlee Shufford 119 Mag nolia alley, both negroes on charges of larceny and receiv ing after they allegedly stole 40 newspapers belonging to the Star-News from Seventh and Market streets. POLES KNOCKED DOWN Police yesterday investigated an accident in which a car be longing to Laurence Clemmons, 113 Wooster street, ran over the curb and knocked down one light pole and broke off anoth er at Front and Wooster streets. The driver jumped from the car and fled the scene. Clemmons told police that the car was stolen from him during the early part of the afternoon. HELD FOR THEFT George W. Brown, negro, 420 North Ninth street, was arrest ed yesterday by police on charges of larceny and receiv ing after he allegedly stole a girl’s bicycle from Mrs. W. E. Aman of 1015 Grace street. CLASS TO BEGIN The second semester of the public speaking class conduct ed here by Rabbi M. M. Thur man will begin tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. The class is open to both men and women. SUPPER MEETING The Sunday school council of the Southside Baptist church will hold its monthly supper meeting at the church tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to attend. 1 COUNCIL TO MEET Cape Fear council No. 24, Daughters of America, will meet tonight at 8 o’clock in the Junior Order hall. All members are urged to attend BEAUTIES BOTH_J Ill the arms of Marion Francis is Sunnyknoli Locliinvar, a smoked | Persian cat, who came from California to compete in the 39th annual I championship cat show of the Atlantic Cat club of New York. Sunny [ knoll Lochinvar came by plane for the event. Britain May Be Strengthening Its Night Air Raid Defenses ' LONDON, Jan. 12.—CP)—The Brit ish Press association’s air corres pondent said today that Germany’s admission that six planes failed to return from Friday night’s raids, in which, the British claimed only two, may mean “progress is being made in the search for a thoroughly con vincing answer to the night bomber.” The writer added that a scientific search was being made by the best brains of Britain for methods of locating high-flying raiders and there was reason to believe British instruments already in use are “in advance of anything yet evolved by the enemy.” Opinion varies as to the proportion of losses which any effective reply must entail. The Press association’s correspondent quote one senior army expert as saying "I shall not be con tent until we bring down ten per cent of all night raiders.” Experts, the correspondent added, are not overlooking the possibility that the German air force may be using sub-stratosphere raiders when lower altitudes become too hot for them. Already against low-flying raiders the Befors gun, equipped with a new predictor, has shown itself to be an absolute “killer,” scoring a hit In every twenty rounds, the correspon dent said. “There is evidence,” he continued, “that concentration of fire on the estimated position of the raiders as distinct from a barrage or 'wall of fire’ has proved effective. For in stance, a high percentage of raiders in the later stages of the Coventry blitz were thus turned away. In cidentally rumors that the city’s guns ran out of ammunition are groundless.” Broadening Of Social Security Program May Mark This Congress BY W. B. RAGSDALE WASHINGTON. Jan. 12—W—.A plan to take care of the families of those who go into military serv ice is being worked out for incor poration in the social security pro gram. Informed officials say it will be sent to the capitol in the new ses sion of congress along with a re newal of suggestions that farm and domestic workers be added to the 52,000,000 men and women in in dustry and commerce who already have social security accounts. Tror the needy man who heeds the call to military service, the plan being considered would work something like this: As a soldier, he would get $30 a month. Of this, he might keep $5 and allot $25 to the needs of his family. In addi tion, through the federal security agency, the government would pay another $15 or $20, perhaps even more, toward the support of his family, the amount depending somewhat upon the number of de pendents and their need. The adoption of such a plan, like that for broadening the scope of the social security laws, would be dependent upon the wishes of con gress. One of the big difficulties about bringing farm and domestic workers under the social security law has been the development of a method of collecting taxes to • orY-i Of-finialc nmii cnoo Ir were only $29,600,000 compared to the $56,000,000 paid in July. Total benefits paid out during 1940 will amount to about $520,000,000. The biggest decreases in benefit payments during the last half of the year were in industrial states such a6 Michigan and Indiana, though such states as Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas Virginia. Washington and Wyoming showed decreases of from 30 to 40 percent in claims for unemployment bene fits between August and Septem ber. In Hawaii,, on the other hand, canneries closed during that period and claims leaped 41 percent. The weekly number of claims has de clined steadily in the total picture since June. 1 But the social security spot which reflected the most vigorous defense activity was the United States employment service which goes hand in hand with unemploy ment compensation. It reported 400.000 persons placed in jobs dur ing October and 365,000 in Nov ember, cutting to four and a half milion the number it had listed as actively looking for jobs. This was less than half as many as it once had listed. Its 4,500 state operated local offices have placed 3.500.000 persons in jobs during 1940. These figures cover the whole field of employment, however, both public and private. Already the service is reporting of the possibilities of a stamp tax. What the attitude of congress might be is problematical. It might easily adopt one of the plans and bat down the other, it might ac cept both, or it might refuse to agree to either. Efforts to include farm and domestic workers have failed in the past. Already the social security agen cy is approving about a thousand claims for benefits a day from re tired wage earners, their aged wives, and from widows, orphans or the dependent parents of work ers who have died. Benefits of this type became available only last January and upward of 237,000 such claims have been approved already. Benefit payments are go ing out to them at the rate of $4, 250,000 a month. That figures out to an average of $17.93 a person. Actually, there is considerable variation in the figures for the dif ferent groups. Retired workers of 65 or older are getting an average of $22.72 a month. Added to this, in many cases, is the $12.21 a month drawn by wives who are 65 or older. Children unc!*r 18 get an average of $12.23 a me nth. Widows 65 or older get $20.45. Widows of workers who have died, and with children under 18, are getting an average of $19.73 a month. And de pendent parents of insured workers who have died are getting an aver age of $13.11. Twenty - eight million workers now are covered by unemployment compensation laws, operating in all the states, which help them to bridge the gaps between jobs. Sig nificant of the rise in employment under the defense program, bene fits paid to them in November iuv,ui *-'AAWA lagto Ui J-lgllXJ' OIVXX1CU labor in a number of states, some due to the fact that skilled workers refuse to accept the wages offered, others because men are unwilling to leave home to take jobs offered elsewhere. It reports no shortage of unskilled labor, though domes tic wffrkers are getting harder to find and farm workers are asking more money. Age limits for skilled workers are being thrown out the window. The service reported one man 89 years old hired by an engineering concern. Every state and territory is par ticipating in the public assistance program of the social security agency under which they provide help for needy aged. Four-fifths are giving help to needy blind and to dependent children. Under these three-cornered programs 2,933,000 men, women and children got com bined federal and state payments amounting to more than $619,000, 000 in 1940. Unlike such public aid agencies as FSA, CCC, NYA and WPA, where spending lines on the graphs have pointed steadily downward since August, social security types of assistance have shown a slow but gradual rise since the latter half of 1936. General relief, for instance, was 6.6 percent less in September in the 37 states that provide comparable figures than it was in August of 1940; was 24.9 percent less than in September 1940 than in September 1939 in the 33 states for which comparable figures are available. But social security payments in all the states were seven tenths of one percent higher in September than in Au gust, and 11.2 percent greater in September 1940 than in Septem ber 1939.- -- — Obituaries JOHN S. WATTERS Commital services for John S. Watters, who died In Asheville Jan uary 7, were held in the Watters’ lot in Oakdale cemetery yesterday after noon at 1 o’clock. SIDNEY P. JOHNSON Funeral rites for Sidney P. John son, 76, farmer of Kelly, who died in a local hospital Friday morning after a week’s illness, were held from the Haw Bluff Baptist church yesterday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment followed in the Haw Bluff cemetery. Active pallbearers were: F. A. Murray, Juddie Moore,, R. Rooks, Marion Johnson, William Rooks and Nolin Johnson. Honorary pall bearers were: C. S. Porter, R. T. Hunt, Dr. G. C. Beard, H. M. Car tiell, Johnny Marshall, Blane Prid gen and D. W. Pridgen. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Rooks Johnson, of Kelly; two daughters, Mrs. Bettie J. Dudley, of Grand Ridge, Fla.; and Mrs. Irma L. Ward, of Wilmington; two sis ters, Mrs. Martha McDuffie, of Dub lin, and Mrs. Alberta Horrell, of Barto, Fla.; two brothers, W. C. Johnson, of Delco, and J. F. John son, of Ivanhoe; 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. WILLIAM JK. EILMUKIN Funeral services for William Edward Eichorn, 63, prominent citi zen of Brunswick county, who died at his home in Bolivia Saturday morning after a lingering illness, will be held from the Bethel church this morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. Walter Pavy, assisted by the Rev. W. J- Freeman, will conduct the services. Interment will follow in the Reynolds cemetery near Bolivia. Honorary pallbearers will be: E. J. Danford, A. G. Lewis, A. L. Mercer, E. V. Mercer, J. D. Danford, Sr., W. K. Cox, of Bolivia, Dr. L. C. Fergus, C. Ed Taylor, and J. L. Moore, of Southport, T. E. Cooper, Glasgow Hicks, J. G. Carney and J. P. New ton, of Wilmington, and G. H. Can non. Active pallbearers will be: C. W. Knox, C. P. Willetts, D. L. Mercer, S. P. Cox, Garvin Mercer and W. H. Yopp. The body will remain at the Yopp funeral home until the time for the services Mr. Eichorn was a lifelong resi dent of Brunswick county and was a prosperous farmer of the Bolivia community. He was a lifelong mem ber of the Bethel Methodist church and a member of the board of trus tees for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Amelia Danford; three children, Mrs. O. T. Lewis, of Caro lina Beach, Mrs. C. T. Register, of Ni -folk, Va„ ,and Euclid C. Eichorn, of Bolivia; seven grandchildren, Daphne Claryce Lewis, O. T. Lewis, Jr., Aubrey E., Billy Kirk, Harold Wray, Jerry Lelghn Lewis and Charles Thomas Register; one broth er, Pete Eichorn, of Town Creek, and a number of nieces and nep hews. MRS. LIZZIE POTTER SOUTHPORT, Jan. 12.—Mrs. Liz zie Potter, of Southport, died in the J. Arthur Dosher Memorial hospital here this morning at 2 o’clock after a long illness. Funeral services will be held from the Trinity Methodist church in Southport Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. She is survived by three sons, G. E. Potter, of Raleigh, J. B. Potter, of Philadelphia, and M. A. Potter, of South America: one brother, A. F. McKeithan, of Philadelphia, Pa., and several nieces and nephews. MOSES ALBERT DUNCAN WHITEVILLE, Jan. 12.—Funeral rites for Moses Albert Duncan, 75, who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in the Western Prong section Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock, were held from the Western Prong Baptist church this afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. D. G. Myers conducted the services. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Duncan is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maggie Hooks Duncan, and nine children as follows: R. E., W. A. and R. L. Duncan, all of Whiteville, D. G. Duncan, of Spar tanburg, S. C., Thomas J. Duncan, of Aiken, S. C., and L. D. Duncan, of Lumberton, Mrs. C. H. Atkinson, of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Harvey Brisson, of Lumberton, and Mrs. Ma jor Owens, of Whiteville. LIB M. COOPER KENANSVILLE, Jan. 12.—Funer al services for Lib M. Cooper, 91, Kenansville’s oldest citizen, were held from the home here this after noon at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. J. L. Jones, Baptist min ister, conducted the services. Inter ment followed in the Golden Grove cemetery. Survivors are six daughters, Miss Mary Cooper and Mrs. Davis Far rior, of the home, Mrs. L. B. Bale, Magnolia, Mrs. J. D. Larkins, Wil mington, Mrs. Leo Albritton, Kins ton, and Mrs. D. L. Wells, Wallace. Several grandchildren, including Sen ator John D. Larkins, also survive. He was born at Coopers Mill, Dup lin county, in 1849. His wife the daughter of the late Dr. Blunt, of Kenansville, preceded him to the grave many years ago. Mr. Cooper died Saturday morning at 12:05 a. m. He had been in declining health for about a year and recently became much worse. TREATED Goldie Hayes, negress, 513 3-4 Foster alley, was treated at James Walker Memorial hospital last night for a gash over the left eye. .X Italian Losses In Bloody Mountain Fighting Terrific M. ■— ■ ' Stresses Defense Warning that the “lust of war crazed dictators’’ threatens the American way of life. Governor Herbert H. Lehman makes a prece dent-breaking message to the open ing session of the 1941 New York state legislature in Albany. The message dealt with only one sub ject, defense, on which he asked united action. Van Zandt Predicts AEF Will Be Sent Abroad Soon BOSTON, Jan. 12— (.P)—Despatch of an American expeditionary force abroad “within the next twro years” was forecast today by U. S. Rep. James E. Van Zandt (R-Pa), former national comihander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “There’s no use kidding ourselves,” he told 600 Massachusetts V. F. C. members. “We’re going to war; it’s only a matter of time.” Asserting that the Axis powers outnumber Great Britain and her Allies in manpower by 1,500,000 men, Van Zandt asked: “Where are the men coming from to make up the difference? From the United States? There’s no doubt about it.” Haille Selassie’s Men Flock To His Cause KHARTOUM, Anglo-Egyptian Su dan, Jan. 12.—<2P)—Haile Selassie, de throned by his Italian conquerors five years ago, is receiving a con stant stream of tribal revolutionary agents in this city only 300 miles from the Ethiopian frontier. These native tribesmen loyal to the ex-emperor have been evading Italian border patrols to cross into the Su dna and contact the Lion of Judah who has set up an informal court here. Here they receive guns and am munition furnished them by the Brit ish through their exiled leader, and re-enter Ethiopia to carry on guerril la activities against the Italians. Arrest Follows Crash On Carolina Beach Road C. E. Taylor was arrested by state highway patrolmen yesterday after noon on charges of operating an an tomobile while intoxicated, hit-and run driving and damages to proper ty after a car he was driving was allegedly involved in a collision with a car operated by J. E. Sternberger on the Carolina Beach highway. He was charged with striking the Sternberger car and leaving the scene without stopping. The Sternberger car was damaged considerably and Sternberger re ceived slight injuries, officers re ported. NEW SHOE GADGET A new gadget that can neither l o seen nor felt when the shoe is on eliminates the necessity of tie ing and untieing shoe laces. It is a small metal loop and button which goes between outside of shoes and the lining. Just touch the button and the shoe will slip off without even touching the shoe lace. 1 BY J. WES GALLAGHEE WITH GREEK MOUNTAIN TROOPS ON THE ALBAN I a CENTRAL FRONT, Jan. li-ibe layed)—<AP)— Italy’s casualties ,tl bloody mountain fighting in Al bania have been terrific—measur e ble, the evidence shows, only ,a the thousands. This conclusion was reached aft er six days spent climbing slushy mountain trails thousands of feet high and walking over mile after mile of fighting ground. No accurate accounting may be made until registration lists are checked for missing men after the war, for in the isolated brush and gorges whole patrols were wiped out and the men left where they lay—lost and forgotten in the wilderness. Almost every foot of these awe some peaks has seen fighting. If one stumbles off a mule trail a few feet, one is likely to blunder 1 onto some hidden Italian macmns' gun nest with gruesome, green-J clad crews sprawled upon a litter I of unexploded hand grenades, I bayonets, packs of ammunition and* explosion-torn refuse. xxxcdc xicata ux. si 1 a now irencnesi hang onto the sides of jagged] peaks, cloaked in mist. , Trench mortar and machine gun' positions are cunningly concealed. The steep slopes with brush be low them are laced with barbed wire. Thousands of grenades and red and black trench mortar bombs strewn for hundreds of yards speak for the abundance of Italian munition^. The positions look impregnable but their occupants lie dead in the bright feathered caps of Alpine divisions or the brilliant insignia of other choice Italian regiments. Somehow Greece’s bayonet in fantry with full packs on backs charge up the slopes on the run. Somehow they dodge a rain ot bombs poured down by hundreds of Italian aircraft. Somehow they smash through the tangled wires and reach the trenches, machine gun nests and mortar positions which, as the hundreds of still forms mutely testify, are stubbornly defended. Once the position is won, the Greeks snatch a hasty meal of bread and cheese and push on. Gov. Broughton Teaches Bible Class As Usual RALEIGH, Jan. 12—(A»)— More than 100 persons today heard Gov ernor Broughton teach his Sunday school class at the Tabernacle Bap tist church. The newly inaugurated governor, who has been a Sunday school teacher for the last 15 years, said he followed the regularly schedul ed lesson, and that the title of the lesson happened to be “The value of personality.” SLIPCOVER TIP When making slipcovers, yoi: will save extra laundering and wear on the sections where head and arms rest, if you cut squares of the same material, taking care t-> match bindings on the slipcov-j ers. If the material is coarsely woven, euch as a homespun, edges, might be fringed. 1 FAN WEAPON Looking like a common foldu " fan, the dagger fan really is a sheath containing a short, sharp stiletto. The deceptive weapon was invent'd by the Japanese. AAAAAAAhnnnnnn I — i TAX LISTING j The Machinery Act provides that Poll and Tangible I Property tax returns shall be made to the list-taker I during the month of January under the pains and penal- I ties imposed by law. ® OWNERS OF AUTOMOBILES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GIVE TAX LISTERS FULL INFORMATION AS TO MODEL, YEAR OF MANUFACTURE AND STATE LICENSE NUMBER. Wilmington township tax listers will be on tne i main floor of old court house daily 8:30 A. M., to 5:30 I P. M., (Sundays excepted), beginning January 2nd, I 1941. County tax listers will meet their usual appoint" | 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 | will meet at the court house January 30th and 31st. J. A. ORRELL, County Auditor. |
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