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Served By Leased Wire Of The - ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 g Dedicated To The Progress Of With Complete Coverage of fifilT ^ WILMIKGTOM State and National News ^ And Southeastern North U8_____WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1941 FINAL EDITION-ESTABLISHED l86f SHIPS INFLICT HEAVY DAMAGE ON FA CTORIES Pour 300 Tons of Shells Into Possible Base for German Expedition PLANES ALSO ACTIVE Electric and Boiler Works Hit and Many Drydocks, Warehouses Damaged LONDON. Feb. 9.—MP)—A British armada, sweeping daringly into a close corner of Italy’s Mediter ranean coast, poured 300 tons of shells at dawn today into the great Italian port of Genoa, the admiral ty announced. Against the other end of the Axis. British warplanes again struck deep into Germany with an attack on Mannheim, Germany, as well as on the Nazi-occupied ports of Flushing and Rotterdam in daylight Saturday. Prime Minister Churchill, telling the British empire by radio of this latest exploit of Britain’s sea power, called it a “shattering” bombardment “of the naval base from which perhaps a Nazi Ger man expedition might soon have sailed to attack (French) General Weygand in Algeria or Tunis.” Sail Past Corsica To reach Genoa, the British had to sail past Sardinia and Corsica into an arm of the Mediterranean, the Ligurian Sea, many miles from British bases at either Gibraltar or Malta. Genoa is the site of big merchant marine and naval con struction. To carry out this assignment in the innermost waters of the sea which Italians call “ours,” the British called on some of their finest and mightiest fighting ships —a fleet of about 1 ”1,000 tons bucked up by naval planes. They sent the 31,100-ton battle ship Malaya, the 32,0r0-ton battle cruiser Renown, the 22,000-ton air craft carrier Ark Royal and the 9,100-ton cruiser Sheffield “with light forces in company.” These ships marched into the corner of the Italian cAast at the very top of the boot, about 600 miles on a eraight line from the toe, and the admiralty said, laid (Continued on Pag* Three; Col. 6) DARLAN ADVANCED IN VICHY REGIME Admiral Is Appointed For eign Minister by Petain; Flandin Is Ousted VICHY, France, Feb. 9.—M— Admiral Jean Darlan, command er of the French navy, emerged tonight from a week of intense po litical jockeying between German held Paris and unocc-’pied France as the new No. 2 man in the French government. Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain shook up his cabinet by accepting the resignation of Pi erre-Etienne Flandin, foreign min ister since Dec. 14. and naming Admiral Darlan vice premier and foreign minister. Petain also kept Darlan in his old post of navy minister, to which the veteran “admiral of France” was appointed last June, before France’s fall. Thus Darlan succeeds Pierre La val—almost two months after La val s ouster—as the second man in the Vichy regime. Darlan re (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) Funeral Rites Are Held For Two Victims Of Fire Funeral rites for the two victims of a fire at Hampstead Friday—Viv ian and Alice Howard, ages 5 and 10 —were held from the graveside in the Topsail Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. C. C. Myers, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. C. O. Plyler, pastor of the Hampstead Methodist church, conducted the services. A large crowd attended the serv ices, including a number of Burgaw citizens who followed the funeral cortege to Topsail. Meanwhile, Edna Howard, 17, con tinued in a “critical” condition at James .Walker Memorial hospital ' v> here last night, while her older sis ter, Dorothy, 18, was reported to be in a “satisfactory” condition. The four daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Allie Howard, together with Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Bodie McCoy, were severely burned when flames from a burning can of kerosene set fire to their small home at Hamp stead. Mrs. Howard and Mrs. McCoy were given treatment at the hospital here for second degree burns of the hands and arms and released. Coroner M. O. Pope, of Pender county, termed the deaths of the two girls “accidental” and said that no inquest will be.hgld, ■» I Churchill Pro in W ithout U. S. F orce Says Germans May Be Going Into Bulgaria Says American Aid in Form Of Supplies Expected to Clinch Victory SOLDIERS NOT NEEDED _ ! Declares War Is Soon Go ing to Enter Upon Phase Of Greater Violence LONDON, Feb. 9.— Ger many’s expected invasion of Bul garia perhaps has already begun. Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared tonight in a world radio address in which he promised to •finish the job” of defeating Adolf Killer without the help of an American expeditionary force. On this point Churchill was em- 1 phatic. American aid in the form of supplies now seems assured, lw said, to clinch a British victory. "In the last war the United States sent 2.000,000 men across the Atlantic, but this is not a war ot vast armies, hurling immense masses of shells at one another,” ! the prime minister declared. “We do not need the gallant armies which are forming throughout the American union. We do not need Ihem this year nor next year nor ! any year that I can foresee.” Needs Materials But Britain does need im mense and continous supply of war materials” and to get them needs more shipping facilities, he said. He mentioned Bulgaria and the difficulty of convincing that nation that with Germany it would be on the losing side, after a happy de scription of British successes in Africa and the defense work at home. “We may be sure,” he went on, "that the war is soon going to en ter upon a phase of greater vio lence. Hitler’s confederate, Mus solini, has reeled back in Albania. Eut the Nazis, having absorbed Hungary and driven Rumania into a frightful internal convulsion, are already upon the Black Sea. ‘A considerable German army »nd air force is being built up in Rumania, and its forward tenta cles have already penetrated Bul garia with what we must suppose (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) BRUNSWICK NEGRO KILLED BY SH F Brewington Shot When He Attempts to Assault Dep uty Magrum Tripp SOUTHPORT, Feb. 9. — Arthur Brewington. 30-year-old negro, was shot and killed by Sheriff Dillon -aney, of Brunswick county, early ls doming in Northwest township 'v ien the negro resisted arreat and attempted to assault Deputy Sherifff agrum Tripp with a wrench, Cor oner John G. Caison reported. Coroner Caison impanelled a jury i 0 Vlew (Be body this morning and nnounced that an inquest into the noath will be held at Carl West’s (Continue on Page Three; Col. 1) British Not Asking U. S. To Become Active Ally By SCOTT HERSHEY ]\EW YORK, Feb. 9.—UP)—Wen L. Willkie, home from a "see w niyself” tour of England and tail!’ Sald today he had heard "no expecting, anticipating or sug sestmg that the Un|ted state8 jj,. Britain" aCtive ally in warfare with 1940 republican presidential ndidate said he went abroad 18 Js ag0 “as a private citizen on J own responsibility and I’m com s back the same way.’’ iw'lu'6 declared that those who he issue of aid to Britain on Unit!!S °f war or no war for the tic ’> 3 States were being “unrealis jLeXt'iesBed the belief that "if oot give aid to Britain, we I t I shall probably become Involved in war.” Willkie asserted, "opponents of aid to Britain are saying that if the United States gives aid to Britan we may become involved in war, while if we do not give aid to Bri tain, we can remain at peace. “That Is a wholly unrealistic state ment of the issue. As a matter of fact, in my judgment, if we do give aid to Britain we are likely to stay out of war, while if we do not give aid to Britain, we shall probably be come involved in war.” He declined to elaborate on the statement except to indicate a be lief that if Britain eellapsed the (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4). Uncle Sam’s K ^ ^ar Machines At Play They look for all the world like toys, and they’re only playing at war, but the U. S. Army believes these midget cars and experimental plane may one day prove very valuable. That’s the reason for these practice maneuvers at bort Benning, <ia. Cars are used for quick transport of men and guns; little plane can take ott and land m small area, may prove valuable for reconnaissance. British Take 5 Generals In Drive Toward Tripoli EL AGHEILA IS SEIZED English Within 10 Miles of Border of Libya’s West ernmost Province CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 9— OP) — Britian’s rapidly advancing army of the Nile, its speed apparently unchecked, reported today it had smashed almost one-half of the way between captured Bengasi and Tri poli, Libya’s capital and last major stronghold, seizing five more gen erals and uncounted thousands of prisoners. Occupation of El Agheila by "ad vanced elements of our armed forces’’ while others still mop up the battlefields south of Bengasi was reported in a General Head quarters communique. On Coastal Road > This placed the British vanguards part way around the Gulf of Sidra, about 180 miles southwest of Ben gasi, on the tortuous coastal road which crosses 600 miles of desert waste to Tripoli. El Agheila, a town of about 1,000 population with barracks for Carabinieri, an emergency landing field and a wireless station, is the last place of importance before the expanse of the Sirtica desert lying in the British path. Seat of a dis trict govenor, the town i sonly 10 miles from the border of Trl politania, Libya’s western-most i province. “In addition to an army com mander and a corps commander reported as captured,” the com munique added, “five other senior Generals and many thousands of prisoners have been taken.” “Owing to -the extent of the area covered by the final operation it will be some time before the ex act numbers of prisoners and a mount of war materials can be assessed.” One of the captive generals was identified in a military announce ment as General Annibale (Elec (Continued on Page Three; CoL 2) I Sharp Earthquake Felt At Eureka, California EUREKA, Calif., Feb. 9.—<JP> A sharp earthquake was felt here at 1:45 a. m. (4:45 a. m„ E.S.T.) today. The shock set light fixtures swaying, rattled windows and awoke a great many people. There was no damage reported. At Berkeley, Perry Byerly, as sociate professor of seismology at the University of California said a “very large quake” lasting two hours was recorded on his in struments beginning at 1:45 a. m. The shock was so severe it threw the seismograph pen off the re cording dfum. Prof. Byerly said the quake might have centered far off the coast. CLIMB IN RETAIL TRADE REPORTED \ U. S. Reports Americans Bought $45,500,000,000 Of Goods Last Year WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — (IP) — The commerce department said to day that Americans bought $45,500, 000,000 of goods at retail last year, 8.3 per cent more than in 1939 and only 6 per cent short of the 1929 peak. Three other federal agencies like wise published reports indicative of the general business upswing in the past year. The social security board said that state employment offices placed $,• 200,000 workers In private jobs, in 1940—the greatest number in any (Continued on Page Two; Col.'4) WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina: Generally fair Mon day and Tuesday, slightly warmer Tuesday and in west portion Monday. * . — (By U. 8. Weather Bureau) (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.) Temperature 1:30 a. m. 38: 7:30 a. m. 35; 1:30 p. m. 39; 7:30 p. m. 36; maximum 40; mini mum 33 ;• mean 36; normal 47. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 66; 7:30 a. ni. 57; 1:30 p. m. 44; 7:30 p. m. 46. Precipitation Total for 24 hou'rs ending 7:30 p. m. 0.00 inches. TotaJ since first of the month 1.68 inches. Tides For Today (From Tide Tables published by U. 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey.) High Low Wilmington_ 8:36a 3:19a 8:56p 4:00p Masonboro Inlet-1— 6:lCa 12:07a 6:42p 12:42p Sunrise 7:02a; sunset 5:51p; moonrise 4:45p; moonset 5:43a. cape Fear river stage at Fayette ville on Feb. 9, at 8 a. m., 9.90 feet. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 7} I 4 GRAM EXPECTED TO OPPOSE BRITISH Believed Preparing to Make Stand in Defense Zone Of Tripolitania ROME, Feb. 9—W)—Somewhere in the coastal defense zone of Tri politania, northwest Libya, Mar shal Rodolfo Graziani is expected to make a stand against the forces of Britain’s Imperial Army of the Nile with all available forces in cluding troops flown from Italy. “Is this Graziani’s line of ac tion?” Asked Italy’s topflight mili tary commentator, Giovanni An saldo, editor of Foreign Minister Count Ciano's Leghorn newspaper, II Telegrafo. “We do not know,” he answered himself. “But we believe it is.” The high command told but lit tle of the situation in Libya, into which British mechanized and mo torized forces have driven to a point more than 800 airplane miles from the green valley of the Nile. About 600 miles of desert road, winding along the Gulf of Sidra and the Mediterranean lie between Bengasi and Tripoli, capital of all Libya, to the west. (The British reported Sunday their advance mo torized units already had pene trated 180 miles southwest of Ben gasi on that long route to Tripoli.) Ansaldo, who broadcasts fre quently to the Italian troops, wrote in the Leghorn newspaper that the best tactics seem to be “to keep all available forces in Tripolitania and have others flown there from Italy and finally organize at a point on the shore road in the coastal zone with a defense capa ble of really sustaining with ade quate equipment the shock of Wa veil’s tanks.” General Sir Archibald P. Wavell is commander-in-chief of the Im perial Army of the Nile. The Italian high command re ported "combats of a local -:har (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) 1 Taft Proposes 7 Amendments To Lease Bill Leaders Predict British Aid Measure Will Be Ap proved by March 1 DEBATE IS PLANNED Wendell Willkie Expected Jo Testify Before Com mittee Early in Week WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — ta>) — House passage of the administra tion's British aid bill was followed to day by new demands in the senate for changes in the measure, but lead ers predicted the legislation would be approved without major alteration by March 1. Democratic Leader Barkley said he exected to start senate debate on the momentous bill late this week, and declared he was confident of senate approval without any important change by the month’s end. Senator Taft (R-Ohio), a foe of the measure, proposed, meanwhile, a se ries of seven amendments, one of which would prohibit American ships from entering war zones Transfer Opposed Another would forbid repair of for eign ships in American ports, a third would prevent the President from transferring naval vessels to foreign powers, and a fourth would prohibit the disposal of any defense article until after congress had appropriat ed money to carry on the aid pro gram. Taft suggested, too, that “defense articles” sent to warring ‘‘democra cies” should be limited to those manufactured in this country. An other of his proposed amendments would require that any money col lected from nations benefitting under the program be placed in the treas ury as miscellaneous receipts instead of being set up as a revolving fund for production of detense materials. Taft’s amendments will be consid ered by the foreign relations com mittee after it concludes hearings on the bill, probably Tuesday. Chairman George (D-Ga) called the committee to hear additional opposi tion witnesses tomorrow. Wendell L>. Willkie, just returned from a sur vey tpur of Great Britain, is expect ed to testify Tuesday. Willkie has favored the bill "with "modifications.” He is expected to (Continued on Page Three; Col 3) DREDGE CHEROKEE ARRIVES FOR WORK Is Scheduled to Begin Work At New Shipyards at Sun set Park Tuesday The hydraulic, dredge, Cherokee, of the Merritt Dredging company, of Charleston, S. C., arrive here last night and will begin work of dredging in the area in front of the new shipyards at Sunset Park Tuesday morning, Harry Merritt, one of the partners of the Arm, said. Contract for removal of 400,000 cubic yards of material from in front of the proposed six ways to the river channel was awarded (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) City Manager Vote Bill Rules Suspension Slated Suspension of the rules in the house will be asked when the bill to provide an election on the ques tion of establishing the city mana ger form of government here is introduced in the lower body of the legislature today, Representa tive Jack LeGrand said yesterday. In asking that the rules be sus pended, Rep. LeGrand pointed out this move was planned because of the need of action on the measure as early as possible so that if an election is held it will not conflict with the city primary in April. The election machinery referred to in the bill provides that, in the event of its passage, an election must be held within 40 days after its approval. The election ma chinery also requires the board of elections of New Hanover county to publish notice of the vote once a week for four weeks. If the bill is passed in the house under suspension of the rules, it will then gp to the senate, which will refer it to committee. The committee is expected to report it out not later than Thursday. Rep. LeGrand, who said he was also speaking for New Hanover’s other representative, John R. Mor ris, said that if anyone desires a hearing while the senate has the bill, notify either of the two legis lators not later than Tuesday. If : a request is made, he said they i will arrange a hearing in Raleigh either Wednesday or Thursday and i (Continued oq Page Three; Cpl. 4) jj Dies REED SMOOT REED SMOOT, 79, EX-SENATOR, DIES Gained Wide Prominence As Co-Author of Smoot Hawley Tariff Act ST. PETERSBURG, Fla./Feb. 9.— CP)—Former United States Senator Reed Smoot, 79, of Utah, who gained national prominence as co-author of the Smoot-Hawley tariff act, died here today after a lingering illness. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 10, 1862, he was one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon church at the time of his election to the senate in 1903. During his SO year tenure in the senate which ended in 1933, the re publican senator became chairman of the senate finance committee and the ranking member of the appro priations committee. In 1929 he joined in preparing the Smoot-Hawley bill and piloted it through the senate single-handedly until it became law in 1930. He was defeated in his campaign for reelection in November, 1932, by Elbert Duncan Thomas, a Democrat, (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) DARST SPEAKS AT DEDICATION HERE Large Crowd Attends Dedi cation of Community Hos pital Nurses’ Home “While nations are preparing for the destruction of other men, we here today are preparing for safe ty, health and happiness,” Bishop Thomas C. Darst, of the East Car olina diocese of the Episcopal church, said in an address dedi cating the new Nurses’ home of the Community hospital in the Wil liston High school auditorium yes terday afternoon. A large crowd attended the ex ercises, over which Dr. M. N. Leary presided as master of cere monies, “We should not work to tear down the lives of men, but should rather work to build them up,” (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) War Interpretive BY EDWARD E. BOMAR The British navy’s bombardment of Genoa and the prospective Nazi move into Bulgaria referred to by Winston Churchill appear to signal the 1941 opening of the war’s main show. As much as the British victories in Africa, the bold attack on the major fascist naval base bared Italy’s weak ness and demanded imperatively luick and direct action by Adolf Hit ler to succor his battered Axis ally. Important And a Nazi move into Bulgaria would be of primary importance, car rying the peril of involving Turkey and all the Balkans and facing Ger nany with a war on two fronts. ’ As events unfold, Mr. Churchill is m safe grounds in advising that the [Continued on Face Xen; Col. S). Nazis Claim Danish Vessels in America Placed Into Service BERLIN, Feb. 9—UP)— The official German radio reported today from Copenhagen that two Danish vessels, long tied np at a United States territor ial port, had been put into service without permission of Danish authorities. The agency quoted a head line in the newspaper Fraed reiandet of Copenhagen which called the act “piracy against Danish ships in the United States of America.” The DNB dispatch said the two vessels, Danish Petroleum company tankers, tied up since April, 1940, at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, which is United States territory, had been placed in service between New York and Venezuela. ITALIANS DAMAGE HISTORIC CHURCH Twenty Women and Chil dren Killed During Raids On Six Greek Cities ATHENS, Feb. 9.—(PI—Italian bombers raiding at least six cities and localities in Greece today heavily damaged the historic church of St. Sophia in Salonika and killed 20 women and children in Ioannina, the ministry of home security reported late tonight. The bombers spread over Greece with the coming of better weather which intensified artillery and aerial activities on the Albanian front. The church of St. Sophia, one of the best examples of Byzantine architecture, was hit squarely by one bomb, which damaged the bel fry and destroyed the left aisle and part of the women’s section. Another bomb fell in the church yard. Six bombs falling a short distance from the church dam aged three nearby hospital clinics with splinters, reports from Saloni ka said. The home security ministry said a small number of houses and a church were wrecked in Ioannina. A child was reported killed at Patras. Three other points report ed raided without damage or cas (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) Many Soldiers Stage Riot in New Glasgow NEW GLASGOW, N. S., Feb. 99. — <® —Several hundred soldiers fought each other and civilians Sat urday night, damaged buildings and other property and set fire to one house. Officials refused to announce the cause of the clashes. The crowded Main street of the town was impassable for a time as different units battled each other. Town and military police could not control the soldiers. A large group of the men almost destroyed the interior of Colin Dor rington’s home, smashing down doors to get in and breaking furni ture. Three fires were started in a house. Children asleep in the house were taken to nearby homes. A man found unconscious in the place was taken to a neighboring building. One soldier was injured by a blow from a stove poker.
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