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WILLKIE’S PLANE SETTING RECORD Clipper Wings Westward Ovei 3,120-Mile Stretch of . .■> South Atlantic BOLAMA, Portuguese Guinea, Feb. 7—(A*)— The Pan American 'clipper Dixie bearing Wendell L. Willkie back to the United States Bped westward tonight across a S, 120-mlle stretch of the South At lantic in the longest non-stop com mercial flight ever attempted. The clipper with Willkie and his party, including John Cowles, pub lisher of the Minneapolis Star journal, and Landon K. Thorne, banker, was due in Port of Spam, British Trindad tomorrow morn ing. The plane left at 4:18 p. m. 12:18 p. m. (E.S.T.l A 24-hour layover here enabled Willkie and his colleagues to or ganize a hunting expedition into the nearby jungles where leopards, lione, elephants and hippoppotami usually abound. But all the hunters saw were a few gazelles and ducks. Willkie bagged a few of the latter. , The plane was delayed in its takeoff because of inability to re fuel it before darkness yesterday, and today’s start had to be timed to permit a daylight arival al Trinidad. During a stop in the 60 mile au tomobile trip into the j unglee, one native village chief proudly ex hibited to Willkie his 26 wives. 3 TRAFFIC DRIVE IS BEGUN HERE (Continued From Page One) while on routine patrol of heavily trafficked Market street, principal artery leading out of Wilmington to Camp Davis. Cited for appearance before Judge Alton A. Lennon in recorder’s court street; Roscoe Robbins, Ash; E. F. Donnell, 2017 Pender avenue; L. W. Robinson, 205 Wrightsville avenue; j. A. Waits, 204 North Third street; L. E. Ferguson, Bolivia; Ralph E. Hendrix, Lenoir, S. C., and Gilner E. Goode, 901 North Third street. The citations came less than 24 hours after Police Chief Joseph Rourk instructed police officers to ttegin strict enforcement of all traffic 'Claws, motorists and pedestrians alike. Decision to tighten up hither to-lax enforcement of traffic laws . came after the chief completed a survey of traffic congestion result ing from the city’s great increase in population during the past GQ 1 days, an increase brought about by thousands of workers pouring into * the city to participate in national defense projects in and near Wil , mington. No arrests for pedestrian violation of traffic signals will be made for the "first few days” of the cam paign, Chief Kourk has announced. Pedestrian violators, he added, will be warned to observe the stop-and go signals. Future oftenses will draw a police citation to recorder’s court where fines up to $5 may be levied. GREEKS REPULSE ITALIAN ATTACKS (Continued From Page One) three months had destroyed at least three submarines and trans ports aggregating 35,000 tons. It was announced officially dur ing the day that King George had inspected units at the front and had been given ovations. VALONA SHELLED BITOLJ, Yugoslavia, Feb. 7.—Wl —Greek reports from Albania said long-range artillery of British ori gin shelled the port of Valona for the first time today. Tepelini, key mountain town to the southeast, around which fight ing has raged for weeks, was re ported in flames for the third day with Italians still putting up a des perate resistance. North of Klisura, in the central Section of the battle front, the Greeks were reported to have de feated -Italian motorized units and seized the advantage to gain fur ther ground. z In the northern sector, in the Devol River valley, an Italian at tack upon the village of Dobric was reported to have collapsed, enabling the Greeks to seize strategic positions in a counterat tack. 3 LArrfcK AooAlLa BRITISH AID BILL (Continued From Page One) this bill because the President was asking congress to follow a course 'that “will lead to disaster.” ; “This measure is a complete Surrender of the responsibilities given the congress by the constitu tion and sets up a dictatorship,” the senator said. “It is in fact a war bill, transferring to the Presi dent war making powers which un |*:jk>ubtedly belong to congress. fj- “Right now the next greatest 8pa|ep in protecting America first is r to kill this so-called lend-leaee, this Lflend-lose -bill, that really is a war dictatorship bill.” «=* . - i The only common wood which ; will burn when still green is that ; of the ash tree... I ,S- - - ADVERTISEMENT ' *•—-—-■ flearing-up help aided by germi dal action of Black and white Lntment Soothes out burn and Itch. First try does it or your money back, vr Vital in cleansing is good i-wtoap, use Black and White Skin Soap. These Italian Defenders Of Bardia Had No Stomach For This remarkable picture shows Italian soldiers captured by the British at Bardia as they streamed out of the Libyan town cn their way to concentration camps. British claimed they took 38,000 prisoner at Mussolini’s “bastion of Fascism” i • • i . v i n__ T)„ J l*.. CUIU L111S piUl/UXC UatAO lliClli U| LYNCH APPOINTED HOME GUARD CHIEF (Continued From Page One) ment for the various units in the state. Details of the organization of the Wilmington unit will be announced next week. OFFICERS ANNOUNCED RALEIGH, Feb. 7—(iP)—A par tial list of officers who will head North Carolina Home Guard units was announced today by Brig-Gen. J. Van Metts, adjutant-general of North Carolina. The officers were recommended by mayors and chairmen of coun ty boards of commissioners in the several communities, in confer ences with leading citizens. The formal appointments were made by Governor Broughton, and will become effective when the officers take their oaths of office. All of the appointments announc ed today were in the infantry, and in each case persons given the rank of captain will be the com manding officers of the units. A letter sent to the newly ap pointed officers said the maximum strength of each Home Guard unit would be 50 men. The men enlisted should be American citizens be tween the ages of 18 and 45—except men between 21 and 26 who are subject to the draft. 1. uiilUvi O U1UOI v. careful not to enlist nayone who may be termed 'Fifth Column careful not to enlist anyone who tendencies in opposition to our American government,” the letter said. Officers named follow: For Rutherford — Capt Robert .T, Hampton. First Lieut. Dewitt Andrews. Second T.ient. E. V. Seitz. For Waynesville — Capt. Jamca H. Howell. First Lieut. William A. Brad ley. Second Lieut. Frank C. Byrd. For Washington — Capt. William A. Blount, Jr., First Lieut. Frazier T. Me Devitt, Second "Lieut. Richard Cherry. For Newton — Capt. ,1. C. Halloway. First Lieut. A. C. Henderson, Second' Lieut. C. M. Barringer. For Shelhy—Capt. E. A. Houser. First Lieut. Earl Wells. Second Lieut. Guy W. Fortune. For Reidsville—Capt. D. F. Mayberry. First Lieut. J. C. McDiarmid, Second Lieut. R. A. Allen. For Winston-Salem—Capt. G. T Bos tic. First Lieut. William H. Burd, Sec ond Lieut. John W. Russell. For Wilson—Cant. Carl F. Batt. First Lieut. Harvey C. McNair, Second Lieut. W. Hubert Taylor, For Lenoir — Capt. George D. Greet. First Lieut. D. T. Smith, Second Lieut. W. C. Pitts. For Concord—Capt. Walter F Cur ran, First Lieut. Alfred H. Bruton, Sec ond Lieut. Eugene D. Caldwell. For Wilmington — Capt. James B. Lynch (others not announced). For Salisbury—Capt. Charles L. Sha ver, First Lieut. Deaderick C. Dungan Second Lieut. William H. Hardin. Jr. For Charlotte—Capt. Charles D. Kirk patrick. First. Lieut. John Thomas Sul livan, Second Lieut. Guy V. Soule. For Henderson—Capt. J. W. Jenkins (others not announced). For Albemarle—Capt. George P. Pal mer, First Lieut. John U. Whitlock, Second Lieut. Ralph Lee For Morganton—Capt. W. K. Keeter, First Lieut. H. P. Pitts, Second Lieut. R. H. Long. For Edenton—Capt. Millard F. Bonds, First Lieut. J. Frank White, Jr., Sec ond Lieut. William S. Privott For Goldsboro—Capt. Zeno G. Hollo well, First Lieut. Hugh Dortch, Second Lieut. Paul Worley. ITALIANS PROTECT AMERICAN EMBASSY (Continued From Page One) when Italy declared war on those countries. Carrying both Italian and German flags, the students first marched to the Piazza Venezia, where they cheered Benito Mussolini; then to the war ministry to cheer the army and, finally, to Fascist headquarters, where an official urged them to be disciplined to "show the world the seriousness of Italy’s sthdious youth, ready more than ever for II Duce's orders.” As evidence of comradeship be tween Italians and Germans, the newspaper La Tribuna printed a photograph of the students with a smiling German soldier on their shoulders. I. JL aootu KfJ • WEATHER (Continued From Page One) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — (AP) — Weather bureau records of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Alpena. 8. - 28 26 .37 Asheville, p, c. - 45 36 .00 Atlanta, cl. - 47 42 .02 Atlantic City, p. c.- 45 40 1.44 Birmingham, cl.- 40 40 .02 Boston, r._ 39 30 .43 Buffalo, s. _ 32 31 .27 Burlington, r._ 41 27 .12 Charlotte, clr.- 58 40 .07 Chicago, cd._ 24 18 .04 Cincinnati, s.- 26 23 .04 Cleveland, s. _ 29 27 .01 Denver, cl. _ 38 19 .00 j Detroit, s._ 25 25 .02 I Duluth, p.c.- 14 ft .34 El Paso. r. .. 42 40 .10 Fort Worth, p.c._ 44 29 .00 Galveston, p.c.- 53 46 .00 Havre, cl. _ 36 12 .00 Jacksonville, cl_ 55 49 1.17 Kansas City, p.c.- 30 20 .00 Key West. p.c.- 79 68 1.01 Little Rock. cl._ 44 24 .00 Los Angeles, cd.- 64 46 .00 Louisville, s._ 26 22 .01 Memphis, cl. - 38 25 .00 Meridian, cl. _ 44 41 .00 Miami, cl. _ 77 67 .74 Minn.-St. Paul, cl.- 15 15 .00 Mobile, p.c.__ — — 53 48 .54 New Orleans, p.c._ 52 51 .14 New York. r.- 50 37 2.99 Pittsburgh, s._ 35 35 .05 Norfolk, cl. _ 46 43 1.32 Portland, Me., r.- 38 25 .46 Portland. Ore., cl.- 58 40 .17 Richmond, p.c.- 46 43 .39 St. Louis, p.c.- 26 20 .01 San Antonio, cd._ 45 44 .00 San Francisco, cd._ 59 40 .00 Savannah, p.c. _ 59 46 .90 Tampa, cl._ 70 60 1.01 V icksburg, cl._ 42 41 .05 Washington, p.c. _ 46 43 .28 Wilmington, cl._ 57 45 1.45 WEYGAND TO KEEP BASE FROM NAZIS (Continued From Page One) French-German collaboration de pends, might be willing to accept something less than the status of premier. Only a short resume of Wey gand’s broadcast was released here. It said that there were no negotiations with the Germans for the cession of Zizerte, Tunisia, and that the French had no intention of giving them this naval-military base for action against the Brit ish in Libya. The government ordered all the newspapers to give this dispatch the most prominent display. In formed person hefe always have contended that the Darlan-Laval conversations went no further than attempting to find a way to bring Laval back to the government. Persons returning from Paris said it appeared likely that after Laval was back in the fold his project to move most of the govern ment to Versailles and Paris would be pressed. WAR INTERPRETIVE (Continued From Page One) Hitler-Mussolini war partnership has been grudging and unwilling from the hour II Duce plunged his country into the struggle. An immediate consequence of the capture of Bengasi must be 1o bring the Koyal Air Force and Royal Navy to closer grips with the Germans and Italians who are trying to bar the Sicilian straits to British use. At Bengasi British aircraft are not much more tnan 400 miles flight from the Sicilian coast. With Italian resistance in East Libya smashed and the great ma jority of the fascist main army in Africa now prisoners of war or bat tle casualties, there seems no seri ous obstacle to early British occu pation of Tripoli and all the coas tal region of Italian North Africa to the border of French Tunisia Based at Tripoli or at any other point on the western side of the Gulf of Sirte, British air fo^ce units would be within easy bombing range of Sicily and even of cen tral Italy. A nose count of casualties and prisoners at Bengasi will prove in teresting. On the eve of the fall o£ that last East Libyan stronghold, apparently without any serious Italian attempt to hold it, Cairo estimated that the remaining Ital ian strength falling back from the Barca Plateau on Bengasi was only 25.000 men. That was a greater surprise than quick British capture of the port. Neutral observers had estimated that the original Italian 6trengtn in East Libya was 260,000 troops, an estimate which now seems too high. Previous British captures, plus Italian casualties and strag glers, had cut that, it was figured, to 75,000 men. It seems impossible that Mar shal Graziani succeeded in spiiil ing 50,000 men out of the Bengasi trap by road or sea in an effort to rally again at Tripoli or else where. British planes and naval craft have had that 650 mile coast al road from Bengasi to Tripoli under direct observation for weeks. The terrain does not lend itself to concealment of large bodies of troops. As this is written, no hint has come from Cairo or elsewhere of the whereabouts of the Italian commander in North Africa him self. Even if he has escaped with a considerable, force, however, it does not appear likely he could long delay British seizure of Tri poli. British forces could be thrown forward by sea as well as along the shore. PLANS FOR RESERVE WORKS PROJECTS ARE BEGUN BY ROOSEVELT (Continued From Page One) men engaged now on defense ef forts. It was adaptation of an old proposal which Mr. Roosevelt advo cated. Numerous officials have urged for years that a reservoir of wo ks projects be developed In periods of prosperity to supply work in de pression days. Mr. Roosevelt said he wanted to talk with MacDonald about a net work of national roads. One high way, for instance, he said, would skirt the Atlantic coast from one end to the other. He also advanced the possibility that the government would apply a principle of excess condemnation. Under it, the government would buy more land than it needed for actual rights of way and sell the surplus. Thereby, he explained, the government rather than private property owners would reap bene fits from the increase in values resulting from new highway con struction. VICKERY SAYS U. S. FACES TREMENDOUS SHIPBUILDING JOB (Continued From ?agc One) maritime commission, he said, has 125 vessels building in addition tion to 65 already completed, and by June 1942 “expects to add another 60 to 80.” “In spite of the magnitude of this program,” Capt. Vickery as serted, "I believe that we will hear complaints and criticisms and de mands for still more ships. “If it be further necessary the shipbuilding industry can even ex pand this program, but I hope it will not. have to do so. The supply of skille.d management and skilled labor is now spread just about as thin as it can be for efficient operation.” 3 FAVORITES WIN PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 7._UPl —The topseeded women players in the South Florida tennis tourna ment breezed through their early round matches to catch up with the rest of the field today. Wet course caused potsponement of all men’s matches and they will be played tomorrow. LIMIT ON TRANSFER OF WAR SUPPLIES OKEHED BY HOUSE (Continued From Page One) ncunced that no more concessions would be made. They had successfully beaten off republican proposals that the President be forbidden to transfer any part of the Navy to other coun tries without congressional con sent, that no new deal labor laws were to be suspended under the measure and that Soviet Russia be specifically excluded from the na tions which might be helped. Taber Offer Plan Then, just at the close of the day. Rep. Taber of New York, ranking republican member of the appropriations committe, arose with an amendment to restrict to $500,000,000 (cost value) any trans fers of defense items on hand or for which money had been appro priated. “This puts a ceiling,’ he said, “upon the things that may be sold, given or traded away that now be long to the Army and Navy. And I mean the vessels of the fleet, planes, guns, ammunition and per haps other things.” At that point, Chairman Bloom (D-NY) of the foreign relations committee interrupted to ask if “the gentleman from New York would agree to a substitute amend ment” which he was about to pro pose. Taber heard the amendment read. There followed a few min utes of argument as to the amount of the 1941 appropriations. In the course of that, Speaker Rayburn, who obviously was behind the move, said from the floor that he had had the total computed and that it lay between $12,000,000,000 and $13,000,000,000. A few minutes later the Bloom proposal went through on a roaring voice vote in which both sides of the chamber joined. “Satisfied” "I am satisfied to go along,” Ta er said, “because it does not per mit havoc to be played with those things which we have in our Army and Navy and does not destroy our own capacity to defend the United States of America.’ 4 Administration leaders explained later that they expected many votes to flow to their side of the issue as a result of their gesture. Republican after republican, and a few democrats as well have com plained vehemently for weeks that under the measure the President could dissipate the entire military and naval establishment in an ef fort to bulwark England and thus leave the country defenseless if England should ultimately fall. The leadership thought the amend ment would effectively remove op position of that nature. Throughout the week, it had been making concessions to one group or another, in an effort to swing as many votes behind the bill as possible for the sake of the effect which they felt a rousing big majority might have on the other side of the Atlantic and Pacific as well. With the amendment in, it was generally thought that the way had been cleared for comparatively easy passage of the bill some time tomorrow. Another major issue re mained to be settled, however, in the fprm of an amendment by Rep. Eaton (R-NJ) which would limit the overall cost of the British aid program to $2,00,000,000. Wide Powers (The bill gives the President wide powers to have war imple ments and other supplies produced and to lease, lend or otherwise dispose of them to nations whose defense he considers vital to the defense of the United States. Throughout the day’s considera tion of amendments, party lines were much in evidence, and in This Cold British Steel Australian troops of the British Imperial army of the Nile dash through streets of Bardia looking for Italians. Nfifc Vinvnnpfs fnr wViinVi Ttnlinns Vinvp nn fnnHnpss fact only minutely broken on the voting. This was true of the amendment by Rep. Fish (R-NY) to bar naval transfers, the Russian amendment, and a third, also by Fish, to stipulate that the bill should not be considered as sus pending the effect of the wage hour act or other laws affecting labor. As a clerk read the last-named amendment, democrats booed and cat-called that many republicans had opposed the enactments in question. Fish explained that the amendment had been requested by William Green, president of t h e American Federation of labor. Democratic speakers denounced the move as political in its motiva tions. It was beaten 98 to 153. The vote against the amendment forbidding the President to trans fer any part of the navy without consent of congress was 183 to 123. ‘No one will contend,” stormed Rep. Fish (R-NY) the author of the amendment, “that the giving away of part of our navy is not an act of war.” Rep. Richards (D-SC) replied that the amendment was “an in sult to the President” and Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts, the democratic leader, said there was no danger that the navy would be given away. 3 Officials of Reveune Department Will Help Taxpayers File Returns Representatives of the state rev enue department will be in Wil mington on February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 and from March 3 through 15 to help taxpayers fill cut their 1941 income and intang ible tax returns, it was announced yesterday. The representatives will also be at the following places during March: Burgaw, March 3, Southport March 4; Elizabethtown, March 5; Whiteville, March 6 and 7. Bennett Reaves Treated For Bullet Wound in Leg Bennett Reaves, of 1116 Chestnut street, was treated at James Walk er Memorial hospital last night for pistol wounds in the left leg. He told police that he was walk ing at 10th and Grace streets and three men stopped him and asked for a cigarette. He refused to give them a cigarette and one of the men pulled out a pistol and shot at him three times, he said, one bullet taking effect in his leg. Motorists Are Warned To Buy City Licenses Police yesterday warned motorists in the city who have not yet pur chased their 1941 city license plates that they are facing possible arrest and a fine for their delay. Through yesterday only 2,279 city tags had been sold and officers said that the sales are far behind those of last year- The tags may be secured at police headquarters daily from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. NAZI INVASIONOF BULGARIA FEARED (Continued From Page One) divisions on the Bulgarian frontier. Greece, which had withdrawn troops from the Bulgarian fronteir,. now has returned some of them to those posts, presumably because Df the presence of German troops In Rumaa in. In his private address to the par liamentary meeting, Popoff was reported to have emphasized the iralue of “good and friendly rela tions” with Germany a6 well as Soviet Russia. “This is a period of world uncertainty,” he said. -— ! HOUSE APPROVES PENSION MEASURE (Continued From Page One) raised to the measure in its pres ent form. The state retirement system to be set up under the legislation re quires a four per cent contribution by employes to be matched by the state. Maximum benefits would be approximately 50 per cent of the employe’s salary upon retirement at 60. The plan would go into ef fect July 1. Both houses received bills, spon sored by the administration, to provide housing authorities for slum clearance in rural areas and for low-paid workers on national defense projects. Measures to expand the scope of the unemployment compensa tion law to include firms with five or more employes and increase benefit payments were introduced in both houses. The existing law covers only firms with eight or more employes. The senate ordered ratified into law a bill to permit a divorced woman to assume either her maid en name or the surname of a for mer husband who had died. The Gobble bill to end the re quirement that persons taking oath must kiss the Bible was passed by the house and sent to the senate. Discussion was started in t n e senate on a Broughton-sponsored measure to establish a state-wide farm marketing system. Action was deferred, however, after Sena tors Gray of Forsyth and Clark of Bladen had questioned provisions of the bill exempting from taxa tion any bonds issued by the mar keting authority. Consideration was postponed un til Thursday on the Leary bill to permit judges to impose life terms in capital cases when juries so re commend. The house judiciary committee number one resurrected a much buffeted bill to give bus companies rights of eminent domain in ac quiring sites for union stations. The committee’s favorable report sent the measure back to the floor of the house which a week ago tabled the bill. A plea for immediate action on the retirement bill, voiced by Rep resentative Arch Allen of Wake, touched off a protest from Repre sentatives Allsbrook of Halifax and Pearsall of Nash. Pearsall said he thought the measure ought to go oack to committee but would not insist. He and Allsbrook served no tice that they would submit a sup plemental bill. Allsbrook explained that the principal objection was to a pro vision that local units providing school suuplements must "pay the state’s share’’ into the retirement program for any salaries paid teachers above the state standard level for eight months. onarp aeuaies uiuxvc uui ui uum houses over two proposed court re forms. By a vote of 54 to 34 the lower house rejected an amend ment by Representative Halstead of Camden to make optional whether the Bible was kissed. An effort by Hatch of Wake and Un derwood of Hertford to kill the pe rennial Bible-kissing bill lost, 52-37. The measure was finally passed and sent to the senate. The senate, by a vote of 16 to 24, failed to pass the Funderburk Jill to provide for continuance of any court cases In which legisla ;ors were involved. Senator Gay of Northampton told the senate that here was ‘no necessity” for the Jill. Senator Funderburk denied hat the measure would be “ob loxious’ to judges. A bill to raise the compulsory school attendance age limit from 14 to 16 years was introduced by Representative Wallace of Johns on. 4 BRITISH FORCES CAPTURE BENGASI (Continued From race sumably the other British „ , took the remainder of the tif yesterday. ‘e Itall«5 Identity Not Given The identity of the captured r. , ian army commander was not e ' in the special communique M B ,e" Graziani had been reported ‘m n gasi before the final assault . made. "*s Some of the Italian garrison „ 25,000 were believed to have escanu the British net by taking to w in Bengasi's expensively harbor which will accommodate hi British cruisers and provide a ha! to support lengthened BnC ground lines. U:S; How many prisoners were in b>, ish hands could not be estimated k night. Counting was under way British military sources said, that of the original garrison man already had been evacuated be!--! the encirclement of Bengasi ■!' completed, some perhaps by set The encirclement is roughly 50b m;:! from the base from which the Br|t, ish started their great desert offo sive on Dec. 8, the Egyptian rai!r,b of Matruh. When the trap was sprung, ;Vj Italians offered virtually no resib, ance in Bengasi itself, it was sail here, although they fired (1--! dumps of ammunition and store; Gem of Empire The city—Berenice to the ancien;< who had thus named it for an Eg?! tian princess they considered m’o! beautiful even than Cleopatra-^, one of the gems of the Italian eij. pi re. More than that, it was the biggj, base yet taken in the long British! thrust to the west, with a norma! population of more than 50,000; j;. capture gave the British control 0! the whole of eastern Libya. Som British sources pointed out it can it used not only against the Italian remaining In Libya but also as a; advanced striking base to atta the German dive-bomber nests Sicily. O'. .I l l airline miles to the west—there as only a few incensequential ooasta! towns and the British expect Ital ian Marshal Rodolfo Graziani to (all back to that ancient city with what ever men can survive to make hit next and, perhaps, last stand. Prepare for Drive The British communique disclosing the fall of Bengasi likewise reportei that preparations for the big British offensive on Cheren, in Eritrea fa: to the south, were "developing sat isfactorily.” In Eritrea, It was stated, 3,50! Italian prisoners already had been taken “with many more coming in," and the field of action was "Uttered" with abandoned Italian war ma terials. In Italian Ethiopia, the British ad vance eastward along the Gondar road was officially reported contin uing and It was said that in that sector prisoners had been captured. On the fourth African front, in Italian Somaliland, some 2,000 miles from Libya, British patrols were said to be "successfully enlarging the area of their penetration.” The developing attack on Cheren, the most important maneuver In «U the East African area, is intended to open the way for the seizure ol the Eritrean capital of Asmara and thus, perhaps, to the fall of tin whole colony to British arms. Bengasi's capture was described by the British command as a "bn. liant” operation—an expression not used by it before in all the African campagn. British armored forces, said tin high command, cut to the south o! | the town and straddled and donti- { nated the Italian line leading to the southward. Australian troops advancing from Derna struck simultaneously and gave the fleeing Fascists "no re spite.” Then, “demoralized and untmaa euvered,” as the British put it, the Italians could not put into eflr' whatever plans they had for the de fense of Bengasi. 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