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BIG SEA BATTLE
British and Germans Sink Ships In
Scandinavian Waters
Stockholm, Thursday, April 11. ? British, warships
were reported early today to be ready to shell the Ger
mans out of Oslo after engaging German men-o-war in
the biggest naval battle since the British grand fleet
limped home from the Battle of Jutland 24 years ago.
First meagre reports of the battle, fought almost with- .
in Swedish territorial waters, said the British fleet ap
peared to be whipping the Nazi warships after forcing
its way through the narrow Skagerrak and down into
the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark.
Fierce fighting also was raging early today in Oslo
Fjord, it was said, with the remnants of Norway's tiny
iiavy aiding the British.
British Ultimatum
The British, according to the Stockholm radio, served ,
an ultimatum threatening to turn their guns on Osk) un- |
less the Germans gave up their "protective" hold on the j
capital by noon today.
The city was being evacuated amid scenes of panic,
according to reports at the Swedish frontier, while plan
es battled overhead and bombs fell on the outskirts.
(In London, reports circulated
that Adolt Hitler had served an
ultimatum on Sweden demanding
the right to transport troops and
supplies across Swedish territory
to maintain his foothold in Scan
dinavia.)
In the Skagerrak buttle, within
sight of people in the Swedish!
t >wn of Gothenburg, four German
cruisers and five heavily-laden
i,-oops ships were sunk, according!
o these reports.
The pit> of the battle. was u fowl
?niles northwest of the Island of|
Hlppelin.
Nazi Ships Down
Hippelin residents said the> |
saw two ships, believed to tiC^Nazi
transports, explode and disappear
ito the sea with amazing speed.
Hundreds of heads bobbed in
the water, but lisherfolk werei
frald to exjfose their frail craft1;
in rescue work because of the in
tense firing.
Later several fishing boats left!
the Island of Roeroe adjoining
Hippelin and returned loaded;
with dead and wounded German
soldiers and sailors.
The detonations of the broad
sides shook houses on the Swed
ish islands and shattered windows.
The German fleet in Wie battle
was reported by Gothenburg eye
witnesses to have consisted of 2 3 '
ships, 11 of which were troop
transports.
The loss of lives was great and >
nany bodies of German soldiers
and sailors were washed up on i
-nore.
Several badly damaged troop
ships ran for refuge within Swed
ish territorial waters.
See Fighting
Residents of the Swedish town
of Marstrand saw ships go down
in flames and watched the flashes
of pounding, btg-callbre guns.
The naval battle began at 3 p.
m., Wednesday and continued un
til far into the night when part
of the British fleet, reported to be
10 ships, pushed back northward
into the Skagerrak at full speed
and into Oslo Fjord.
Gothenburg reports said there
was great loss of life in the sink
ing of five German troop ships.
Inhabitants of Marstirand re
ported that the battle began be
tween German armed trawlers
and British submarines, and that
later warships and bombing plan
ts entered the conflict.
Residents of the Island of Es
^eroe said they saw two Nazi war
ships sink stern first. One was a
German cruiser in flames.
A short distance away circles of
Mack smoke rose from a shatter
ed German cruiser.
London, April 10. ? British war
ships, pounding again and again
at the German Invaders of Nor
way, were reported tonight in dis
patches from the North to have
pointed their big guns at Oslo, de
manding the surrender of the city
by its Nazi garrison, during a
proud and bitter day of sea battle
from one end of the "Hitler-pro
'ectied" Scandinavian kingdom to
she other.
Two Norwegian cities. Bergen
und Trondhelm, already were re
ported, without confirmation, to
have been taken by British land
ing parties aftdr one day of Ger
man occupation.
While the navy gunB were
barking out across the Nortih Sea.
British fighting planes defending
home shores were credited with
shooting down four Nasi planes
which attempted a Wednesday
night raid on Scapa Flow and per
haps (our others, all Heinkels, in ;
daylight engagements off Scot
land. Two long-range Royal Air
Force fighters flew over Norway. ;
fired a refueling tank on a Nazi- ?
occupied air base, destroyer a
German bomber and crippled
three others.
One civilian was wounded in
the unsuccessful Scapa Flow at
tack, but an official announce
ment said no damage was done to
shipping or shore properties by
the bomb and machine-gun raid
ers.
Delayed dispatches from Swed
en did not say what happened at
Oslo after 1 p m.. when the re- ;
ported British deadline for the
surrender of the city expired.
Into Oslo Fjord
But the Stockholm reports said
that units of the British navy
penetrated Oslo Fjord, rocky sea
approach to the occupied capital. I
this morning, aided by coastal
guns still held by Norwegian for- I
ces.
The wide sweep of British na
val action embraced a vicious and
successful attack against German
troop ships and warships in the
Skagerrak and one or more raids
on the important ore shipping
port of Narvik.
The British Admiralty, tradi
tionally the "silent service." de
clined comment, however, on
most of the reports of naval war
fare.
LOUISBURQ BAPTIST
CHURCH
Dr. A. Paul Bagby. pastor will
preach on "The Closed Gate of
Eden" at eleven o'ctock. At sev
en-thirty he will preach on "The
Open Gate of Heaven."
Sunday School at 9:45 A, M.
Training Union at 6:45 P. M.
1 1 '
AT LEAST FOUR DIE
AND 27 HURT SUNDAY
Amite, La., April 8. ? Tornadic
winds ripping across southern
Louisiana early yesterday brought
death to at least four persons, left
one missing, injured 27 and caus
ed extensive property damage,
Three were killed here and Mrs.
Albert Ouillle, 24. was drowned in
the picturesque Lafltte-Bayou Ba
rataria section, 100 miles south,
when her houseboat was wrecked.
Her husband was RtlU missing to
day. Two children, cousins of
Ouille. were Injured.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following Is the program
at the Loulsburg Theatre begin
ning Saturday, April 13th:
Saturday ? Double Feature ?
Gene Autry and Jane Withers in
"Shooting High" and Sidney Tol
er In "Charlie Chan in Panania."
Also Chapter No. 11 "Zorros
Fightitag Legion."
Sunday-Monday ? Ann Sheri
|dan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bo
garb and Zasu Pitts In- "It All
Came True,"
Tuesday ? Jean Mulr, Laralne
Day, Robt. Cummings and Rlllle
Bur|te in "And One Was Beauti
ful."
Wednesday ? James Stephenson
and Margot Stevenson In "Calling
Philo Vance."
Thursday-Friday ? Lew Ayres,
Lionel Barrymore, Emma Dunn,
Samuel Hinds and Laralne Day
In "Dr. Kildare's Strange Ca if."
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TO SPEAK
HON. J. M. BROUGHTON I
Candidate for Governor of
North Carolina will speak in tho;
Courti House in I,ouisburg at 2:00
o'clock on Monday afternoon,
during the recess of Court. All
are invited to hear him on thei
political issues of the day.
CITIZENS OK IiOUlhlillKG
RKQIFKNTK1) TO OB8KRVK
CIJCAN-UP WKKK, APIUI. iiK
TO MAY 5. 1040
In cooperation with other
Agencies of Franklin County
who are staging a CLEAN-CI*
WKKK from April iiHih through
May 5, 1040. we are attempt
ing to inuke of Loulsburg, N.
C., one of the cleanest, neatest,
prettiest towns in North Caro
lina.
We are asking the citizens of
Loulsburg to help us in this
movement by cleaning up your
premises. We will be glad to
send a truck to your homes anil
stores to haul all of your trash
without cost to you. When you
hate accumulated your tra$li
call Telephone Number 427-1.
and it truck will be sent to haul
your trash as soon as possible.
With sincere wishes that you
will join the CLEAN-IP CAM
PAIGN, I am.
Respectfully yours,
W. C. WKKK, Mayor.
TWO BRITISH AND SIX
NAZI PLANES DOWNED
Eight wurplanes. two British
and six German, were reported
shot down Tuesday in bursts of
aerial fighting over the North Sea
and the western front.
Perhaps the most) spectacular
action of the day was told by tho
official German news agency,
DNB. which said two British bom
bers were shot down about 100
miles north of the fortified Ger
man Island of Sylt. The agency
said the battle over the sea invol
ved "a swarm" of German pursuit
planes and 24 British aircraft but
that no German planes were lost.
In London, the air ministry an
nounced that two British plaues
failed to return atfer the batole
and that one German plane was
destroyed in the tight.
BREMEN RUMORS
Amsterdam, April 9 A re
port entirely unconfirmed cir
culated here tonight that the
German liner Bremen had been
sunk by British airplanes or
had been torpedoed. The re
ports did not state where the
sinking was supposed to hate
occurred.
It was believed the report
t originated on the Bourse.
New York, April #. ? Colum
bia Broadcasting systems short
wave station here tonight pick
ed up a radio report from Paris
saying that Amsterdam had re
ported to Iiondon that the Ger
man steamship Bremen had
been sunk while carrying 1,300
soldiers.
CBS said the broadcast was
in the Hpanlsh language and
that no confirmation had come
from London.
I MOTHER KlIiLH .1 G HI 1.1)11 E\
AND HERSELF
I. os Angeles. April 4. ? A moth
ler beat her three small children
to death today with a small ham
mer and then died In a flaming
{mattress after setting fire to her
own hair.
The dead, officers reported, are
Mrs. Lolita Davis, 43; Daphne
Davis, 10; Deborah Davis, 7; Mar
quis Davis,. t. A fourtih child,
ChloA, 11, wis beaten almost un
conscious, but officers said she
probably would recovp^dk.
LITTLE HOPE ADVANCED
FOR IMPROVING U . S. NO. 1
Traffic does not Justify better
ment of ,IT. S. Highway 1 south of
Cary and any widening of the
highway north of Raleigh must
wait until ? -and if ? adequate
funds are available. Highway En
gineer W. Vance Raise said yes
terday.
The engineer of t>he Highway
and Public Works Department is
sued the statement in answer to :<
question from New York, but it
indirectly answered recent peti
tions to the Highway Commission
from Wake. Vance. Halifax and
Franklin counties. Civic agencies
in these counties have clamored
for Improvement of the north
south artery in North Carolina.
Figures of the highway depart
ment show the road to extend 17!i
| miles through this State. 171
miles of this distance being 18
feet wide, six miles (between Ral
eigh and Cary) being 30 feet wide
and two miles (ilorth of Sanford)
being 20 feet wide.
Any betterment program., the
: engineer said, would not be un
dertaken as a continuous project
along the r6ad hut would be a
sector - by - sector improvement
where traffic demands most of the
road. ? News-Observer.
I .
Appoints Regis
trars and Poll
Holders
? I
At a meeting of the Board of
Elections for Franklin County
held in Louisburg on Saturday the
following were appointed llegis
trars and pollholders for the com
ing primary and election. The
first' named is the Registrar and
the last named is the Republican
member:
Dunn No. 1 ? J. O. Williams. J.
F. Perry, J. R. White.
I)unn No. 2 ? C. E. Penrce. V
P. Mills, J. A. Ray
Harris ? Oscar Hagwnod. .1. 1!
Wilder, W. R. Young
Youngsvllle ? C. (' Winslnii.
<:. K. Winston, E. M. Mitchell.
Franklinton ? -M. W. Hardy. J.
B. Kearney. B. B. 1'ruitt.
Hayesvllle ? A. A. Purnell. J
I II. Ooodson. O. T. Ayescue.
Sandy Creek ? G. B. Egerlou.
Morris Bledsoe. Walter Ball.
Gold Mine ? Alston Fuller. T
It. Gupton. Bennie Shearon.
Cedar Rock ? Ira Itiscoo. Arch
Wilson, J. C. Barthoomew
I Cyprese Creek ? J. A. Boone.
! J. M. Harris. A.- it* Wilder.
Liruisburg ? W. A. Hoggins. Tt.
iW. Alston. E. H. [light.
Recorder's Court
Franklin Recorder's CAurt held
;i short session on Tuesday morn
ling and disposed of cases as fol
lows:
Thomas Hum plead guilty to
motor vehicle violations, prayer
| for Judgment continued.
Hulsy Dunston was found gull
i ty of unlawful possession of whis
I key, and given 60 days on roads,
suspended upon payment of costs
and not to violate any liquor laws
of the State for a period of two
years.
Tom Williams. Jr.. plead guil
ty to larceny and receiving and
was given 4 months on roads.
The following cases were con
j tinued:
I Mary Lee Alston, motor vehicle
1 violation.
I George ilaglund. motor vehicle
violation.
Archie Bell, unlawful posses
! sion of w*hiskey.
1 * ? ? ? ?
CURRENT LITERATI/RIO Clil'lt
The Current) Literature Club
'was entertained by Mrs. A. Paul
Bagby at her home, on Tuesday
| afternoon. April 9. The subject
j of the program was "The East."
! Mrs. L. P. Kent spoke on "Sln
klang, Afghanistan, Baghdad";
! Mrs. M. S. DavU__revlewed the
j bosK.J'In ptc Steps of Moses, the
| Lawgi<?rrt; and Mrs. C. M. Wat
kins spoke on "India Reveals Her
self." Following the program, re
' freslunents were served by the
hostess, assisted by Miss Elizabeth
Lasslter.
Members present were: Mrs. L.
P. Kent, Mrs. C. M. Watklns, Mrs.
M. S. Davis, Mrs. T. C. Amlck,
Mrs. V. R. Kllby, Mrs. J. G. Phil
lips, Miss Mary Tarborough and
Mrs. Bagby. Miss Ellxabeth Las
Biter was a special guest.
MILLS P. T. A.
Mills P. T. A. will hold its last
| meeting Thursday, April 18th,
1.1:30 In the auditorium. Please
'everybody come.
Mrs. Enrle Murphy. Pres.
BAND CONCERT
Mills P. T. A. will sponsor the'
i Henderson High School Band.
April 26, Friday night, at 8:00.
Oo outi and make this entertain
ment a big success. ,
A car traveling at 60 miles an
hour strikes a stationery object
with an Impact ?qual to that It
would have If dropped off a 10
story- building.
Golf Tournaments
Begin
The first of a series of golf
tournaments by the Green Htll
Country Club will take place on
Saturday afternoon. April 20,
when the Wake Forest) golfers
will meet the local boys on the
Green Hill course. About eigh
teen of the Wake Forest Faculty
have signified their intention of
taking part in this tournament:
and although a large number of
the Louisburg golfers cannot
play on Saturday, the Tourna
ment Committee reports that thev
hope to be able to match all Wake
Forest players.
Only a very few matches will
be scheduled to be played on Sat
urdays. as that day is not conven
ient for most liouisburg golfers.
However, this was the only con
venient day for the college pro
fessors.
The Tournament Committee
expects to arrange matches with
Hoxboro. Mehane, S011M1 Host on.
Oxford and Warrenton, but to
date, only one other definite en
gagement has been settled. This
is with Warrenton on May 8. 011
the local links.
BASE-BALL
Tlir Colleger Tro
jans will play Col. Karl Holt's
Oak Ridker's this afternoon ai
tt:tM> oYlook at tlir follow
l(all I'ark This Is oxprclnl to
lx? a ti^ht name as Col. Holt
always brings a good Irani to
lx>uisburg.
IMHItLh-lllvXIlKIt S.XTI'ltlKVV
Tlir Trojans %vill also |?la>
Winuatr a <kMiV?l<*-head?*r on
tin* local grounds Saturday,
the first game starting at 2:tH?
o'clock.
APPLICATION FORMS
FOR FREE GLASSING
READY FOR GROWERS
formi- for making request for
the free clashing of cotton of their
1940 crops are available for one
variety communities and other
cotton improvement groups a I
the At-lanta classing office of the
Agricultural Marketing Service
Joe M. McLure who iR In chat-gc
of the office announced today.
Representatively of any cottor
improvement group in Georgia
Alabama. Florida, South* Caro
lina. North Carollna*lind Virginia
may obtain set* of these applica
tion form by applyiug to t-he Ag
ricultural Marketing Service, P
O. Box 4027, Atlanta, Georgia
Any group may file its applica
tion as soou as its members have
planted their cotton. In consider
ing requests early appllcationc
will bo given preference after al
lowance is made for the different
dates of planting over the Cotton
Belt.
Mr. McLure calls attention to
the prospect that applications for
the free classing may go over t-hc
900 mark again this year. Last
season the Service approved 918
groups for the free classing.
"Early filing of applications," Mr.
McLure said, "will help the class
ing offices arrange for the work
and assure the group that ita ap
plication will be acted upon In
time tor their early-picked cotton
to be classed." "Last season
some applications were received
so late that the groups did not re
ceive their shipping tags and oth
| or supplies until after cotton
picking had started and wdtovwv
able to get their first cotton sam
pled for classing."
The Service will supply fret
market news . reports again ttilc
season to supplement the free
classing for Improvement* groups
Dim your lights when meetlnf
another car. Glaring headlight!
sometimes make glaring head
lines
Roosevelt Bars
U. S. Shipping
In North
- |
Washing
ton. ? Pres
derit Roose
velt barred
United Stat
es shipping
Wednesday
; from a 1 1
waters arou
nd the Scan
d i n a vian
peninsula.
The Pres
ident sign
' ed a procla
mation ex
i tending the European combat:
zone, in which American vessels
are forbidden to operate, from'
Bergen on the west coast of Nor-i
way entirely around the Scandi
navian peninsula to the Russian I
mainland just south of 4 4 degrees1
. east longitude and TO degrees;
? north latitude.
The newly added area extends ,
for several hundred miles to seal
along the entire west and north
coasts of Norway and closes some
Russian' ports to United States'*
shipping also. ,
The zone extends around the
Kola peninsula of Russia and thus
prevents United States' vessels
from going into the White Sea or
from visiting the Russian ports of
Archangel and Murmansk. ,
The administration adopted .
Wednesday a "stop, look and list
en" attitude with regard to per
mitting Scandinavian eotinM'ics to
make use of credits extended by
tin* Kx port -Import Rank for fin
.'ineing purchases of non-military
goods in this country.
This was reported by Jesse
( Jones, federal loan administrator,
after he conferred at the White j
Jllousi* w it-li President Roosevelt .
21 lid Undersecretary of State Sum
i ner Welles.
Applying the term 'stop, look
and listen" to the course the gov
ernment will follow for the imme
diate future. Jones said that "we
want t?o wait and see how things
go" before deriding on a perma
nent policy.
Wait On I'olK'.v
"I lliink the whole situation in
regard In I lie Scandinavian coun
tries " Junes liild newsmen, "is
one that req ul res tluil wo look a
lliili' furMi#r before we determine
11 poll a policy or a change In
policy. Naturally we will look to
I lie 1'resldenl and the Slate De
partment for guidance in t lint re
spect."
The loan administrator explain
ed that' even after credits are j
granted money is not actually ad- |
vanced for purchases until the|
goods are bought and shipped, so
that this government retains con
[ trol of the money as long as pos
sible.
Stain* of Credits
Here is Hie Hiatus of credits to
? ithe Scandinavian countries as
? Jones outlined them:
Denmark ? $10,000,000 allocat- |
? ed l?y the Export-Import Rank,
. none of which has been expended
; or obligated for purchases.
Norway ? $10,000,000 allocated
i!of which $226,000 has been ex
, pended and $180,000 obligated
purchases not yet shipped. If i
i the goods should be shipped, Jones j
said, the money would be advanc-j
? ed under the committment but he [
. considered it unlikely that ships
would be available.
Sweden ? $15,000,000, of which,
: | none has been spent.
^inland ? $30,000,000 allocat
i ed, of which $7,000,000 has been
spent and more than $3,000,000'
' I made subject to committments.
Work on Proclamation
The Export-Import Bank also j
' has approved a committment of
$1,000,000 to Iceland. No pur- !
' chases have been made, but Jones
said that If Iceland needed the
money to buy American goods It >
would be available.
State and Justice department 1
experts were at work on a procla- 1
matlon for submission to the Pre- j
sldenti, extending neutrality provi
sions to Norway and Denmark.
| but lack of diplomatic word from
Norway slowed up a decision on
. exactly what steps would be tn|:i't.
. | At the State Department it u ;i.<
, i reported that tihe last official
. word received from Oslo was at 11
. a. m., E.8.T., Tuesday. That was
left Incomplete when the tale
, graph operator broke It off with
, the explanation "air raid. Have to
, run away."
We need not feel too badly
t about the kind .of mistakes that
i can be corrected. The ones Miat
- cannot be are the ones that hurt
most.
Blind Flight
? Successful
Kll'r-I Totally "Blind" Flight
Made Front Mitchell Field To
I.angley Field
Langley Field, Va.. April 6. ?
The first totally "blind" flight In
the history of aviation was com
pleted today by a United States
Army air corps bomber as it land
ed at Langley Field from Mitchell
Field. N. Y.
Major Carl B. McDanlel. a na
tive of Texas, took off, flew and
landed entirely by instruments.
The giant four-motored piano
touched its wheels to the ground
at the big army base hero two
hoUrs and two minutes after leav
ing Mitchell Field.
The instrument lauding was no
bumpier than a landing under
normal conditions when the pilot
can see the ground in front of
him.
Major McDaniel, in charge of a
crew of six men, was shut off
from all outside contact by a can
vas screen around his side of the
cockpit. ?
GREEN HILL GOLF CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The yearly meeting of Dhe
Green Hill Qolf Club was held at
the club house on the 4th of
April, at which time officers for
the coming year were elected.
They were as follows: Napier
Williamson. President: Coy Cox,
Vice-President ; L M Word. Sec -
retary - Treasurer. Pi rectors :
Frank Wheless. Jr.. Arch Wilson,
U. M. Beam. J. S. Unwell, Maur
ice Murphy. Bill Boyee. Executive
Committee: President. Secretory,
and Chairman Fairways Commit
tee.
The meeting was most interest
ing and some very necessary bus
iness was takeu up. The month
ly dance was held following the
meeling.
SPREAD OF WAR
BRINGS U. S. DIPLO
MATIC PROBLEMS
Washington. April 9. ? The ex
plosive spread of Europe's war to
Scandinavia confronted :>hn ad
ministrtaion with three urgent
problems today:
1 ? The safety of some 3.000
American nationals in Kurope.
2 ? The question of a new pres
idential proclamation formally
designating Norway and Denmark
as belligerents.
3 ? The matter of protecting
American shipping interest in the
invading countries and possible
action on extending the combat
zone to incude the waters around
the north capes of Norway.
Decision on the steps the gov
ernment' would take awaited tbo
return of President Roosevelt
from Hyde Park and Secretary of
State Hull from Atlantic City.
The first official word of the
Keich'B swift hammer blows on
the Scandinavian front reached
the capital shortly after midnight
from Mrs. J. Rorden Harrlman.
United States minister to Norway.
High state department officials
headed by Assistant Secretary
Berle were quickly summoned to
the State department building
near the White House and lights
burned on toward dawn.
MORRISON GIRL 18 ACQUIT
TED ON MURDER CHARGE
Wilmington, April 6. ? A ver
dict of justifiable homicide with
accompanying complete acquittal
was returned at tihe trial of Zelda
Delorls Morrison, charged with
murdering her father, waa com
pleted late yesterday afternoon in
New Hanover juvenile court.
The maximum sentence that,
could have been imposed under
North Carolina juvenile statute*
had the court) found otherwise
would have been Incarceration in
a refonii school for an indefinite*
period.
The defendant took the stand
late in the trial and staled with
out reservation she shot her fs ?
tlier because, she said, "he t-hreat ?
vned to cut my mother's tongue
.out."
J. B. Webb, of Chowan County,
waa highly pleased with the re
sults of the sulphur dusting dem -
onstratlon he conducted with pea -
nuts last year, reports N. K. Ro
well, assistant farm agent of thn
State College Extension Service
I TOD CAN ALWAT8 COMPLI
I WENT A MAN BT ASKING THW
TIM II AND THEN SETTING
YOUR WATCH TO CORRB8
I POND WITH HIS ,
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